Wasps begin there life when the queen emerges in spring to begin the life of her colony. She forms the early stages of the nest to lay her first eggs,which then emerge as the workers that help to expand the size of the nest and take up the task of feeding the larva which the queen continues to produce until late summer when the colony begins to die.this is when wasps become a real problem seeking sweet foods and drinks becoming very aggressive and a real problem around public places such as restaurants, parks and our back gardens.on a more positive note they do control a lot of insects to feed the larva back at the nest Wasps die of in winter because of a lack of food apart from the mated queen which finds somewhere to hibernate until, the following spring, when warm days will awaken her to begin the cycle again.