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[dermy]

I have decided to see if one of my queens from the September Flights would lay any eggs. I haven't seen any yet, but it's only been a few days. I'm hopeful that at least 1 queen will make me a Colony so If this one doesn't it's not the end of the world.

 

 

Here are a few videos I made of her:

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=rCSOI-ggAF0

 

 

and

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=RpjwiRQLELU

 

I'll keep you updated
 

[Crystals]

If you are planning on keeping her in that, add a damp cotton ball.  Lasius like humidity.

[dermy]

The bottom is one of those face cotton pads, so it should have enough humidity, she seems to be doing well right now. I need to keep it moistened though. Things in my room dry out really quickly.

[dermy]

May have taken 3 weeks, but she has some eggs

 

I'll try to get a video of it up tonight.

[antmaniac]

isn't the winter coming in your area?

[Mannomorth]

Lovely, looking forward to the updates, wish you all the best

[dermy]

isn't the winter coming in your area?

 

This is a Reverse HIbernated Queen, so she will be awake all winter and then sleep in the summer. And yes it's winter, about a foot of snow out there already.

 

 

Thanks Mannomorth, things are looking good [if Only I had a better camera ]

 

 

 

Here's that video

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=wIte9rB4U5A
 

[dspdrew]

What are you keeping that queen in?

[dermy]

I'm keeping her in one of these:

 

With some cotton on the bottom for moisture.

 

She seems to like it so far

Edited by dermy, November 29 2015 - 10:00 AM.

[antmaniac]

Oh, the winter ant! Very nice.

[dermy]

Oh, the winter ant! Very nice.

Haha these are Lasius neoniger I don't think they are Winter Ants

[LC3]

How many gum containers do you have/purchased?

Winter ants: Prenolepis imparis.

[dermy]

My mom is continually buying them and eating the gum so I have virtually an unlimited supply.

 

I just need to make more

[dspdrew]

[Gregory2455]

Hahaha!!!

[dermy]

This queen has a nice fat abdomen so I'll take another video of her soon

[dermy]

I think this queen finally has some larvae I'm hoping to reverse hibernate her in the spring/early summer. I think I'll wait until "real summer" hits and then Hibernate her.

[dermy]

On May 20th/2016 this queen finally got her first few nanitics! Now, May 23/2016 she has around 3-4.

 

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=vBLxwTiTlZE

[dermy]

The workers are finally starting to get braver, they are so lightning fast

Here are a few videos showing how fast they are

 

 

 

and

 

 

 

 

 

Yes I know i have some serious mold problems going on it's like a rainbow in there

Edited by dermy, June 14 2016 - 6:11 PM.

[dermy]

I've got a little bit of an issue, this queen/colony [she has I think 3 workers now] has some Pinkish mold [will get a video or some pictures up to show you what I mean later]

Edit: If you look in the post above you will see what I mean, but now it's all the cotton [it's not the same moist cotton pad as the video, but rather a new "clean" one]

Whenever I clean it out, it just comes right back, so should I just try to get the colony to move out of the container all together? I feel like this is more than just a coincidence at this point, since I've cleaned out the cotton and it just always comes back [really fast too, like within a week it will be just as bad as it was pre-cleaning]

Edited by dermy, July 24 2016 - 12:50 PM.