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:
Sounds pretty good. Would like to see some pictures!
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.
Seems like your farm is big enough for them to grow in. :D
Did you also have an out world ?
yeah there is a small plastic tank
how do you make the y-tong blocks? are they thermal insulation blocks used in building (breeze blocks)?
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
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
hi
I used talcum powder.
but they are in a different set up now
Hey Lewis.
Its been a very long time, but how is this colony doing now?