Pheidole Sp. joining colonies?

[Tiankaden]

I recently bought a single Pheidole Queen with eggs, and I have done plenty of research, however I was just wondering, since Pheidole are a multi-queen species and will adopt introduced queens into their colony correct? so would a single queen, adopt minor and major workers as well as eggs from another colony, into its own colony?

Thank you for all the help

[AntnoobSG]

No. Only queens

[Tiankaden]

But an established colony will adopt queens without issue?

[Alexander]

Not realy no it all depends on the pheidole sp. they might accept queens when there is only a couple of workers, an extablished colony whith a lot of workers would probably not accept any queens!
However they do accept eggs larvae and pupae from the same sp.

[Tiankaden]

so if they dont really accept new queens too much, how do Pheidole become multi-queen colonies?

[Alexander]

They usualy join all queens during founding stages before they even start laying eggs!
Thats the safest way to get a multi queened colony