As most of you know I just aquired my one and only Tetramorium colony. I am wondering if I should hibernate them or not. They just reached 16 workers today. Any suggestions
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Tetramorium Hibernation
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JustabirdfromFlorida
, Sep 19 2023 12:21 PM
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Posted September 19 2023 - 12:21 PM
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Posted September 19 2023 - 12:25 PM
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You live in Florida so you don't need to.
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Posted September 19 2023 - 12:27 PM
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Assuming you mean tetramorium immigrans? They don't require diapause, if they seem to slow down you could diapause for a few months
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Posted September 19 2023 - 6:25 PM
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Hello asim;
I find that my Tetramorium immigrans colonies, even when they are in winter storage, continue to raise brood as quickly as the temperature will allow. They don’t take any protein, I don’t know what they raise them with. They don’t diapause but merely slow down and continue to function as a colony, very slowly.
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I find that my Tetramorium immigrans colonies, even when they are in winter storage, continue to raise brood as quickly as the temperature will allow. They don’t take any protein, I don’t know what they raise them with. They don’t diapause but merely slow down and continue to function as a colony, very slowly.
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