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What are the chances of a queen ant with no workers producing male alates?

Started By DDD101DDD , Aug 14 2019 12:09 PM

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#1 Offline DDD101DDD - Posted August 14 2019 - 12:09 PM

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Question in the title

He travels, he seeks the p a r m e s a n.

#2 Offline ponerinecat - Posted August 14 2019 - 1:57 PM

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This happens when the queen is infertile.

#3 Offline NickAnter - Posted August 14 2019 - 2:52 PM

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Actually, a queen can still get workers after producing a male. If a trophic egg hatches, before the fertile ones, therefore, it is dependent upon the egg, and sometimes the queen, though the queen lays the egg. Yeah, I am that person that points things like that out. I don't mean to be rude, and even I am not sure how to word an explanation of this. To answer the topic, the chances are very, very low.

Edited by NickAnter, August 14 2019 - 2:55 PM.

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Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies.

However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:

Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant).