So the light trick is not working... the tube is completely out of water & my Camponotus refuse to leave a fetid tube, she only has 5 workers & a pretty decent sized cluster of brood at least for her. I have her in a outworld with another tube which has actually sat there so long it to has started to become pretty icky...
Going to put a new clean tube in but how do i get her to move... These guys seem pretty stubborn... All the light does is stir them up a bit but they will not move.
Trying to move a small colony into a new tube...
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Re: Trying to move a small colony into a new tube...
If their is no mold in the older dried tube she might prefer it over the newer, more humid tube with hydration. I just actually had a very wet tube that killed a Campo worker (Actually I should have left her to 'dry'. I've learned just because they look dead don't give up. They are pretty resilient creatures.) I placed a new tube without a cover and the queen immediately started moving her brood to this new, more illuminated, but dryer chamber.
if you need to move them adding disturbances of light, extra airflow, heat and maybe some sounds causing vibrations should encourage them to move nests.
if you need to move them adding disturbances of light, extra airflow, heat and maybe some sounds causing vibrations should encourage them to move nests.
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Re: Trying to move a small colony into a new tube...
Let them stay wherever they are comfortable. Interference often does harm.
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