25-02-2022, 12:17 AM
That would be a queen wasp Steve. At this time of year, they start to wake up from their winter sleep and look for places to set up a nest. The queen will fly until May or June, after which she becomes nest bound and lets her workers do the honours. Once she dies in late August or September there are no more eggs to tend and no more sugar solution given out by the grubs so the workers go out looking for fallen fruit, getting very drunk in the process of sating their desire for sugar, a perfect recipe for stings to humans!