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Re: Kidnapped Queen

Post: # 14653Post Batspiderfish
Tue Nov 08, 2016 9:13 am

You always capture established queens with their workers. She might not be able to rear new ones by herself.
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Re: Kidnapped Queen

Post: # 14668Post Batspiderfish
Wed Nov 09, 2016 10:39 am

You can assume a queen that has an apparent retinue of workers has already established a colony, and you should capture as much of it as possible (if your really have to). If she actually is a new queen, then she is off to a good start. If she is an old queen by herself, she dies. If she is a new queen by herself, she probably lives. Capturing her with the workers was the sure thing.
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Re: Kidnapped Queen

Post: # 14731Post Batspiderfish
Fri Nov 11, 2016 1:51 pm

I'm sorry that happened while they weren't being observed. :cry:

Were they mixed with each other when you left them?
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