von fernando_regio » 2. Dez 2007 14:49
My first colony dyed because the Queen never went out of the test tube and gone to the farm, i have one of those formicariums with the ant farm on the side all in one, and she probably didnt feel safe, or i bother them too much and she dyed. Know im going to put the test tube in the spring directly in the farm, and the young ants will have to find the arena, probably its better, they ad lots of grass seeds but neverdeless she dyed all the same a week later the other ants dyed too. But thanks for telling me that. She was in the fridge with 2-3 degrees for two days, i imidiatly retreived her from there, and she started to move, so she is alive, the temps here in my home are 16 degrees, and my Lisus Niger Colony are with there activity very low, only one ore two came out of the nest. Temps here dont go much low has you can imagine, that was why i putted The Messor Barbarus Queen in the fridge, because its a young Queen and she needs to Hibernate so that she is at her best to lay egs in the Spring. But lets see what heapens then, i hope for a success, i realy like very much the Messor kind. By the way, all specs of ants have strong survivul instincts, and they can prevail in all the climates if putted to the test, so i dont see exactly where is the problem with Messor Hibernate in less then 10 degrees.