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How long can a queen with one worker survive without food?
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, Jun 20 2021 6:31 AM
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Posted June 20 2021 - 6:31 AM
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Posted June 20 2021 - 7:30 AM
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Depends on the species. Fully claustral? Maybe a week or two. Semi claustral? A few days. In the end they will both start eating away the remaining brood.
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Posted June 20 2021 - 8:23 AM
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Ok, um lets say Camponotus pennsylvanicus, Lasius niger, and Lasius neglectus.
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Posted June 20 2021 - 8:51 AM
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Don’t push it. Feed right away once you see workers. Sugar is more important than protein at that point because the queen will be very near starvation.
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Posted June 20 2021 - 9:08 AM
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Ok, yea, I fed them sugar water, but is the queen just going to feed the brood just sugar water? Or does she still have something left in her wing mucle area?
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Posted June 20 2021 - 10:10 AM
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You should feed protein, typically insects, as soon as your first workers hatch. Depending on the species, the queen may have some stored protein left, but at this point she will be almost out and the colony will need more to grow.
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Posted June 20 2021 - 2:11 PM
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Ok, I'll feed them more sugar water and a superworm segment.
Been keeping ants since January of 2021
Always try new things, even if its hard, hard is not impossible. We are smart and it's good to be smart but not too smart for your own good.
Always try new things, even if its hard, hard is not impossible. We are smart and it's good to be smart but not too smart for your own good.
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