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There was a big ant hill next to my truck and when it got knocked over I seen 2 elates on the TOP but they still had wings. I hope they were mated

Jessewitt60 wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 17, 2017 3:34 pm

There was a big ant hill next to my truck and when it got knocked over I seen 2 elates on the TOP but they still had wings. I hope they were mated

Nope they arent. I can almost garuntee it. When they mate the fly like a block away and land far away to make a nest. These were virgin queens who were nearing flight time.

Jessewitt60 wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 17, 2017 3:34 pm

There was a big ant hill next to my truck and when it got knocked over I seen 2 elates on the TOP but they still had wings. I hope they were mated

Yea, sorry about that, but they're probably not mated...

What if I put eggs from another colony in with them

I also captured some eggs from the nest I fount the elates in and some workers

If the queens are unmated, then they are incapable of creating workers and will be doomed to starve to death.

The workers that I captured with her seem to be carrying all the eggs I captured to her

Also half the eggs I captured were from a different colony that look the same. They are carrying them all to her

Ok I found some male alate of the same type of ant and I put them in with the inmates queens. Will this work?

Unmated queen not inmates queen lol