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[DDD101DDD]

I think that all discussion to Bloachmannia bacteria's relationship to Camponoutus should be posted here, because it's getting kind of confusing with all of the other threads with relevance to this.

[ANTdrew]

Here’s a link to the oiginal conversation: http://www.formicult...-78#entry124326

[ANTdrew]

Here’s some pure conjecture: this summer has been almost three degrees above average in my area. If you read the Wikipedia article about Blochmannia, it says they are heat intolerant. Perhaps queens born and raised in very high temps come out deficient in the bacteria stores they should be passing on to their workers via trophylaxis? Again, pure conjecture...

Edited by ANTdrew, September 7 2019 - 6:17 AM.

[ForestDragon]

I think that could be a reason why some colonies are dying, a common factor in Camponotus species seizing and dying could be because they are heated, killing the bacteria causing this stuff to happen once a colony is stable and large enough they have some cool areas in which this bacteria thrives. this is a very new thing to me but I will understand as much as I can and do my part for our beloved ant colonies