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[loveants]

the queen temp to sting the new worker so i got them both out but the new worker keep cleaning her gaster alot as well so maybe a queen ? but its really small 

[United-Ants]

 

watch them make sure there is no fighting 

the queen and the new worker touch Wiskers its a newborn ant ( only one that was ontop of the top that was not carrying a egg) 2 workers are next to the queen what dose fighting in ant look like ? gaster in the air ?  

 

biting  in b depills 

[loveants]

idk if they was doing that but the queen temp to sting the new worker so i got them both out 

[QuietWind01]

dose this mean all of the workers from the Coloney will get along with her or is the worker scared of the queen as she's alone 

I think you're putting too many human emotions on these ants/the queen (anthropomorphism) and I don't quite think you understand how this works. The worker cannot be "scared" of the queen. Ants do not and cannot have emotions. Also, after you read this comment I implore you to read the AntWiki page for Brachymyrmex depillis: https://www.antwiki....ymyrmex_depilis

 

1. It's typically a VERY bad idea to dig up a mature colony and try to raise them. Almost always ends up in failure and the death of the colony. Not a very moral or logical choice.

 

2. I'm confused as to your setup here... so, you dug up a mature colony, which others have told you is definitely NOT brachymyrmex (in which they are correct, brachymyrmex don't look anything like the worker pictured)? Then, you stole a few workers from this colony, and put them in a test tube with a brachymyrmex queen that you found, most likely after a nuptial flight and newly mated? If this is the case, regardless of where you got the worker(s) or what species they are, this shouldn't have been done, especially with the workers that you gave her not being brachymyrmex. It is actually surprising to me that those workers haven't tried killing the queen in your test tube. It is very doubtful that even if the workers you gave her WERE of the same species, that they will "get along" with the queen. Unless it's THEIR queen. Sometime down the line they will probably just kill her. The queen will lose, and then the workers will die, because they have no way to eat. (FYI unless you're experienced I don't recommend brood boosting either).

 

3. As for anyone going along and telling you to add workers to the queen, I really don't recommend that... I keep brachymyrmex and someone once recommended this to me and every time it resulted in the queen's death. Yes if successful it can speed up the founding process, but no offense, you don't seem very experienced in this, so for you it's best to keep the queen alone in her own test tube setup. Keep her in a dark, warm, quiet place, and let her hibernate over winter. Check on her minimally until then. Once spring comes, check on her to see if she's laid eggs for you. 

[QuietWind01]

idk if they was doing that but the queen temp to sting the new worker so i got them both out 

I am unsure your meaning by "stinging" the queen. B. Depillis do not sting, they do not have stingers. Also, this is why you shouldn't have put them together, just leave the queen by herself and leave her alone in a dark/warm/quiet place for a few months and don't bother her. The worker again is likely not the same species and is trying to kill her which is what the worker's instincts tell her to do