Why are there so many componotus queens??

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EchoMeter4
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Why are there so many componotus queens??

Post: # 38681Post EchoMeter4
Sat Jun 23, 2018 10:19 pm

So i live in Querétaro near the center of México and tonight i spotted at least 7 alive queens and another 5 or 6 bodies of queens and the thing is that i only spot them at night... So my question is why are there so many camponotus queens at night? Sorry for my lame english too.

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Re: Why are there so many componotus queens??

Post: # 88097Post SolenopsisKeeper
Fri Feb 11, 2022 7:17 am

EchoMeter4 wrote:
Sat Jun 23, 2018 10:19 pm
So i live in Querétaro near the center of México and tonight i spotted at least 7 alive queens and another 5 or 6 bodies of queens and the thing is that i only spot them at night... So my question is why are there so many camponotus queens at night? Sorry for my lame english too.
Queen fly at night to start colonies. Colonies will release thousands of queens to start new colonies. Onyl a few survive to become queens of a mature colony
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