!!Here is a Solution for Queens who seem uncomfortable in the test tube setup!!

[Dyllan264]

and does it bridge between the inside of the tube and the outside?

A plastic straw that acts as a cave for the ant it does not need to be to big

[Idahoantguy]

Very interesting... i have found that just leaving the queen there for a couple of days will eventually calm them down. I have had ones that even after a couple of days are still struggling not get out. Just to clarify; you meant like a piece of grass, and put it in he tube with the queen?

No like a plastic straw haha

Oh ok

[Cartil]

Could you post a picture? I feel like a picture will be worth a thousand words!

[Dyllan264]

Of course

[Dyllan264]

Could you post a picture? I feel like a picture will be worth a thousand words!

https://imgur.com/gallery/9pdWy

[idahoantgirl]

Ok yeah! lots of ant keepers use this set up, and I recommend it to people daily. Although why don't you have cotton in between the straw and the tube? Here is what I mean:

http://www.formiculture.com/topic/4167-serafines-camponotus-barbaricus-welcome-to-lazy-tube/page-2

[Dyllan264]

Ok yeah! lots of ant keepers use this set up, and I recommend it to people daily. Although why don't you have cotton in between the straw and the tube? Here is what I mean:

http://www.formiculture.com/topic/4167-serafines-camponotus-barbaricus-welcome-to-lazy-tube/page-2

I think we are both talking about different uses of the straw. I scrolled through that website and saw a picture of the straw leading out of the test tube. I simply keep a small price of straw in the test tube so the ant can go into the straw as if it’s a cave. The straw is in the test tube and I removed the cotton to show it