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- Sun Oct 13, 2019 1:23 pm
- Forum: Ant Care and Ant Keeping
- Topic: Chinese bamboo tubes
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Chinese bamboo tubes
So I ordered chinese « deluxe » tubes with gypsum and a sand filled watsr compartment. Prior to this, my camp. Penn. And her 5 workers were in a plastic turkey baster so I figured I’d move them to a better tube before hibenation. The tube comes with a mini outworld so I figured it would be easier to...
- Thu Jul 11, 2019 3:43 pm
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Need help identifying a queen and what to do
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Re: Need help identifying a queen and what to do
Patience has never been my strong suit so I’ll try to see this new hobby as a patience exercise
- Thu Jul 11, 2019 10:14 am
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Need help identifying a queen and what to do
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Re: Need help identifying a queen and what to do
Will do, haha. Now that I know she’s all set-up it’ll be easier to not have a peek so often!
- Thu Jul 11, 2019 9:00 am
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Need help identifying a queen and what to do
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Re: Need help identifying a queen and what to do
Couldn’t help but take a look this morning. Wanted to see if the cotton wasn’t too tight and still moist. Pleasant surprise, the queen had laid her first egg!
- Mon Jul 08, 2019 1:13 pm
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Need help identifying a queen and what to do
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Re: Need help identifying a queen and what to do
I will follow your project for sure! You’re just a bit ahead of me so I’m sure it’ll be of great help as well as being instructive. I’ll make an official thread for my colony as well :) Found a tube with much more room for water and her offsprings. Also, this tube is 8 inches long which will allow m...
- Mon Jul 08, 2019 11:31 am
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Need help identifying a queen and what to do
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Re: Need help identifying a queen and what to do
If I understand correctly, I have to wait until the first workers are born until I introduce small cotton balls of honey into the tube?
- Mon Jul 08, 2019 11:29 am
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Need help identifying a queen and what to do
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Re: Need help identifying a queen and what to do
I have 2 carpenter queens myself, would be good to exchange notes... Check out what I plan to build for them Nice project! Ultimately, I want to do something along those lines as well. A little terrarium ecosystem with fish and all. I’ll have to be patient tho. From what I’ve gathered the colony wo...
- Sun Jul 07, 2019 7:33 pm
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Need help identifying a queen and what to do
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Re: Need help identifying a queen and what to do
Thanks! Will keep you guys posted
- Sun Jul 07, 2019 6:49 pm
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Need help identifying a queen and what to do
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- Sun Jul 07, 2019 6:18 pm
- Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
- Topic: Need help identifying a queen and what to do
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Re: Need help identifying a queen and what to do
Thanks, that’s what I thought. Now, I want to give her a home as quick as possible because I know how long this specie takes to grow and do not have test tubes nor cotton balls at hand. Right now it’s sitting in a small pill bottle but what I do have handy is a 3inches (1inch diameter) plastic tube ...