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by Estebanhug
Thu Feb 28, 2019 11:33 am
Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
Topic: Ant workers dying one by one
Replies: 3
Views: 3012

Re: Ant workers dying one by one

Yeah some of the ants have been put away from the nest I am pretty sure they are dead; I do have food inside but i make sure to not leave it long enough for mold to happen so the most logical explanation is the stress as i know for sure that there are no mites. Thank you very much.
by Estebanhug
Thu Feb 28, 2019 6:14 am
Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
Topic: Ant workers dying one by one
Replies: 3
Views: 3012

Ant workers dying one by one

Hello, so basically i bought a lasius niger ant colony couple weeks ago everything seemed fine then couple days back i realised one of the worker had died... today i can count about 6 dead ants; the queen seems fine and the other workers too so i dont know what could have killed them anyone got any ...
by Estebanhug
Sat Feb 09, 2019 11:50 am
Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
Topic: My queen ant died and 50 workers are still alive what happen next?
Replies: 4
Views: 3869

My queen ant died and 50 workers are still alive what happen next?

So basically I hibernated my ants (lasius niger) and took them out the fridge last week and about 2/3 weeks ago the queen was fine and she seemed dead couple days ago. Now I know for sure shes dead as for some reason i guess her workers while trying to move her around ripped her to pieces i can see ...
by Estebanhug
Mon Feb 04, 2019 11:22 am
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: I think my queen died during hibernation
Replies: 2
Views: 1535

I think my queen died during hibernation

Hello so I bough a queen lasius niger in about September and hibernated her from like November until now in my fridge. Up until 2 weeks ago everything was fine and she was moving a bit and was alive. However now she doesn’t seem to be alive she has her mandibles open and her legs are spread apart. B...