In the early spring, the queen comes out of diapause and finds a suitable place to create her colony, and then builds wax cells in which to lay her fertilised eggs from the previous winter.
The queen comes out of diapause. This is in the early spring. The queen finds a suitable place to create her colony. This is in the early spring. The queen then builds wax cells in which to lay her fertilised eggs from the previous winter. This is in the early spring.