A strange idea. Mealworm eggs?

[MCWren]

I had a thought. Maybe darkling beetle (Tenebrio molitor, aka mealworm) eggs would be a good protein source for queens in test tubes. They are small and probably easy for a queen to handle. I have darkling beetles, so I could theoretically try this, but I haven't been able to find any eggs, despite having beetles for over a month. If you can find any eggs, you mighty want to try this. This goes for the eggs of other feeder insects too, I suppose. Any tips on finding the eggs would be helpful, thank you.

Hopefully the queen doesn't adopt the egg and raise a mealworm in the test tube. (That's a joke btw, no need to tell me how that's impossible.)

[MCWren]

Update:

Ok, I was able to find an egg. What I did was lift up the egg carton and grab a pinch of the wheat bran (mealworm bedding), and put it in my hand, I sifted through until I found what appears to be an egg. Then, I put the egg in a test tube with my Camponotus chromaiodes queen. This was only a few minutes ago, and so far she hasn't eaten the egg yet. She appeared to be looking around for it with her antennae, but I don't think she found it because she didn't pick it up to move it or eat it. I'm not even sure if she knows it isn't her egg, because it's the same shape and color as her eggs, and only slightly bigger (1.5 mm long and .8 millimeters wide.)
Now my joke about a mealworm hatching in the test tube doesn't seem so far fetched. If this did happen, do you think she would eat the baby mealworm, or be unable to tell that it isn't hers because of its exposure to her scent?

[MCWren]

I decided to remove the egg, I couldn't bear the thought of a mealworm eating my queen's larvae.

[AntsRule]

I will be using termites for young colony's since they are small, soft, and defenseless.

[KvnRepublic]

I will be using termites for young colony's since they are small, soft, and defenseless.

How would someone go about catching some termites as I have a lasius colony of about 15 workers and I need something small to feed them.

[AntsRule]

I will be using termites for young colony's since they are small, soft, and defenseless.

How would someone go about catching some termites as I have a lasius colony of about 15 workers and I need something small to feed them.

You can catch a termite queen but they take like 2 years too lay. I read somewhere that you can collect whole colony's since they make secondary reproductives that also lay eggs. Do some reasearch

[KvnRepublic]

I will be using termites for young colony's since they are small, soft, and defenseless.

How would someone go about catching some termites as I have a lasius colony of about 15 workers and I need something small to feed them.

You can catch a termite queen but they take like 2 years too lay. I read somewhere that you can collect whole colony's since they make secondary reproductives that also lay eggs. Do some reasearch

Thanks, I just read something about making a termite trap and I think I will set one this weekend.

[AntsRule]

You bet ya, are you starting with a queen? Be careful with pesticides if you collect a whole colony make sure they are not near any possible pesticides.

[KvnRepublic]

I will most likely just catch a bunch of workers but if I get a secondary reproductive then that would be even better

[AntsRule]

cool