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Mikey_Bustos: Formica fusca - Queen Adopts Adult Workers and Vice Versa (31. Dez 2009 04:28)

This summer was a great experience housing various species of ants, and the Formica fusca ants in particular proved to be an epic adventure in itself. Here's a video which describes how I was able to introduce some unrelated adult worker ants that had been orphaned to a queen who had been displaced from an original colony.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piS_A0zcl-4

http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss350/mikeybustosphotos/DSC04016.jpg

Creature: Re: Formica fusca - Queen Adopts Adult Workers and Vice Versa (31. Dez 2009 10:18)

Congratulations on that :D

We have somebody ( ERNE ) in the german forum , who had a whole colony of adult acromyrmex workers adopted to his new colony.

He mad a setup so the both colonys could "smell" each other.

And after a while he opened " the gates " between both colonys. Now they are one union

http://www.antstore.net/viewtopic.php?f=158&t=6949&start=75

JimmyVe: Re: Formica fusca - Queen Adopts Adult Workers and Vice Versa (3. Jan 2010 13:26)

Nice, very good work. :)

Mikey_Bustos: Re: Formica fusca - Queen Adopts Adult Workers and Vice Versa (8. Jan 2010 12:52)

Thank you, guys! I'm happy it turned out, too, and look forward to her family this year!

jeffrey432: Re: Formica fusca - Queen Adopts Adult Workers and Vice Versa (11. Jan 2010 18:33)

Can't wait to see a nice big colony video of that gyne :D