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How do I collect/find queens?

Started By Enderz , Sep 23 2016 5:45 PM

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#1 Offline Enderz - Posted September 23 2016 - 5:45 PM

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I don't know any methods for collecting queens except for going out and looking around if you have any suggestions please tell me below especially for city/urban areas

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#2 Offline spider_creations - Posted September 23 2016 - 6:51 PM

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Light trading after it rains works also checking a pool after a rain you can see tons of Queens in the pool

#3 Offline dspdrew - Posted September 24 2016 - 9:49 AM

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Best thing to do is read the pinned topics.

How to find and catch queen ants.

http://www.formicult...tch-queen-ants/

You will find very few queen ants in the city in Southern California.

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#4 Offline NightsWebs - Posted September 24 2016 - 11:02 PM

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collected 7 species of queens and turned down 3 other species for collection in a 2 day jaunt is pretty good I would say and never catch queens in SoCal cities

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