I have a pogonomyrmex hybrid nest I've been using for 5 months with my messor barbarus colony that is around 60 or 70 members now.
Well today I opened the nest to see the colony and I realised that they have made a hole in the mesh of the hydration system and the queen and some of the ants are now nesting below the nest where the hydration system is.
I can't understand how is this happing in a nest that is practically new and that is supposed to be perfect for messor as you say in the web. It was really expensive and i wasn't expecting this... im really disappointed.
I thought about trying to fix it somehow but... if I take the hydration system out the ants will go all over my place and the queen is in there maybe with eggs and i don't want to hurt her.
I really expect you to do something about this. I don't know what to do.
*I've tried to attach a picture of the hole but it won't let me.
Problem with my Hybrid Nest
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Send me an email and we can discuss options - brian at AntsCanada.com
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Re: Problem with my Hybrid Nest
Just wondering. Did this ever get figured out?
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We don't use the mesh anymore with our new Hybrid Nests. We had occasional problems with it, like in this case, so we had to design something different.
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Hi Ooper! I just came back to the forum after a few years and I'm excited to see that it is busy as ever! I also see there are a fair share of phony posts/advertisements. Sorry you guys have to deal with that. Has it steadily gotten more prominent or is this a sudden influx?
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Re: Problem with my Hybrid Nest
Spam posts fluctuate. We have to go in and manually remove them, along with the offending account. Yes, it is a painWillWithAnts wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2019 4:14 pmHi Ooper! I just came back to the forum after a few years and I'm excited to see that it is busy as ever! I also see there are a fair share of phony posts/advertisements. Sorry you guys have to deal with that. Has it steadily gotten more prominent or is this a sudden influx?
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