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So I have a tetramorium colony of what I’d say is about 100 ants now. I’ve had the colony since I caught the queen last summer. I have a tetramorium hybrid nest connected to an outworld, and provide my ants with honey and agave nectar, aswell as crickets and small mealworms. My queen used to always have a large pile of brood in one chamber closest to the heating cable running along my hybrid nest. It used to be completely full of brood as of a month or so ago. More recently the chamber is almost completely empty. I looked today and only saw one pupae in the whole nest, no eggs, just the one pupae. I saw the queen in there moving around so she is still alive. I was wondering what could be causing this drop off of egg production from my queen.
Thanks!

There might be multiple reasons.

- Perhaps it's like the colony needs some more space to increase their numbers.
- The queen is somehow distressed and eats it's own children.
- You've got some slave-making colony breaking into your setup and steals the brute.
- They might need some diffrent food. Perhaps try giving some other food like offer them a slice of an apple or some small pieces of fruits.
-Your type of colony is one at which the queen just shoots out eggs for a while and then takes a break after that. Our Mr. AntsCanada has mentioned such things before but I can't tell in which videos to tell you the truth. haha

I don't know much about tetramorium but here are some quick thoughts I've put into this. Hopefully they might help you. Btw don't worry. Some ants actually have those breaks.