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[dspdrew]

Larva need proteins to grow so you have to give your queen some proteins. Giving her a fly or some egg would solve the problem I think.

Also, you have to know that Camponotus sp is a genus whose brood grows very slowly (more than a month). So maybe are you a bit impatient ?

 

I can't speak for apen, but I have kept hundreds of Camponotus before, and I can say with certainty that the brood in the colonies I'm talking about here are not growing, and all my queens are fed plenty protein.

 

 

 

That might be a different issue there. If the eggs are not developing, then your "queen" is likely infertile.

 

She was a queen I had before and after I moved her in soil she came out fertile and got 

workers.

 

Then what's probably happening is she's eating her eggs and laying new ones. I have seen this happen plenty times making it look like her eggs are not fertile.

[apen]

I guess I'm going to wait for now, and feed them a little protein while I'm waiting.

I do live in Southern California and the queen is from the mountains where it is a lot colder.

Thanks everyone for their inputs. I've learned so much from this forum and I'm sure I will learn so much more.

I'm new to caring for a queen, but it's something I always wanted to do after so many ant farms as a kid.

[SanBernardino909]

Not sure if this helps but I thought I would share.

I currently have a Componotus vicinus colonly I purchased from dspdrew in September. I did hibernate them for about 4 months and took them out of hibernation on January16th. I have kept them at a Temperature between 77f-80f and humididty between 45%-50% and have fed them a mixture of humming bird nectar and honey and also fruitflies for protien . They had larva when I purchased them that has just recently started to look like it is slowly growing. The queen began to lay eggs again on Febuary 12th. This is a very slow growing species from the looks of it.I attached a photo of them Just to show the new eggs and the queen eating a fruitfly .

 

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[dspdrew]

Well yours seem to be doing better than all of ours. I think I'm going to put mine back in the fridge a while longer.