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Looking for Polistes sp. queens, need help

Started By MegaMyrmex , Dec 8 2017 7:17 PM

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#1 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted December 8 2017 - 7:17 PM

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Exactly ehat it says. I tried flipping over logs but only found 2 gigantic bald- faced hornet queens and that's it really...

Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.

#2 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted December 8 2017 - 8:28 PM

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Polistes metricus queens hibernate on open brick walls in the grooves between the bricks or in grooves in tree bark. They rarely are comfortable with hibernating with contact to the ground.

In truth, they are much easier to find in the spring.

Edited by Connectimyrmex, December 8 2017 - 8:28 PM.

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#3 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted December 9 2017 - 5:53 AM

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Also, do hornets make good pets? I'm thinking provably not since they're pretty aggressive and big with their giant stingers, and also since their colonies get massive...

Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.

#4 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted December 9 2017 - 5:59 AM

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Another question- do paper wasp queens hibernate in rotten logs? It seems like a good place since they have tones of woood tk make their nests from

Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.

#5 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted December 9 2017 - 7:27 AM

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You can tame hornets and raise their founding nest. Then you can transplant their nest on to a tree, so you'll have a tame guard hornet nest

Polistes seems to hate rotting logs. They hibernate in drier areas. They make wood from dry bark. There is no reason for them to hibernate right on a great nest surface, because they live like solitary wasps for nearly a month.