My crematogaster queen has eggs!

[SolenopsisKeeper]

There are no alates. The colony is still small...there's probably only about 50 or 60 workers at most. I wondered if it might be the workers but considering the size of crematogaster workers and the size of the eggs it would surprise me. The eggs have all been developing so far. I was wonder if perhaps the dead queen was still popping them out perhaps if the workers were keeping her body nourished enough somehow. As it is, there are 2 brand new eggs today.

Black magic….
Anothe r
Possibility is that somewhere there is another queen that found her way into your setup. Ants will accept ants that don’t have a colony sent, so…. It is still possible the workers are laying them…. But….

I feel like the queen is dead, workers are laying tropic eggs which the workers usually just use to feed the larvae so expect either less workers or males...

Queens coat the workers with a pheromone preventing workers from reproducing… when eggs are introduced to a colony with a queen, the eggs with be destroyed.

[AntsAntsAnts]

Black magic….
Anothe r
Possibility is that somewhere there is another queen that found her way into your setup. Ants will accept ants that don’t have a colony sent, so…. It is still possible the workers are laying them…. But….

I feel like the queen is dead, workers are laying tropic eggs which the workers usually just use to feed the larvae so expect either less workers or males...

Queens coat the workers with a pheromone preventing workers from reproducing… when eggs are introduced to a colony with a queen, the eggs with be destroyed.

yes, they dont even have **** anyways. also, being a bit pessimistic here, that colony is 99% doomed

[SolenopsisKeeper]

I feel like the queen is dead, workers are laying tropic eggs which the workers usually just use to feed the larvae so expect either less workers or males...

Queens coat the workers with a pheromone preventing workers from reproducing… when eggs are introduced to a colony with a queen, the eggs with be destroyed.

yes, they dont even have **** anyways. also, being a bit pessimistic here, that colony is 99% doomed

Unless it has a hidden queen somewhere

[AntsAntsAnts]

Queens coat the workers with a pheromone preventing workers from reproducing… when eggs are introduced to a colony with a queen, the eggs with be destroyed.

yes, they dont even have **** anyways. also, being a bit pessimistic here, that colony is 99% doomed

Unless it has a hidden queen somewhere

are they even polygynous?well we will have to see

[SolenopsisKeeper]

yes, they dont even have **** anyways. also, being a bit pessimistic here, that colony is 99% doomed

Unless it has a hidden queen somewhere

are they even polygynous?well we will have to see

People: Workers don’t lay eggs
Scientist in articles: they can

[AntsAntsAnts]

Unless it has a hidden queen somewhere

are they even polygynous?well we will have to see

People: Workers don’t lay eggs
Scientist in articles: they can

that is very true