Wasp and Hornets life cycle.
Wasps like many other insects go through 4 stages of 'development' (complete metamorphosis)
egg - larvae - pupae - adult
The 'Queen' wasps hibernate over the winter to emerge in spring. Depending on the species, the queens choose a suitable site to start the 'new' wasp nest. OLD wasp nests from previous years are not used again although it has been known for the queen to start her new nest adjacent to or 'within' an old wasp nest (vespula vulgaris).
In addition, it is possible for several queens who survived the winter (normally all from the same previous years wasp nest) to start 'construction' of their new wasp nest's in close proximity to each other.
The queens start off by 'collecting' wood which
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