Hey during the end of October I am going on vacation for a week! I have a Formica subsericea colony with a small amount of workers. What should I do if I need to feed them?
Second: does the queen need honey or sugarwater... I know the workers do but what about the queen?
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Formica subsericea: 10 workers
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solenopsis molesta: 25-30 workers
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Formica subsericea: 10 workers
Tetramourium Immigrans: 12 workers
solenopsis molesta: 25-30 workers
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Re: 2 questions
Workers disperse food throughout the colony, so feeding workers == feeding the queen. Assuming there is no brood left, you may even be able to stick the colony into the fridge for hibernation. Formica do not keep brood over the winter, so the colony will not be doing much until next spring. Either way, ants can endure for quite a while without food.
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