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Here is what Mikey's book says:

Queen: In captivity, pleometrotic and possibly polygynous via oligogyny, however safest and best kept singly. Fully claustral.

Mikey's book says 20 to 27 degrees, so I think that 25 to 27 is optimal.

Pretty good! I will try to do something like that. Thank you!

If you want to keep her and don't have any experience keeping ants, I would recommend watching the tutorials from AntsCanada on youtube.

I would not recommend feeding bugs from out doors. It could prove fatal for your colony. A founding colony definitely should have insects as it's main protein. After they have a larger amount of workers you can bounce between insects, meats, egg, dog food, ect. But make sure that they are still get...

hahaha I see! But I wonder how often people actually check on their queens, because everyone is always saying to not check on them for weeks at a time, but then they also say: "If the mold covers up the cotton, you need to move them" or "once they have nanitics, you have to start feeding them after ...

Yeah, that sounds like a good idea! I think they might just move the brood further in to protect it from what they see as an invasion of their nest.

Not a nest yet, no, I was wondering whether I should move her to a bigger test tube or not, considering that she can barely turn around in my current one.

Try to keep them at 80 degrees F and see if anything changes.

Try looking at all of the AntsCanada videos, some of them explain how to make your own formicarium. Also, it varies a lot when your queen will lay her first eggs, it will depend on how stressed she is and the room temperature. And also whether she is fertilized or not, of course! But that you can't ...