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AntsIkhlef
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L. niger INFO

Post: # 47312Post AntsIkhlef
Mon Aug 13, 2018 8:46 am

Hey! I just wonered if L. niger are polygyne because i have multiple and only need 1 colony!

Thank you!
Beginner here!
I am new to this and I have just founded my first colonies! :geek:

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2x Lasius niger
1x Lasius neglectus/i]

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ClashOwenBash
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Re: L. niger INFO

Post: # 47314Post ClashOwenBash
Mon Aug 13, 2018 9:07 am

AntsIkhlef wrote:
Mon Aug 13, 2018 8:46 am
Hey! I just wonered if L. niger are polygyne because i have multiple and only need 1 colony!

Thank you!
They are monogyne.
Ant-keeper going into his 4th year of loving ants!

AntsIkhlef
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Re: L. niger INFO

Post: # 47366Post AntsIkhlef
Mon Aug 13, 2018 2:57 pm

*** SPAM *** wrote:
Mon Aug 13, 2018 9:07 am
AntsIkhlef wrote:
Mon Aug 13, 2018 8:46 am
Hey! I just wonered if L. niger are polygyne because i have multiple and only need 1 colony!

Thank you!
They are monogyne.
thx mate
any idea what to do with the other queen? i'm to young for GAN sooo,
Beginner here!
I am new to this and I have just founded my first colonies! :geek:

Keeper of:

2x Lasius niger
1x Lasius neglectus/i]

🐜❤️4ever

ClashOwenBash
Posts: 189
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Location: Oxfordshire, England

Re: L. niger INFO

Post: # 47371Post ClashOwenBash
Mon Aug 13, 2018 3:50 pm

AntsIkhlef wrote:
Mon Aug 13, 2018 2:57 pm
*** SPAM *** wrote:
Mon Aug 13, 2018 9:07 am
AntsIkhlef wrote:
Mon Aug 13, 2018 8:46 am
Hey! I just wonered if L. niger are polygyne because i have multiple and only need 1 colony!

Thank you!
They are monogyne.
thx mate
any idea what to do with the other queen? i'm to young for GAN sooo,
Ha, same. You could raise her just in case the other dies. If both live you could release one colony once they have enough workers to survive.
Ant-keeper going into his 4th year of loving ants!

AntsIkhlef
Posts: 123
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Location: Stockholm

Re: L. niger INFO

Post: # 47378Post AntsIkhlef
Mon Aug 13, 2018 4:58 pm

*** SPAM *** wrote:
Mon Aug 13, 2018 3:50 pm
AntsIkhlef wrote:
Mon Aug 13, 2018 2:57 pm
*** SPAM *** wrote:
Mon Aug 13, 2018 9:07 am


They are monogyne.
thx mate
any idea what to do with the other queen? i'm to young for GAN sooo,
Ha, same. You could raise her just in case the other dies. If both live you could release one colony once they have enough workers to survive.
thx
Beginner here!
I am new to this and I have just founded my first colonies! :geek:

Keeper of:

2x Lasius niger
1x Lasius neglectus/i]

🐜❤️4ever

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