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i was digging outside for queens during a thaw today when i came across an ant queen, most likely a lasuis parasite. i brought her inside even though she looked like she drowned or froze to death. i put her in my sink area to clean her off she then moved! i was excited and
i cleaned her off and put her down. she looked drunk but alive and started cleaning her antenna cleaned her antenna.

knowing the queen was not going any where a moved to dry off Gary the spider a hitchhiker on the spade that brought the queen inside.

when i brought my attention to the queen she was not moving much. I quickly put her in a test tube and ran water over it starting with cold and gradually going to warm. when i took her out she looked dead. after 30 minuets I concluded that she had died (I released Gary back into the outside). I don't know exactly how she died but i have my suspicions. it could have been the water and she drowned but i don't think this is likely. it could have been the heat of the water on the test tube which is most likely or i t could have been me mishandling her with the toothpick which I hope it isn't. i still keep her just in case she is alive but i doubt it. i'm just sad she is gone .

Rookie mistake. That queen was hibernating. If you find a hibernating queen or colony, you’re not supposed to force them to come out of hibernation with lots of heat. You’re just supposed to leave them in a room temperature area until they warm up themselves.

i guess your right

antnest8 wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 16, 2018 2:10 pm

i guess your right

Lol, it's okay. I recommend you watch all of the AntsCanada tutorial videos. This is how I started out. Then if you want to do deeper research, you have the entire internet at your disposal.

I've already watched all of them the hot water idea just seemed like a good idea at the time. she was all sluggish cold and wet from the snow melt water i rescued her from it would seem that she would like a hot water bath

Lol don't give ants baths

lol. Definitely a nice thought man, but ants dont take baths. Not good for them! Good thing the season is just starting, and youll find a bunch more!!

i have three more down in my basement already

antnest8 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 17, 2018 12:44 pm

i have three more down in my basement already

nice