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:o :shock: yes 5 test tube, but 3 i one cupboard and 2 in another nice and dark place. in the midel of the week i looked in on the cupboard queens and in the the weekend i can look in on the the dark place :D . That way me and my kids dont have to be so patient and only look once a week :oops: :roll...

thanks

I have divided them in 2 groups, so i can check on them twice a week and only disturb any given colony once a week.

Hallo I was wandering what the time frame is from egg is laid til the ants come out on lasius niger. I have 5 queens and i'm pretty sure they are L N. they are caugt 4 weeks ago. 3 weeks ago there were no eggs. 1 week ago there were eggs larva and pupae. now i wonder how long i can expect before i c...

Hey MoonMika

I'm also from Denmark, I have just started i this hobby but i caught 5 queens around the same time on Sjælland north of Copenhagen. They look like yours, I just assumed they were "black garden ants" Lasius niger. but I'm going to listen in here

30/7 2018

So after my 3 week holiday i returned home to my ants and looked in on them they all have big clusters of brood and all seams fine it there are still plenty of water i the testtubes, now i'm just hoping the ants will hatch.
Seams i need to register as a gan farmer pretty soon .

you are truly a mad scientist , i like that you manage with what is available. if you put to together with some rubber hose you could refill the water in you set up as it evaporate .
https://imgur.com/a/CfFzidb

A syringe setup?

What is that?

Explain,show photos if you have them there is noting on google when i look there

Thanks, i peaked in to the closet this morning and there were no sign of leaking, and no sign of escapes i did not move the tubes so i could only see the ends of the tubes stinking out of the covers. so it seams i will avert making a water rescue

Hey all I have just caught some queens an when putting them into their new homes (test tubes) i wondered how hard the cotton plug in the water end should be. I have packed a ball loosely in my hand that was a bit bigger then the tube and pushed it down to the water. the water do not leak in to the a...

05/07 2018 So last night when i came home i went to pick my son up at a play mate and their garden were swarming with queens, in a matter of 5 minutes we caught 5 queens. I think they are all Lasius niger but not sure but they are relay common in danish gardens. we went home and set them up in test ...