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Another quick video update: If you go for a real soil nest there is always the chance they will not allow you to see into the nest, and these girls want their privacy! With that being said you never truly know how many there are in their nest and you for sure never see the queen....... well until yo...

Nope, the queen died but I transplanted another queen and moved them into the soil nest. Thriving and getting bigger every day. Posting a video on the soil nest in a few mins showing them swarming some superworms I fed them today.

Depends on where you are, I have seen them have a nuptial flight as early at May here in Alabama. Mostly depending on the weather.

Depending on how many nantics you have if they find that the new tube is a much better place they will force the queen to move. They will pull her by her antenna, legs and such so don't be alarmed if you see them doing so.

It rained last night and the fire ants are busy digging themselves out.

This isn't really that special or new. The further south you go the more the Solenopsis genus tends to multiqueen colonies (across most if not all species). Ok well as many fire ant mounds and such that I have dealt with in the over 15yrs I've been in Alabama this is the first time I've come across...

Ok this is a next day update on the 3 Solenopsis Queens I got yesterday. I went back out the the paintball field and using a tupperware container I got a bunch of workers and also some eggs and larva and brought it back to the house. I wanted to give the 3 Queens some support from the workers that t...

I did keep 3 queens. Starting another colony.

Yep multi queens in the same colony! A well established colony at that! While out at the paintball field (Good friends with the owner) he was out spreading poison on the fields to get rid of the fire ants that were all over the playing fields (yes a sad time), we have to keep them off the fields bec...

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