Help with hibernation!

[antperson24]

I have to many ants, in to large of setups, to be able to fit them in a reasonable sized refrigerator. It gets below freezing in my garage, would I be able to put them out there as long as I slowly lower the temperature until then, or is below freezing to cold?

[SolenopsisKeeper]

I have to many ants, in to large of setups, to be able to fit them in a reasonable sized refrigerator. It gets below freezing in my garage, would I be able to put them out there as long as I slowly lower the temperature until then, or is below freezing to cold?

Below freezing is too cold for a lot of ants. What I do is get Mega sized test tubes and move the colonies as a whole into them. You can also do a temporary tubs and tubes setup but allow workers to walk inbetween tubes, so don’t plug them in the box, just have a lid on the box.

[antperson24]

I have to many ants, in to large of setups, to be able to fit them in a reasonable sized refrigerator. It gets below freezing in my garage, would I be able to put them out there as long as I slowly lower the temperature until then, or is below freezing to cold?

Below freezing is too cold for a lot of ants. What I do is get Mega sized test tubes and move the colonies as a whole into them. You can also do a temporary tubs and tubes setup but allow workers to walk inbetween tubes, so don’t plug them in the box, just have a lid on the box.

Is there any way, you would suggest getting them to move into a test tube?

[SolenopsisKeeper]

I have to many ants, in to large of setups, to be able to fit them in a reasonable sized refrigerator. It gets below freezing in my garage, would I be able to put them out there as long as I slowly lower the temperature until then, or is below freezing to cold?

Below freezing is too cold for a lot of ants. What I do is get Mega sized test tubes and move the colonies as a whole into them. You can also do a temporary tubs and tubes setup but allow workers to walk inbetween tubes, so don’t plug them in the box, just have a lid on the box.

Is there any way, you would suggest getting them to move into a test tube?

You can heat the new test tube, most Camponotus love heat if that what species you need to move

[antperson24]

Below freezing is too cold for a lot of ants. What I do is get Mega sized test tubes and move the colonies as a whole into them. You can also do a temporary tubs and tubes setup but allow workers to walk inbetween tubes, so don’t plug them in the box, just have a lid on the box.

Is there any way, you would suggest getting them to move into a test tube?

You can heat the new test tube, most Camponotus love heat if that what species you need to move

Sounds good!