Wasp-keeping '24 Chapter 1: start of nesting

P.dominula, birth of a princess

Feeding Vespula germanica at the beach

Vespa crabro (European hornet) preys on Polistes wasp nest

Very large P.gallicus colony

Polistes semenowi: abdominal drumming

Polistes semenowi, first workers

Polistes semenowi, usurpation process

Founding-stage development and hand-feeding

Paper wasp feeding her brood

Start of the nesting season

Winter slumber

Paper wasp queen laying an egg

Keeping wasps: How to raise a paper wasp colony (Polistes)

Introducing the new colony (Polistes dominula, pleometrosis)

Life cycle of a paper wasp nest (Polistes dominula, colony "do-2") 2020

Wasp keeping updates - adult, free-ranging Polistes colonies

Polistes dominula, colony in captivity, June 9th. [week 6 after worker emergence]

Eclosion of a mud dauber wasp (Sceliphron destillatorium) 30.V.2020

Polistes dominula May 25th, 2020: colony growth is accelerating

Raising Polistes wasps: double update on colony progress

Polistes May 3rd: first worker & tweezer feeding

Polistes dominula & nimpha Apr. 27

Polistes nimpha, daily activity of a foundress. March 31st, 2020.

Start of the 2020 wasp keeping season: Polistes nimpha & P.dominula

Polistes dominula, pre-nesting behavior

Polistes gallicus (Linnaeus, 1761) species information & colony overview

Polistes gallicus, males in mating flights 23 Oct.2019

Diana's colony: workers chewing prey items

Diana the Paper Wasp (May 21)