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#1 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted July 6 2020 - 8:32 AM

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Is it ok to check up on colonies more often than founding queens?



#2 Offline RushmoreAnts - Posted July 6 2020 - 8:34 AM

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Is it ok to check up on colonies more often than founding queens?

Yes. And the more you check on them, the more they'll get used to it. I check on my colonies at least once or twice a day.


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"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version

 

Keeping:

Tetramorium immigrans

Formica cf. pallidefulva, cf. incerta, cf. argentea

Formica cf. aserva, cf. subintegra

Pheidole bicarinata

Myrmica sp.

Lasius neoniger, brevicornis


#3 Offline TheMicroPlanet - Posted July 6 2020 - 8:48 AM

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Is it ok to check up on colonies more often than founding queens?

Yes. And the more you check on them, the more they'll get used to it. I check on my colonies at least once or twice a day.

 

Alright, thanks. I'm trying to check up on my p. imparis colony every other day.


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