I have several Camponotus queens (in separate test tubes ) that have hatched out the first set of workers and they are all dying . I'm assuming the queen is killing them? I have two queens that I connected to a small (very tiny) "out worlds" when the first workers appeared so they have access to honey and roach legs from time to time and none of those ants have died and all the queens just on tubes have dead workers?
I know these Camponotus are fully clostral but it seems like they are starving and the queen is killing off the workers? Is that a possibility? Or is something else going on? Also, the workers that are still alive are trying to dig through the cotton and in a couple tubes have tunneled through the cotton to the point they will make it out soon on their own. I thought you should wait until you have like 20 workers before you start feeding them and giving them foraging space but it seems my ants are to hungry to wait that long?
Ants are dying Please HELP!
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Re: Ants are dying Please HELP!
They should have access to foraging space soon after the first one or two workers. The 20 worker rule is for moving them to a formicarium.
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Re: Ants are dying Please HELP!
I see... well there's my problem. I'm starving them . I'm going to get them all foraging space and food ASAP. Good thing I have a 3D printer. Should have enough micro out worlds printed in a matter of hours.
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Re: Ants are dying Please HELP!
Just set the tubes in a tupperwear container for now and place food in it. Use a one inch section of drinking straw wedged between the exit cotton and the side of the tube to make a tunnel for them. dab some babypowder or vasaline as a barrier.
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Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
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