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Sun Jan 31, 2016 3:38 pm

anyone else beginning to pull queens out of hibernation?
i lost a couple, but most are raring and ready. :D
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Sun Jan 31, 2016 6:22 pm

Yeah, I pulled a couple colonies out a few days ago. I usually hibernate my ants for about three months.

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Sun Jan 31, 2016 7:35 pm

larynx wrote:anyone else beginning to pull queens out of hibernation?
i lost a couple, but most are raring and ready. :D
Damnit man where ya been? Hibernating with your ants?
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Mon Feb 01, 2016 6:35 pm

Ants4fun wrote:Yeah, I pulled a couple colonies out a few days ago. I usually hibernate my ants for about three months.
yeah i ran them exactly three months as well.
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Mon Feb 01, 2016 6:37 pm

MadVampy wrote:
larynx wrote:anyone else beginning to pull queens out of hibernation?
i lost a couple, but most are raring and ready. :D
Damnit man where ya been? Hibernating with your ants?
yes sir, they rest, i rest. i actually slow down a lot in winter anyway, calorie intake and all. :D
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Post: # 4827Post idahoantgirl
Tue Feb 02, 2016 9:39 pm

Do I need to wait to take her out until I see local ants running around? Or could I end it early?
Proverbs 6:6-8

Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.

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Post: # 4828Post GriffinAnt
Wed Feb 03, 2016 1:23 am

i plan to take my queens out of the fridge and bathroom next mth.

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Wed Feb 03, 2016 6:09 am

idahoantgirl wrote:Do I need to wait to take her out until I see local ants running around? Or could I end it early?
i personally, waited until i saw the first ants outside foraging.
when you do decide to take them out. take care and have extra test tube setups ready in case you have to rescue a queen or two.
because when you take tube setups out of the cold and into a warmer area. they tend to release some if not all the water into the dry chamber. i believe this is do to the pressure change when the water is rising in temperature.
i kept an eye on mine for the first few hours after, and had to change a few due to this happening. eventually i changed them all to new test tubes, so they had new fresh starts.
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Post: # 4861Post WillWithAnts
Sun Feb 07, 2016 2:46 am

I pulled mine out January 10th :? .... I got anxious. They still got three months, though.

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Post: # 4923Post martinnate
Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:15 pm

I took my Queen that I found July 2015 out Feb 8th, she has 6 workers and a small clutch of eggs. I fed them a termite yesterday and today most of it is gone.

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