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I just began housing a new queen and noticed her doing that as well, however I believe she was just cleaning herself or preparing to lay eggs.

I recently captured an ant queen and I wasn't all that prepared to house her so for the time being I placed her in a water bottle with a cotton ball dipped in water and a cotton ball at the entrance to provide air. Afterwards I went on the site and ordered some test tubes for a proper set-up however...