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My Queen ant ran away!

Started By NancyZamora4991 , Aug 16 2021 10:06 AM

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#1 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 16 2021 - 10:06 AM

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Months ago I took 14 workers and their queen from a 200 worker colony and put them into a test tube (I didn't know it was cruel to do that then). I brought them home and  months later maggots started appearing in their test tube, so I released them outside in a rotting stump. The moment I let them out, the queen bolted out and disappeared under the stump but the workers stayed put. Will the workers eventually find the queen and bring her back or will the queen be fine on her own and start a new colony?


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#2 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 16 2021 - 10:10 AM

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I forgot to mention these are carpenter ants


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#3 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted August 16 2021 - 11:15 AM

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They might find her. Please don’t ruin any more ants lives like this, no offense.
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#4 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 16 2021 - 11:22 AM

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None taken. I was a noob.


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#5 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 16 2021 - 11:24 AM

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I actually saw her wandering around inside the log with a worker a couple minutes ago!


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#6 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted August 16 2021 - 11:25 AM

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I actually saw her wandering around inside the log with a worker a couple minutes ago!

That's a good sign. Hopefully they can recover.


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#7 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted August 16 2021 - 12:11 PM

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Hopefully


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