How should I introduce males?

[CreeperUniverse]

I have an Odontomachus alate. She needs drones. They fly almost every day, but yesterday I gave her the wrong ones. It's not even their flight, will be in a few hours, but I already found the correct males. She's in an outworld with sand to dig in. Once I see them flying, can I just dump 'em in, and wait?
Thanks.

[CreeperUniverse]

Are these Odontomachus males to check though?

This species was murdered on the other hand:

[Martialis]

You can't this queen will kill them. She's acting "unmated" because she's been taken from her chamber where she was likely caring for her brood.

[CreeperUniverse]

You can't this queen will kill them. She's acting "unmated" because she's been taken from her chamber where she was likely caring for her brood.

I don't really think so. She was an alate that I caught in their flight. There were multiple queens flying around, she was one of them. She attacked once again, though. I'll assume she mated. I'm keeping her outside, on a balcony, because we have air conditioning.

[idahoantgirl]

They will not mate unless its in a flight with the right pheremones in the air.

[CreeperUniverse]

They will not mate unless its in a flight with the right pheremones in the air.

But it was...and I've seen people mate them in containers too. Strange.

[Serafine]

It CAN work but it's difficult. Also your queen may already be mated.