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As long as you can find the queen and gather as many workers and brood as possible, then keep them in a tupperware container with some of the bark/wood chips and keep them cool enough to maintain their hibernation they should be fine.

If it's a small founding colony in a tube they don't need light at all. If they will have a foraging area, and you want to simulate day/night cycles, I would say that's fine, as the night bulb will allow you to observe them in the dark with minimal discomfort to the ants. The lighting would be more ...

The last time a tube cracked for me, I sent a photo and explanation to AC. They sent a new test tube pack to me free of charge, no shipping, with 5 test tubes. I haven't noticed an issue yet since then, but I have yet to chill any tubes for hibernation.

Could you please give me AntsCanada's email please, I need to talk about some other inquiries but they never respond I apologize for the late response, I never click the follow icon on forums so I don't get notifications unless I'm quoted on these. info@AntsCanada.com Generally they respond after a...

In the end, its up to you. I would leave them a choice when attaching the nest, either they stay in a test tube, or they move into the mini. They'll find a spot that most suits them, campos do squeeze into narrow chambers in wood in the wild. I keep mine in plaster formicaria with one large chamber ...

Honestly I would start with a test tube portal, with an added tube, then move on to a larger nest. The mini will be too small for carpenters. IE; for the queen, and once majors arrived. I would use them for my Lasius, myrmica and formica however.

Man that's a lot of info but its extremely useful. I am definitely worried about stressing her through trying to feed her, but it is good to know it isn't impossible to have her restart. Do you suggest crushing fruit flies, or do you think it would be better to go with a bigger fly and crush that? ...

So, I got a queen ant from online in early march, in the normal test tube. It had 6 workers already. Over the next month, I kept feeding them mealworms, apple, and peanut butter. The colony seemed to be fine, except that it was growing very slowly - there were only 10 -11ish workers. But then, I ch...

I find emailing them directly is the best source of information now.

Thanks, that's good to hear, so it'll be about three years before they grow massively? That seems like a long time, their brood pile is quite large, I would expect them to have about thirty ants in two months. 3 years has been the average time I have experienced before large growth. Obviously it va...