My Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen

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Re: My Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen

Post: # 37728Post Ltislander
Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:05 pm

She layed eggs in bursts

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Re: My Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen

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Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:39 pm

Ltislander wrote:
Thu Jun 14, 2018 3:05 pm
She layed eggs in bursts
that's another trait of camponotus
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Re: My Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen

Post: # 37908Post AntsDakota
Sat Jun 16, 2018 11:33 am

I rap my test tubes in tape, yet it seemed that unwrapping the tape stressed her, therefore she ate 6 eggs, and only has 5. :cry: In response, I wrapped containers with tape and put the test tubes inside without tape in instead.
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Re: My Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen

Post: # 38022Post AntsDakota
Sun Jun 17, 2018 1:54 pm

https://imgur.com/eobl1NV
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Re: My Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen

Post: # 38752Post AntsDakota
Sun Jun 24, 2018 6:06 pm

She currently has 8 eggs and 2 small larvae.
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Re: My Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen

Post: # 38764Post Ltislander
Sun Jun 24, 2018 9:21 pm

AntsDakota wrote:
Sun Jun 24, 2018 6:06 pm
She currently has 8 eggs and 2 small larvae.
Woah nice! I’m away on vacation so I don’t know what mine has.

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Re: My Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen

Post: # 38765Post TheRealAntMan
Sun Jun 24, 2018 9:26 pm

Check out my camponotus journal too.
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Re: My Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen

Post: # 38804Post AntsLuxembourg
Mon Jun 25, 2018 4:58 am

AntsDakota wrote:
Sat Jun 02, 2018 7:10 pm
She lost her wings.
So she is no longer a fashion queen. XD
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Re: My Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen

Post: # 38840Post AntsDakota
Mon Jun 25, 2018 10:24 am

I caught another C. pennsylvanicus queen a few days ago, and she is in a test tube setup. I hope she's mated too!
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Re: My Camponotus pennsylvanicus queen

Post: # 38843Post AntsDakota
Mon Jun 25, 2018 10:29 am

I will try an experiment. Once winter comes around, I will connect the 2 colonies together, and block the entrance to the other colony's nest with cotton. When spring comes, the 2 colonies will develop the same pheromone id and then I will unblock the tube to the other nest. The queens will be confined only to their test tubes with tubing that queens are too large to get through, and only workers will be able to pass through. Therefore, the queens will not be able to fight, and the workers will hopefully not kill one queen or the other, and the colony will have 2 queens.
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