Two queens one keeps laying males what do i do
Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2021 9:19 pm
Hello,
I am new to trying to care for ants and i got into this entirely by accident. I was given a gaming table that flips from Pool to Air hockey and well in the score slider i had found carpenter ants and some brood. I thought i might have two queens and well i am right i do have two queens however one is clearly not producing workers but instead male ants. I do not know which of the two queens is only producing males but i wish to seperate her from the other queen to ensure that i do not a huge amount of male ants in the colony as the males seem to be trying to breed with the brood and the workers are spending a lot of time and energy pulling the males around and actually pulling their wings off.
I would really like some advice here as im lost at what to do about this very odd situation.
Also how would i go about finding out which queen is laying the male eggs?
I am new to trying to care for ants and i got into this entirely by accident. I was given a gaming table that flips from Pool to Air hockey and well in the score slider i had found carpenter ants and some brood. I thought i might have two queens and well i am right i do have two queens however one is clearly not producing workers but instead male ants. I do not know which of the two queens is only producing males but i wish to seperate her from the other queen to ensure that i do not a huge amount of male ants in the colony as the males seem to be trying to breed with the brood and the workers are spending a lot of time and energy pulling the males around and actually pulling their wings off.
I would really like some advice here as im lost at what to do about this very odd situation.
Also how would i go about finding out which queen is laying the male eggs?