My Crematogaster Queen

[seadawg84]

So, I have a question about my Crematogaster Sp. queen. I caught her last fall, hibernated her, took her out of hibernation in early February, and she laid her first eggs a few days later. I have checked on her twice a week since then. My question is why would her brood take over two months to gestate from egg to pupae when it's only supposed to take around a month, maybe 1.5 months tops? Is there something I was doing wrong? Her first eggs were laid around February 11th (that's when I first saw them) and her first pupae was seen today (April 16th). I have some timeline pictures below:

February 11th: https://imgur.com/8SWqvI8
February 16th: https://imgur.com/oUhHzp3
February 19th: https://imgur.com/6hsjKOY
February 23rd: https://imgur.com/BMILoxO
February 26th: https://imgur.com/ocP8DJi
March 2nd: https://imgur.com/jBcBCn2
March 9th: https://imgur.com/4VvRCsg
March 12th: https://imgur.com/OnCnUNx
March 16th: https://imgur.com/Lu8ChAT
March 19th: https://imgur.com/p8DnUvM
March 23rd: https://imgur.com/sKbTBiM
March 26th: https://imgur.com/eifbSQR
March 30th: https://imgur.com/71dS6lL
April 2nd: https://imgur.com/0uKbAIO
April 6th: https://imgur.com/0ZQIjui
April 9th: https://imgur.com/qamxHGm
April 11th: https://imgur.com/I737ouC
April 13th: https://imgur.com/EyU6KPe

April 16th (Today):
https://imgur.com/SuXqyMV
https://imgur.com/ncWR1ma
https://imgur.com/x2S0ORx

[antperson24]

So, I have a question about my Crematogaster Sp. queen. I caught her last fall, hibernated her, took her out of hibernation in early February, and she laid her first eggs a few days later. I have checked on her twice a week since then. My question is why would her brood take over two months to gestate from egg to pupae when it's only supposed to take around a month, maybe 1.5 months tops? Is there something I was doing wrong? Her first eggs were laid around February 11th (that's when I first saw them) and her first pupae was seen today (April 16th). I have some timeline pictures below:

February 11th: https://imgur.com/8SWqvI8
February 16th: https://imgur.com/oUhHzp3
February 19th: https://imgur.com/6hsjKOY
February 23rd: https://imgur.com/BMILoxO
February 26th: https://imgur.com/ocP8DJi
March 2nd: https://imgur.com/jBcBCn2
March 9th: https://imgur.com/4VvRCsg
March 12th: https://imgur.com/OnCnUNx
March 16th: https://imgur.com/Lu8ChAT
March 19th: https://imgur.com/p8DnUvM
March 23rd: https://imgur.com/sKbTBiM
March 26th: https://imgur.com/eifbSQR
March 30th: https://imgur.com/71dS6lL
April 2nd: https://imgur.com/0uKbAIO
April 6th: https://imgur.com/0ZQIjui
April 9th: https://imgur.com/qamxHGm
April 11th: https://imgur.com/I737ouC
April 13th: https://imgur.com/EyU6KPe

April 16th (Today):
https://imgur.com/SuXqyMV
https://imgur.com/ncWR1ma
https://imgur.com/x2S0ORx

Are you heating her? Normally the first generation of workers take longer to develop.

[AntsAreCool715]

So, I have a question about my Crematogaster Sp. queen. I caught her last fall, hibernated her, took her out of hibernation in early February, and she laid her first eggs a few days later. I have checked on her twice a week since then. My question is why would her brood take over two months to gestate from egg to pupae when it's only supposed to take around a month, maybe 1.5 months tops? Is there something I was doing wrong? Her first eggs were laid around February 11th (that's when I first saw them) and her first pupae was seen today (April 16th). I have some timeline pictures below:

February 11th: https://imgur.com/8SWqvI8
February 16th: https://imgur.com/oUhHzp3
February 19th: https://imgur.com/6hsjKOY
February 23rd: https://imgur.com/BMILoxO
February 26th: https://imgur.com/ocP8DJi
March 2nd: https://imgur.com/jBcBCn2
March 9th: https://imgur.com/4VvRCsg
March 12th: https://imgur.com/OnCnUNx
March 16th: https://imgur.com/Lu8ChAT
March 19th: https://imgur.com/p8DnUvM
March 23rd: https://imgur.com/sKbTBiM
March 26th: https://imgur.com/eifbSQR
March 30th: https://imgur.com/71dS6lL
April 2nd: https://imgur.com/0uKbAIO
April 6th: https://imgur.com/0ZQIjui
April 9th: https://imgur.com/qamxHGm
April 11th: https://imgur.com/I737ouC
April 13th: https://imgur.com/EyU6KPe

April 16th (Today):
https://imgur.com/SuXqyMV
https://imgur.com/ncWR1ma
https://imgur.com/x2S0ORx

You are lucky to even have a colony. Mine died for no reason at all. Crematogaster too. But my first ants don't take that long to develop. Good luck with your ants!