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So, today i went on check my Crematogaster sp. queen, I did it just after a week beacouse i felt that the test tube was cold and so i placed it in a warmer place, so I was wondering how she was doing, and with immense sadness i found her dead... https://imgur.com/a/f6E5dXF I don't know why this happ...

Thank you AntsDakota for your reply, I appreciate it but here is the problem, Black Crazy Ants(B.C.A) do not have nuptial flights as they mate inside their nest, Winter is coming at the end of the month, so I don't think there would be any Nuptual Flights , I don't know the species of any of the an...

So, it's around my third week having this queen (Crematogaster sp.), I placed her in a test tube setup, and everything seem right, it also looked like she had some eggs (more than 1). Now after a week of leaving her in the darkness (like it should be), i checked on her, and it appears like tehere's ...

Ok, so, i got a last question, since I'm a young boy, i can't work, so i can't have my personal money, and because of these i just thought to do a list of how much i'll need to spend to make a house to my colony. In this way i can find something to do to get the money i need, like some little commis...

Do not check on your queen every day, some species (especially Crematogaster sp.) get stressed out very easily. What country/province do you live in? I'm in Connecticut, USA, and the Crematogaster queens here wait until spring to lay their eggs. If that is true for your region as well, you may want...

So, 3 days ago i asked on this forum what breed was my queen, and it was told me it was a Crematogaster queen (https://forum.AntsCanada.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11629). All good, it was just my first queen ant, i looked up on the internet what to feed after she had her first workers, and when will sh...

So, greetings for all of you, I'm a beginner ant keeper. I was chilling outside, when i noticed a slightly large ant with a large gaster for the rest of the body, so i thought that it can be a queen, but since i'm new to this world, i'm not sure if it is or not, so i decided to ask your help. So, is...