Pls help, colony in danger

[Dghergejg456]

My young colony of pheidole sp has just had their second worker, but there is a problem. A lot of brood has disappeared, leaving only 2 larva and 1 pupa. I have tried to feed the colony protein for the queen to lay eggs, but they are not eating. I have fed the queen a large drop of sugar water a few days BEFORE the first workers arrived, but after that, they ate nothing. Pheidole workers have a short lifespan so the colony can easily die out.What can I do to let the queen lay eggs again? Thanks for your help

[antperson24]

My young colony of pheidole sp has just had their second worker, but there is a problem. A lot of brood has disappeared, leaving only 2 larva and 1 pupa. I have tried to feed the colony protein for the queen to lay eggs, but they are not eating. I have fed the queen a large drop of sugar water a few days BEFORE the first workers arrived, but after that, they ate nothing. Pheidole workers have a short lifespan so the colony can easily die out.What can I do to let the queen lay eggs again? Thanks for your help

I am guessing that after the first workers came you started disturbing them more? For the first 3-4 days, newly eclosed workers are still treated as brood within the colony, so disturbing them a lot can, and probably will result in them eating their brood. Don't try feeding them again for about 4 days.

[Dghergejg456]

She just laid some eggs! She laid like 6, which is good. I’m not gonna disturb them for some time