Need recommendations on tetramorium ant queens

[IntotheAM]

Hello everyone. I just wanted to give everyone an update on my ant collection and get some recommendations from you all. I caught four queens about a month ago and their pictures can be found below. I believe they are all tetramorium queen ants. I plan on only keeping one of these queens once their workers start arriving, as I can't afford to house all four of them. My question is, based on the pictures below, which ant queen would you recommend keeping?

I will eventually release the rest back to the wild at my local park.

Test tube #1


Test tube #2


Test tube #3


Test tube #4


I used a little macro phone camera lens for these photos. If you need more photos, please let me know.

[idahoantgirl]

Ok, so here is what you need to do. Keep all of them till they are all the size to transfer into a nest. (20-50 workers.) They don't eat and you can keep them in that same tube till they reach this size. Then you can determine which is healthiest. If you got rid of three as soon as they get workers, you risk losing the colony you keep. Lots can happen from the time of the first workers to 50 workers. I caught about 6 tetramorium queens a few years back, and all but one died, or was really weak. The one colony that survived now has several hundred workers. Most colonies will die, so keep all of them until they have 20-50 workers.

[CreeperUniverse]

Keep 3 or 4. They seem to be best currently. You could keep one in a fancy set up, and the other in maybe a soil nest just to keep as back up one day.