Myrmica queen

[AntsRomania1999]

Hello guys !
I would like to find out if a myrmica queen puts it in a test tube and is not given an outworld can lay eggs.

[AntViking]

I don't see why not. They don't need to forage. Just eat. Although if you end up over stressing her with you manually putting food in her tube, there is of course the risk of her cannabalising her young

[AntsRomania1999]

You have keeped this species before ?

[Batspiderfish]

If you do not give your ants a foraging space, then you are denying them the ability to clean up after themselves. All it has to be is a plastic container with a band of talcum.

[AntsRomania1999]

If you do not give your ants a foraging space, then you are denying them the ability to clean up after themselves. All it has to be is a plastic container with a band of talcum.

I would like to find out if a myrmica queen puts it in a test tube and is not given an outworld can lay eggs

[hiitsmeiambored]

If you do not give your ants a foraging space, then you are denying them the ability to clean up after themselves. All it has to be is a plastic container with a band of talcum.

I would like to find out if a myrmica queen puts it in a test tube and is not given an outworld can lay eggs

Yes they can lay eggs because they don't need to be fed until they have larvae but it is better to give them an outworld.

[Batspiderfish]

As somebody who has raised quite a few Myrmica queens, they should be given a foraging space. A single egg for Myrmica is a pretty large investment of resources, and they will want small, soft-bodied insects to chew on. Most of the time, when I see somebody's young ant colony fail, it's because that person was trying to feed them in a sealed test tube.

[AntsRomania1999]

As somebody who has raised quite a few Myrmica queens, they should be given a foraging space. A single egg for Myrmica is a pretty large investment of resources, and they will want small, soft-bodied insects to chew on. Most of the time, when I see somebody's young ant colony fail, it's because that person was trying to feed them in a sealed test tube.

I had a foraging area connected with a test tube but with any myrmica queen,I found her dead outside the tube.
I tried several species but they died and I would not want to try the same
It is the first time I try to found semi cluastral species, you have some advice ?