mate: Camponotus (3. Mai 2008 14:04)

Today I found 6 queens of camponotus :)

How long does it make egg to worker?
It is posible to start with more queens?

Skippy: (3. Mai 2008 16:22)

I think it is better to have one queen in one tube ;) ... and first eggs probably to 3-4 days , max 10 days ;) ... aaand from egg to worker is it about one month (4-5 weeks , depends on temperature)

mate: (3. Mai 2008 17:30)

And what temperature is ideal for Camponotus?

Skippy: (3. Mai 2008 18:02)

I think in this period is good to take it at 24°C :) but optimal is 24-27 (27 at summer)

Necturus: (3. Mai 2008 18:39)

mate,
if you keep them together, they will in the end kill each other (as soon as first workers hatch!) Better separate them fast.

mate: (3. Mai 2008 19:03)

if i heve more queens together they will make more eggs =>(workers) soon I like to heve more workers in short time

Skippy: (3. Mai 2008 20:08)

it is not truth !!!
if you have more camponotus (some spacies yes, but this is campo) , they maybe are not killing together , but they´ll eathing other eggs !! ... and it is bad way to have colony ;) ... and if some queen will have workers , or all will have workers , these workers will slowly killing all queens and then get stay only that the best/strongest queen from these all ... other will die ....... believe me and necturus ;) , because it looks on photo like vagus or some similar camponotus and I have a lot of experiences with them ...

mate: (3. Mai 2008 21:18)

but i have 6 queens i like to heve yust 1 colony wath i can do with other 5 queens?

tail__: (3. Mai 2008 21:33)

Sell them :) Or release them where you found them.

mate: (4. Mai 2008 09:09)

And another question:
it is posible to add workers to the queen and How?
what species is Ligniperda or Vagus?