Ants not eating

[chaseant]

My Pavement Ant colony has 1 queen and 2 workers. For some reason the workers will not leave the test-tube. There is some honey in my test-tube portal. Does anyone know why they do not leave and get the honey?

[Hawkeye]

Because the world outside the claustral chamber (test tube) is scary and potentially full of predators. If they lose only 1 ant, that's 50% of the workforce. Take a fruit fly, dip that in the honey and carefully place that at the entrance of the tube. That should supply them with sugar and protein. Also make sure you only use tiny drops of honey so your ants won't get stuck.