Bald-faced hornet arthropods, chewing them up and feeding them to the larvae. They have been known to scavenge raw meat. In late summer and early fall, the queen begins to lay eggs which will become drones and new queens. After pupation, these fertile males and females fly off to mate. Fertilized queens then overwinter and start new colonies during the next year. Males and workers die in the end of the cycle. The old queen, if not killed by workers, dies with them around mid autumn. Bald-faced hornet Dolichovespula maculata is a eusocial wasp of the cosmopolitan family Vespidae. Its colloquial names
USS Hornet (CV-8) nine torpedoes, many of which failed to explode, and more than 400 rounds from the destroyers and . The destroyers steamed away when a Japanese surface force entered the area. The Japanese destroyers and finally finished off "Hornet" with four Long Lance torpedoes. At 01:35 on 27 October, "Hornet" was finally sunk with the loss of 140 of her sailors. "Hornet" was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 13 January 1943. However, her name was revived less than a year later when the newly constructed "Kearsarge" was commissioned as . CV8 is honored aboard her namesake, which is now