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Workers with polygynous queen

Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:05 am
by HaydenP
I’ve caught 2 pheidole Queens, and I have one in a test tube setup and one in a setup with workers. I didn’t put them both in the same setup in case one or the other didn’t work. If it is recommended, I can switch this around. The workers seem to be really cool with the one queen in there and I don’t know if two will mess up the chemistry. What should I feed the one with workers? And should I feed the queen that doesn’t have workers as well? I believe it was a colony formed by budding, and I really want to keep a pheidole colony. Any info would be great!

Re: Workers with polygynous queen

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2022 3:25 am
by Antloverhuman
Pheidoli are fully claustral so the single queen should be left alone till she gets workers. The one with workers can be fed honey and little bit of protein once a week (unless you have put tons of workers in which case feed them twice every week