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[ANTdrew]

Ant_Dude2908, on 14 Apr 2020 - 5:11 PM, said:

ANTdrew, on 14 Apr 2020 - 11:16 AM, said:

I have yet to see a successful journal on these. Makes me doubt they’re worth the effort. Learn to enjoy them in their natural habitat.

Completely worth it when you do it right. You just gotta make sure they have at least 5 queens. Last year my colony got up to 10 workers.

What happened after ten workers?

[madbiologist]

ANTdrew, on 14 Apr 2020 - 5:25 PM, said:

Ant_Dude2908, on 14 Apr 2020 - 5:11 PM, said:

ANTdrew, on 14 Apr 2020 - 11:16 AM, said:

I have yet to see a successful journal on these. Makes me doubt they’re worth the effort. Learn to enjoy them in their natural habitat.

Completely worth it when you do it right. You just gotta make sure they have at least 5 queens. Last year my colony got up to 10 workers.

What happened after ten workers?

He only had one queen. Missisippiensis are obligate polygynists, it's a miracle he even managed to get workers out of that queen.

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[TennesseeAnts]

ANTdrew, on 14 Apr 2020 - 5:25 PM, said:

 

Ant_Dude2908, on 14 Apr 2020 - 5:11 PM, said:

 

ANTdrew, on 14 Apr 2020 - 11:16 AM, said:

I have yet to see a successful journal on these. Makes me doubt they’re worth the effort. Learn to enjoy them in their natural habitat.

Completely worth it when you do it right. You just gotta make sure they have at least 5 queens. Last year my colony got up to 10 workers.

What happened after ten workers?

 

They died in a test tube flood. Idk if I ever mentioned that in my journal though.

[TennesseeAnts]

madbiologist, on 14 Apr 2020 - 5:31 PM, said:

 

ANTdrew, on 14 Apr 2020 - 5:25 PM, said:

 

Ant_Dude2908, on 14 Apr 2020 - 5:11 PM, said:

 

ANTdrew, on 14 Apr 2020 - 11:16 AM, said:

I have yet to see a successful journal on these. Makes me doubt they’re worth the effort. Learn to enjoy them in their natural habitat.

Completely worth it when you do it right. You just gotta make sure they have at least 5 queens. Last year my colony got up to 10 workers.

What happened after ten workers?

He only had one queen. Missisippiensis are obligate polygynists, it's a miracle he even managed to get workers out of that queen.

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I had Colobopsis impressa, and they had 5 queens.

[madbiologist]

Hmm, I must be thinking of someone else's journal.

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[Ferox_Formicae]

I have no idea what you guys are talking about with colonies needing multiple queens to survive. In fact, in the wild, I rarely see colonies with more than one queen. Pleometrotic, yes, but fully and entirely polygynous? Not at all. If you're having trouble with your queens founding, it's probably the nest. Colobopsis require extremely thin test tubes in order to thrive, which can be hard to get your hands on.

[madbiologist]

Ferox_Formicae, on 15 Apr 2020 - 04:10 AM, said:

I have no idea what you guys are talking about with colonies needing multiple queens to survive. In fact, in the wild, I rarely see colonies with more than one queen. Pleometrotic, yes, but fully and entirely polygynous? Not at all. If you're having trouble with your queens founding, it's probably the nest. Colobopsis require extremely thin test tubes in order to thrive, which can be hard to get your hands on.

How thin?

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[Ferox_Formicae]

madbiologist, on 15 Apr 2020 - 04:13 AM, said:

 

Ferox_Formicae, on 15 Apr 2020 - 04:10 AM, said:

I have no idea what you guys are talking about with colonies needing multiple queens to survive. In fact, in the wild, I rarely see colonies with more than one queen. Pleometrotic, yes, but fully and entirely polygynous? Not at all. If you're having trouble with your queens founding, it's probably the nest. Colobopsis require extremely thin test tubes in order to thrive, which can be hard to get your hands on.

How thin?

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2-3 mm preferably.