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I noticed that my test tube setup was getting abit moldy on the cotton so I hooked up a new test tube and im shining the old one with light and the new one is wrapped in paper so its dark and the workers and queen are taking no notice what so ever. It is a Lasius Niger colony and I once read they're...

Rhetorik, Im pretty sure she is a lasius niger queen.

antnest8, I have an out world but my last lasius niger queen I had, she had about 5 workers and when I put her in it her colony failed so I dont really want to risk it.

I have had my ant queen for 9 months now and she only has 5 workers. I dont know if im doing something wrong or she is taking her time. My first post was about, how I thought my queen was stressed and people suggested that I just leave her in a dark place and check on her monthly and I have dont jus...

Thanks for the reply,
Maybe that's the problem as I do check her very often because its my first time trying this out so m really exited.
Again thanks so much.

Hi, ​Im very new to ant keeping and i want my first experience to be the best so, I recently got a lasius niger queen and put her in a test tube setup, but over the past few days she hasn't been moving much and hasnt layed any eggs so i thought that she must be stressed out, as this is the first thi...