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Untidy Queen
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 1:49 pm
by Antacid
I have a Formica queen from this year in a test tube, she looks, unhappy. She hasn't got an actual frowny face but her general demeanour seems not right. Her test tube looks like a dump, there are a few eggs but she's pulled the cotton wool all over the place.
Some advice or explanations would be good.
tyty
Re: Untidy Queen
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 2:33 pm
by Nj6000
Antacid wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2017 1:49 pm
I have a Formica queen from this year in a test tube, she looks, unhappy. She hasn't got an actual frowny face but her general demeanour seems not right. Her test tube looks like a dump, there are a few eggs but she's pulled the cotton wool all over the place.
Some advice or explanations would be good.
tyty
Have you been disturbing her a lot ?
Re: Untidy Queen
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 2:44 am
by Antacid
Once a week checks, I know it should be less really.
Re: Untidy Queen
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 4:19 am
by AntsOnTheCoast
Antacid wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2017 2:44 am
Once a week checks, I know it should be less really.
Leave her in a dark area, if you haven't already. Once a week isn't that bad, honestly.
Re: Untidy Queen
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 5:31 am
by carsonman99
Not gonna lie I peak at my founding queens once a day and they don't seem to mind so you should be more than alright
Re: Untidy Queen
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 7:31 am
by Nj6000
TBH , i check my queens twice a week .
Re: Untidy Queen
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 12:19 pm
by Antacid
Today I've moved both my queens to a warmer cupboard, Formica still looks pissed off, Lasius looks great, sat on a heap of eggs and possibly smiling.
Re: Inquiry
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 1:30 pm
by Phoenix
Probably To Enable Her To Grip Onto Glass A Lot Easier.
Re: Untidy Queen
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 4:43 pm
by Rhetorik
Is there a chance she's not fertilized?
Re: Untidy Queen
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:04 am
by Antacid
Rhetorik wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2017 4:43 pm
Is there a chance she's not fertilized?
I'm very new to the whole keeping and rearing ants game, there are a few eggs in the test tube but I don't know if that means she's definitely fertile. I've ordered a few syringes with needles so I can deliver a small spot of honey into the test tube without removing the cotton wool and disturbing the eggs.