Honeybee strategies for surviving winter

Insects use different mechanisms to survive the winter. Some species, such as praying mantis, spend the winter as eggs, then hatch in the spring. Others, like woolly bear caterpillars, go into a dormant state, hiding in plant debris. Many insects spin cocoons and produce an internal antifreeze, then emerge as adults in spring. Monarch butterflies fly south to Mexico. In the case of bumblebees, only the queen survives to start up the next generation.