3 Queens in 1 Test Tube?

[Jersey4ants]

Hey guys,

I bought a tetramorium immigrans queen through the GAN project and the test tube came with 3 queens in it. There are a bunch of eggs in there. Everything I’ve watched from AntsCanada says I should not keep 3 queens together, are these different? Should I separate them or can they coexist? Who gets to stay in the tube with eggs if i do? Will those workers kill that queen if they aren’t hers? Sorry, tons of questions!

Thanks,
Seth

[TheRealAntMan]

Hey guys,

I bought a tetramorium immigrans queen through the GAN project and the test tube came with 3 queens in it. There are a bunch of eggs in there. Everything I’ve watched from AntsCanada says I should not keep 3 queens together, are these different? Should I separate them or can they coexist? Who gets to stay in the tube with eggs if i do? Will those workers kill that queen if they aren’t hers? Sorry, tons of questions!

Thanks,
Seth

I would separate them because once the workers arrive the Queens will fight to the death. I’m not sure about who gets the eggs but the ones that don’t get the eggs give them a drop of sugar water so they can restart with energy.

[Batspiderfish]

Tetramorium immigrans are monogynous.

[Jersey4ants]

Thanks for the info! Going to separate them this morning. I’ll post an update on the 3 later on, paying attention to how the ones without the eggs do in comparison to how the one with the eggs does