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- Sat Oct 14, 2017 4:21 pm
- Forum: Temporary Placeholder
- Topic: Where can I buy a queen on its own
- Replies: 4
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Re: Where can I buy a queen on its own
As a general rule you do not buy queens on their own, you either find them (since that costs you much less) or buy a colony with a few or many, many workers because if it is just a queen there is a chance she is infertile, and workers are one of the only ways to tell without specialized equipment. ;...
- Sat Oct 14, 2017 8:30 am
- Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
- Topic: Late Camponotus Flight Toronto
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2835
Re: Late Camponotus Flight Toronto
Now she has sadly, died.
- Fri Oct 06, 2017 7:11 pm
- Forum: Temporary Placeholder
- Topic: My Queens Won't Lay Eggs
- Replies: 22
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Re: My Queens Won't Lay Eggs
My Formica. Sp queens have all stopped laying eggs around fall, I'm no expert but I believe they do this since some Formica sp brood cannot survive hibernation so they don't "waste" resources on them if they will not produce a worker by hibernation, sorry for the late post.
- Fri Oct 06, 2017 7:03 pm
- Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
- Topic: Late Camponotus Flight Toronto
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2835
Re: Late Camponotus Flight Toronto
Yes I did capture her, I currently have her in a test tube setup under a cloth in my garage with all my other founding queens.
- Wed Oct 04, 2017 6:11 pm
- Forum: Nuptial Flight Schedules and Sightings
- Topic: Late Camponotus Flight Toronto
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2835
Late Camponotus Flight Toronto
When I was walking I came across a camponotus queen she didn't have wings when I found her and she has visible wing scars, I heard that colonies eject alates if they can't hibernate with them, what are the chances this one is fertile and do i have to feed her if she got ejected after pleometrosis, I...