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Can I put workers into the test tube with a Queen?

Started By Hightlyze , Mar 26 2019 3:24 AM

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#1 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 26 2019 - 3:24 AM

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I was thinking of putting extra ants not belong to a queen to the test tube but had a queen in it.

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#2 Offline Leo - Posted March 26 2019 - 3:37 AM

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what species


#3 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 26 2019 - 3:39 AM

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It depends. I can do it with C. chromaiodes when they are chilled, C. subbarbatus at room temperature and C. nearcticus just fails.

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#4 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 26 2019 - 3:42 AM

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Trap jaw ants. I'm thinking of merging random workers with the queen I found

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#5 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 26 2019 - 4:03 AM

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Yeeeeeaaaahhhh, I dunno. Maybe keeping the workers in their own nest for two weeks, then try chilling them in the REFRIGERATOR and introduce them to your queen.

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#6 Offline Hightlyze - Posted March 26 2019 - 4:05 AM

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Yeeeeeaaaahhhh, I dunno. Maybe keeping the workers in their own nest for two weeks, then try chilling them in the REFRIGERATOR and introduce them to your queen.


I'd rather wait til it lays an egg

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#7 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted March 26 2019 - 4:12 AM

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What species is it? If it is a highly polygynus species, you could probably just put them in.

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#8 Offline Rstheant - Posted March 26 2019 - 3:21 PM

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First of all, only introduce species of the same genus or subgenus. Other wise, they will kill each other.

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#9 Offline YsTheAnt - Posted March 26 2019 - 3:35 PM

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First of all, only introduce species of the same genus or subgenus. Other wise, they will kill each other.

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Genus or subgenus isn't usually enough for worker boosting. They must be of the same species.
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#10 Offline ponerinecat - Posted March 27 2019 - 3:38 PM

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If this is referring to your odontomachus simillimus, they seem to be polygynous. Make absolutely sure that the workers are the same species or your queen will be attacked. An easier way is to take a few cocoons/larvae for your queen. That way, if your queen is intolerant or the ants are not the same species, the queen will simply eat/kill the cocoons/larvae.


#11 Offline Xanuri - Posted March 27 2019 - 4:12 PM

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Please read my Journal here. In this case it was exact same sp. (C. fragilis) and my queen was captured within 25-30 yards of a very large colony. You can read about my journey to save her from demise by brood boosting and my attempt to worker boost. If you don't care about the details then the summary is brood boosting was a huge success, but worker introduction was not.

 

Best advice I can give is to be very patient and if you can brood boost then do so carefully, this only risks the brood itself and not the queen. Whereas worker boosting could result in an outcome you don't want, and in fact it is highly likely to get negative results.


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