miszt: (12. Jan 2008 19:26)

Yep, they are considered polygyn, however, usually the Queens will not tolerate each other once the colonies become established, and one will be forced to live in a seperate area of the nest, but both their workers will live together :) (according to the Ants)

I have 4 workers already, and the 2 queens are happily 'snuggled' up to each other at the moment, and the workers have combined all the larvae from both queens into one pile :)

ant dude: (12. Jan 2008 21:58)

wot about (camponotus lighnerperda) :-k Camponotus ligniperda *

or dont u know bout these??? :grin:

* Correction Antstore

Please give you much more trouble with the writing from your contributions! Thank you!

miszt: (12. Jan 2008 22:32)

I've never seen lighnerperda listed as polygyn, so cant say

JimmyVe: (13. Jan 2008 14:26)

That is really great news. ;) In that case the colony would grow much faster. Keep us informed about this miszt, maybe i try it later on to. ;)

miszt: (13. Jan 2008 14:58)

Its going well so far, the queens are cleaning each other, and the workers have been feeding both for the last few minutes, my bathroom seems to have warmed up allot and brought them out of hibernation, which is a pain, but they've been in for a while anyway, so shouldnt be a problem :)

kashmir79: (14. Jan 2008 19:49)

so they are now out of hibernation ?

miszt: (14. Jan 2008 19:56)

Yes, I put them into hibernation in september, so they have had a few months now, reading thru various articals on them, in the US they often only hibernate for 4-5 months, sometimes less

ant dude: (14. Jan 2008 20:45)

@miszt: wot been happening 2day then with them??? any intresting updates or same as before really its just as i'm intrested lol #-o

kashmir79: (15. Jan 2008 22:22)

i might do the same with my Herc queen, shes been in hibernation since early october. :D

miszt: (18. Jan 2008 13:12)

my new camera arrived, so heres a quick tester image...

No setup was done for this, the lighting is terrable, I used AF which you never do for macro, hence having some problems focusing thru the glass, also this was with just hte 55mm lens, no extention tube or reverse ring...still, not a bad pic, the detail is ok, once I get a light ring and the other bits, these pictures should come out beautiful :D

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