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Lewis: My Lasius niger colony 2! (3. Nov 2009 19:12)

I caught these queen in late july and left them in a warm place for a week and a half because we went to france :)

july O9
when we got back all three queens had around 1O cocoons and larvea no food was fed to them before!! :grin: Oh and they were in test tubes with a water resevoir. And were in there for another week and half before france :D

july O9
Than the workers came pouring out through the rest of the summer and they had fresh honey every day and that meant the queen was laying eggs all the time so they manedged to get two healthy batches of eggs hatched by the end of the summer 8) !!

3rd november O9
now in hibernation in a massive y-tong setup they are about 25-3O workers!!!yay. Me and my friend to day nocked together three y-tong nests all attached by tubes!!!

will try to get pics :wink:

if someone could help me and tell me how to resize the pics i can produce almost hi defenition pics so please give some idears :wink:

just now i tried to resize one and it worked but only on picture manadger i saved and all that happebd was it went back to the old size :?: :!:

5th november O9
all i well and i can't wait for spring! :grin: :mrgreen:

Creature: Re: my lasiuns niger colony 2! (3. Nov 2009 20:18)

Sounds pretty good. Would like to see some pictures!

Lewis: Re: my lasiuns niger colony 2! (3. Nov 2009 22:17)

yay did it more pics on the way that one is not that good

it may not be that good because it was a bit dim i will try again tomorrow.

JimmyVe: Re: my Lasius niger colony 2! (4. Nov 2009 23:01)

Seems like your farm is big enough for them to grow in. :D
Did you also have an out world ?

Lewis: Re: my Lasius niger colony 2! (4. Nov 2009 23:09)

yeah there is a small plastic tank

fishballdan: Re: My Lasius niger colony 2! (5. Feb 2011 11:37)

how do you make the y-tong blocks? are they thermal insulation blocks used in building (breeze blocks)?

Lewis: Re: My Lasius niger colony 2! (6. Mär 2011 16:46)

yes you can get them at any building store such as wicks or B&Q :wink:

by the way this colony now has around 150 workers

MrTazzzi1: Re: My Lasius niger colony 2! (8. Mär 2011 11:12)

Hi Lewis
Great work! I've got a question to your plastic box: at the lid of the box, there are some slots. The ants could escape!¨

Best regards

MrTazzzi1

Lewis: Re: My Lasius niger colony 2! (13. Mär 2011 19:26)

hi

I used talcum powder.
but they are in a different set up now

AstroAmbitions: Re: My Lasius niger colony 2! (12. Jul 2014 11:47)

Hey Lewis.

Its been a very long time, but how is this colony doing now?