Campanotous Sp first worker problems!
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 12:17 am
Hello this will be my first post! Yippee!
Unfortunatly it is about my queen ants first workers.
Decent sized brood pile. Several look ready to emerge. First worker died to unknown causes. Second worker emerges lives for two days and dies afterwords. She still has brood that looks like they are ready to hatch but now she has scattered them about in smaller clusters about her founding chamber. I don't know what I have done wrong. Please help my colony!
Log of past events.
Camponotus Log
July 28th - First Worker!
July 29th - Watered down honey introduced
August 1st - First worker seems dead. (2 pupa entering final stage of development. Cocoons)
August 14th - One pupa seems to be hatching but not fully emerged...
August 15th - One pupa now has a slit in the top where antenna or legs protrude it is moving on its own however the queen seems to be busy with another pupa that is very dark on the inside she is having trouble opening it because there is a egg attached to where she wants to bite.
August 17th - 2nd worker hatched!!
August 20th - 2nd worker was twitching and on its back this morning. It promptly died that afternoon.
Unfortunatly it is about my queen ants first workers.
Decent sized brood pile. Several look ready to emerge. First worker died to unknown causes. Second worker emerges lives for two days and dies afterwords. She still has brood that looks like they are ready to hatch but now she has scattered them about in smaller clusters about her founding chamber. I don't know what I have done wrong. Please help my colony!
Log of past events.
Camponotus Log
July 28th - First Worker!
July 29th - Watered down honey introduced
August 1st - First worker seems dead. (2 pupa entering final stage of development. Cocoons)
August 14th - One pupa seems to be hatching but not fully emerged...
August 15th - One pupa now has a slit in the top where antenna or legs protrude it is moving on its own however the queen seems to be busy with another pupa that is very dark on the inside she is having trouble opening it because there is a egg attached to where she wants to bite.
August 17th - 2nd worker hatched!!
August 20th - 2nd worker was twitching and on its back this morning. It promptly died that afternoon.