Well i've had three exclaman colonys and one metricus colony this year all from which failed. So next year I plan on doing everything possible to keep a colony for the whole year and attempt to over-winter them. This may require having to have an out door colony. But next year besides keeping exclamans and possibly metricus I plan on looking into other possible breeds (Fuscatus, possibly dominula if I can get one through the mail). Just thought i'd share my ideas and see if anyone would be able to send a fuscatus queen and maybe dominula though i've heard they're a bit more aggressive then wasp i've kept.