Camponotus sansabeanus nest set up

[antperson24]

will the queen in the test tube rip her wings off if she is pregnant? or wait tell she is about to lay some eggs then rip her wings off ? (if she is pregnant)

Maybe they are in shock. If she is pregnant she will take off her wings.

[loveants1341]

when like a week or right before she lays eggs

[antperson24]

will the queen in the test tube rip her wings off if she is pregnant? or wait tell she is about to lay some eggs then rip her wings off ? (if she is pregnant)

Maybe they are in shock. If she is pregnant she will take off her wings.

Right before she lays eggs.

[loveants1341]

oh okay thanks so i look at her once a week just to look at the honey to see if she eats ?

[antperson24]

oh okay thanks so i look at her once a week just to look at the honey to see if she eats ?

I think once a week is ok.

[loveants1341]

ok thanks for like 30 secs max just to look into the tube to see if shes doing ok and if honey got ate

[loveants1341]

looked at her she didn't rip her wings off at least yet(the queen thats in the test tube) i put her back in she also did not eat any honey as of now it seems also my main queen i got from gan farmer she laid some more eggs im thinking at least as the queen butt was facing the ground like a queen ant dose when she lays more eggs and the other eggs that was in there are much bigger now so im thinking they are about to hatch but im not sure it looks like about 6 of them but hard to tell as the glass over the nesting area is type of a fog glass they have not ate any fruit flies i put in there for about 5 days now they did move them in the corner (3 of them) and they moved the nectar to the middle of the food area it was close to the hole where it goes into the nest my guess is getting prepared for the new workers thats going to be coming before to long (i hope at least they should not be to much longer now) how was your vacation ? hope it was all good and welcome back

[antperson24]

looked at her she didn't rip her wings off at least yet(the queen thats in the test tube) i put her back in she also did not eat any honey as of now it seems also my main queen i got from gan farmer she laid some more eggs im thinking at least as the queen butt was facing the ground like a queen ant dose when she lays more eggs and the other eggs that was in there are much bigger now so im thinking they are about to hatch but im not sure it looks like about 6 of them but hard to tell as the glass over the nesting area is type of a fog glass they have not ate any fruit flies i put in there for about 5 days now they did move them in the corner (3 of them) and they moved the nectar to the middle of the food area it was close to the hole where it goes into the nest my guess is getting prepared for the new workers thats going to be coming before to long (i hope at least they should not be to much longer now) how was your vacation ? hope it was all good and welcome back

Yep, I think the eggs are about to hatch! And yes, my vacation was great!

[loveants1341]

thats good and im thinking so as well

[loveants1341]

do you know if this is a queen or not ? i got her on a tree at night around 10 pm i seen her clean her butt alot not sure if majors clean there butt or not ? i put her in a test tube with water and a drop of honey she got really good drink a long drink when i put her in the tube with water


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