"Sam" wrote in message
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http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/in...more_info.html
That's a sound natural history site but of no practical help to Nick.

Mary




Maybe you're right, perhaps the bit "At the end of autumn a number of eggs
develop into new queens and males, which leave the nest and mate. The new
queens seek out suitable places in which to hibernate, and the males and
the old colony (including the old queen) die" would be a bit beyond his
grasp, do you think? Or just yours?

Nothing on the site is beyond my grasp (I'm an hymenopterist). The new
queens never hibernate in an old nest so the above is irrelevant and I
certainly don't grasp your point.

I suggest that you hold your insults until you know others' qualifications
and experience.

Mary

Sam