Werid Queen behaviour!!
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2020 2:50 am
Hi there,
I have recently started keeping ants. The species I have are messor barbarus. All was going fine, the queen had moved out of the test tube and into the nest chamber. However I noticed a few ants had begun to die and were not moved to a graveyard site instead left with the queen. I didn't attempt to move the dead ants as that would have disturbed the queen too much I thought, so I carried on with the normal care of food, water replacement and moisture control. However now the queen has moved back into the uncovered test tube in the light and has left the ants in the nest chamber who are still caring for the few eggs (3) the colony has. Any thoughts? I really don't want these little guys to perish.
I have recently started keeping ants. The species I have are messor barbarus. All was going fine, the queen had moved out of the test tube and into the nest chamber. However I noticed a few ants had begun to die and were not moved to a graveyard site instead left with the queen. I didn't attempt to move the dead ants as that would have disturbed the queen too much I thought, so I carried on with the normal care of food, water replacement and moisture control. However now the queen has moved back into the uncovered test tube in the light and has left the ants in the nest chamber who are still caring for the few eggs (3) the colony has. Any thoughts? I really don't want these little guys to perish.