ant reproduction i guess ??

[deinosuchusofc]

recently i caught a young camponotus colony, with some workers, a major and some puppae, i also kidnapped some brood from another colonies which they accepted, but after 3 days the queen died and there was only the workers, the soldier and the puppae. turns out some of the puppae i kidnapped were from alates (a queen and multiple males) and the ones that hatched already are being accepted by the workers, so, i was wondering, can i force the queen to mate with the males so the colony dont die? and if i manage to, will the colony even accept her ?

[SYUTEO]

They won't mate with males from their own colony, the best way to save your colony is to introduce a new queen and hope they will accept her.

[deinosuchusofc]

The males are from another colony, i just need to find a way to make her reproduce with the males

[SYUTEO]

Maybe you can try to find more and place them in a jar near a light at night.

[deinosuchusofc]

welp nvm, they got disturbed and the major ended up killing the queen.
Kill the last hope of them they can do with no problem, but get the balls to kill any nearly dead protein source? nah