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PAants wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 06, 2018 3:50 pm

Doesn't Mikey recommend raw honey in one of his videos, because the ants are less likely to drown?

He does, thats why i used it. But i will never touch the stuff again for my ants. Caused death in multiple colonies, and it was organic.

wait if you can. From my underatanding the pupae will die, larvae will not

Oh I thought they cut them off when they were done mating. But you may be right some Queens don't, hell some maybe even forget lol Either way 3 months no egg... THAT is unusual Please don't swear on this forum, which is supposed to be a "clean" environment. Thanks Haha. Was baffled on what you cons...

Dont stress about it. Some ants just dont want to lay eggs and take a while. It is most likely too late now, but i have found giving the queen a small drop of honey and a small bit of protien can encourage her to lay. Makes them full so they feel more comfortable. ex "Oh this place has food dropping...

I generally just leave them there. Change it out once a month or so. However the ants do like fresh honey ALOT more than hard honey. so the honey drop will prevent them from starving, but once in a while i add a small drop of maple syrup to give them something easy to eat. they enjoy it.

Orange eggs are fine, make sure the queen is warm. Also, its getting close to hibernation time. I wouldnt expect any queens to start a new colony until next spring. ~March I have 7 new queens, only 1 has laid eggs, the rest are chillin. Also, wings mean nothing. I have had 4 querns with wings succes...

Hahaha. No idea how they decide which one risks its life to go get food. I am sure she is feeding all the others with what she gathers. so youre good!

im a fan of giving the queen a small big of honey and protein when larva shows up so shes feels comfortable feeding the larva more. Up to you tho!

First off, how full did you fill the test tube with water? i have had some where no air gets in the, but the cotton is getting sucked toward the end as the water is drank. So the water resivoir gets smaller but no air is in there. This has happened to quite a few of my setups. As far as the slowly g...

Just keep feeding them as normal, they will eat as needed. its highly likely they are eating a small amount at night, just not enough to be noticable.