• Question: If the Queen Hornet only lives for one year then how long do the younger ones live for?

    Asked by anon-223962 to Scott on 21 Nov 2019.
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      Scott Dwyer answered on 21 Nov 2019:


      In social wasps, workers (sterile females) have an average lifespan of 12-22 days, drones (fertile males) have a slightly longer lifespan than workers, and queens (fertile females) have an average lifespan of 12 months.

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