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[AntBoi3030]

Small Update 2/21/2025:

There was a bit of an issue earlier this week with the power shutting off for a few days. Thankfully, I put the queen on one of the generator outlets, and that kept her nice and warm. It must be very, very warm in her insolated box because...we have pupae! Good thing, too, she looks a lot thinner. I checked up on her earlier today, and it looks like she has 12 pupae and mature larvae, this species's queens are so impressive. One of the pupae even has eyes, so I will check up on her later this week. Hopefully, she'll have workers by then!

The power outage setup:

The Queen and her brood pile:

Edited by AntBoi3030, Yesterday, 7:34 PM.

[ANTdrew]

Excellent work! You’ll have workers very soon then! I just started heating a new cerasi queen in an insulator box about ten days ago myself.

[AntBoi3030]

Excellent work! You’ll have workers very soon then! I just started heating a new cerasi queen in an insulator box about ten days ago myself.

Expect workers in a week then, haha.

Edited by AntBoi3030, Today, 5:51 AM.