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by Dr0ctagonapus5
Thu Jun 20, 2019 7:48 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: I'm concerned for the health of one of my new queens, please help
Replies: 3
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Re: I'm concerned for the health of one of my new queens, please help

(I might have to move her into a new test tube soon, though, will she move her brood through a test tube portal by herself?) Queens will only grab a batch of eggs and will leave the rest, it's their natural behaviour, as queens moving nests in the wild will rely on her workers to grab most of the e...
by Dr0ctagonapus5
Tue Jun 18, 2019 10:06 pm
Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
Topic: I'm concerned for the health of one of my new queens, please help
Replies: 3
Views: 2433

I'm concerned for the health of one of my new queens, please help

So I'm just getting into antkeeping this year, and I have some concerns about one of my captured queens, which looks like she may be injured, or possibly malnourished. I have 4 queens in test tube setups right now. I caught my first ever queen, which I believe to be a camponotus pennsilvanicus, righ...