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How many ants can the new AC formica hyvrid nest hold?

I forgot to say she is about 1 cm in length
And it is camponotus modoc since she is not mostly black

Woah

Recently I made a post about my ant queen species I got the answer of formica rufibarbis. However, on another forum I asked the same question and someone said formica rufa. It is very important for me to know which ant queen this is as the rufa species is a parasitic ant so can someone please tell m...

Yeah, what the title says

Firecatto21 wrote: ↑

Sun May 20, 2018 3:26 am

Around 12mm

Actually, around 1 cm

I got a queen that seems to be either formica Rufa or Sanguinea but despite that I know that they need a first generation of another ants workers so she can raise her own. Should I steal brood from my lasius niger or should I buy a formica fusca as the host colony?

Around 12mm

Yesterday I found this queen, meaning that she has her nuptial flight in May. I also live in Europe but I don't know the species of this ant.
Here is a link to a folder with the images of the ant queen:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1Lmwkj4U5H4Vb1IFnIDDKa0bviQTxqeoq

How many workers should I have before I introduce them to my hyrbrid nest?

Species: lasius niger
12 workers, 4 brood, 1 queen