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Additional workers for founding stage?

Started By Straywolf94 , Jul 9 2018 9:51 AM

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#1 Offline Straywolf94 - Posted July 9 2018 - 9:51 AM

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Is it advisable to collect workers to put in with queens during their founding stage?  I don't see this mentioned, so I assume not, especially for fully claustral queens.  What about semi-claustral queens who are obligate foragers?


#2 Offline rbarreto - Posted July 9 2018 - 9:54 AM

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You are probably better off just adding pupae since they can't fight back, will imprint on the queen, and worst case scenario will just be a nice snack.


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#3 Offline AntsAreCool55 - Posted July 9 2018 - 12:34 PM

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Workers no,pupae are fine. Callow workers can be successfully introduced,but pupae work best,in my experience.
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