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If the mites will become too dangerous, you may try some anti-mite drugs used by bee keepers. Of course you would need only a very small amount, considering proportions of ant and bee colony size. But maybe you will succeed in removing them manually.
Ok I know its not the 23rd but this is cool! The mating flight happened :O I caught 15 queens, FIFTEEN lol. I have put them in syringes with one end blocked up with water and cotton wool. I have 3 of these each containing 5 queens zomg! So my question (as I always seem to have one :P) is (you can probably guess) can I have a colony with >1 queen… e.g. 5... I read a post where a guy had 2 queens and when the workers hatched they split up… If that happens will they be satellite colonies or just completely different colonies?
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Can I put all 15 together and have a SUPER colony :shock: hehe.
no, they will kill each other and you may end up with none ;) also make sure you only collected de-alted queens, ie ones that had removed their wings, as this is the only way to tell if they are fertilized
depending on the species, I am assuming Lasius niger, as they flew today
Really? So Lasius Niger colonies can only have 1 queen? Damn TT, I gotta buy a WHOLE lot of test tubes now...
What would you do with 15 colonies? An ant soup? :P
Really? So Lasius Niger colonies can only have 1 queen? Damn TT, I gotta buy a WHOLE lot of test tubes now...
or you could juz let them go :)
and shoot myself at the same time....
Why keep all 15 queens ? What are you going to do with them ? I don't understand people. If i catch queens i (at most) take 3 queens from the same species. If they all succeed in making a small colony i give 2 away or release them where i captured them. 1 colony of each species is more than enough. ;)
About the mites, i don't think the white stuff on the new born workers are mites. (just a guess of course, i don't see it, i only know what you write here so...)
Ok JimmyVe thanks for the advise :D I think I am going to keep most of them in test tubes and see which one does the best (they have a much better chance of suviving in captivity than in the wild so I am actually helping them :P) and then I will release the rest of the queens, lol kind of like a reality show. Gosh I am mean... I hate those shows...
Oh and im not sure the white stuff is mites aswell. I will explain tommorow. It is midnight... Should get some sleep lol.
You do that. See which one makes a nice colony for you and release the rest back into nature, make sure you place them back where you found them. ;)