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Thank you all for the feedback so far. The workers died months ago.

My question is really about why the queen stopped laying eggs and when she might start again.

I don't have any other queens.

HI I have had my componotus queen for 2 years now. First year she laid eggs, had up to 15 workers. I put her in hybernation for the winter. All is good. I took her out in April. Unfortunately only 3 workers made it through hybernation. 2 of them died later while searching for food (got stuck). 1 lef...

Ant Love is my 10 year old facing his father's loud and strong objection to having an ant colony in the house. My son had to work at breaking down my husband's resistance for 6 months. He persevered and now is the talk of his friends with his camponotus colony. My husband still has his grumpy moment...

My colony is only 10 workers strong right now and I tried a few different types of food. Only one worker is sent out for food. I bought the Formula Blue from Formica just to give it a try for my Camponotus noveboracensis. To my surprise the worker was there is seconds and stayed a while filling her ...

Ant Love is sharing my strawberry milkshake.

Ant Love is making ant workers with my kids' lunch utencils when I should me making their lunch!