I thought i caught 2 ant queens

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nickvaes

Re: I thought i caught 2 ant queens

Post: # 23935Post nickvaes
Mon Jul 03, 2017 10:55 am

So u recommand taking some of the eggs of queen one and give it to queen 2?

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Re: I thought i caught 2 ant queens

Post: # 23936Post Batspiderfish
Mon Jul 03, 2017 10:56 am

nickvaes wrote:
Mon Jul 03, 2017 10:55 am
So u recommand taking some of the eggs of queen one and give it to queen 2?
No, because they need to be pupae and it will probably take too long to wait.
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Re: I thought i caught 2 ant queens

Post: # 23937Post FarrAnts
Mon Jul 03, 2017 11:01 am

Batspiderfish wrote:
Mon Jul 03, 2017 8:05 am
Social parsites will not lay eggs until they have host workers. You can offer the pupae in an adjoined test tube, which the queen will horde almost immediately upon discovery.
Holy cow everyone is finding social parasites! I hope I do lol.
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nickvaes

Re: I thought i caught 2 ant queens

Post: # 23952Post nickvaes
Mon Jul 03, 2017 5:27 pm

@batspiderfish maybe a stupid question but can i also give him lasius niger pupae? Since i already have a bigger collony of them.

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Re: I thought i caught 2 ant queens

Post: # 23953Post Batspiderfish
Mon Jul 03, 2017 5:52 pm

nickvaes wrote:
Mon Jul 03, 2017 5:27 pm
@batspiderfish maybe a stupid question but can i also give him lasius niger pupae? Since i already have a bigger collony of them.
Only Formica. :)
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