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yeah there is a queen. I got them from edu-sci, they were in the post for about a week and thus were very shaken up and lots of dead ants, there were about 35-40 workers still alive when i got them (this was due to royal mail and not edu-sci). They did have a brood, and were feeding on sugar water and blue bottles/moths. I have cleaned alot of the dust that came with the sandy-stone type grounding for the feeding area as the dead ants were all covered in it. I think the problem with moving the nesting area is that the tube that connects the two areas is quite high up, and even though theres a slope for them to climb I think it's unnatural for them to climb into a nest, if that makes sense. At some point I'll try and get them whilst their all in the tube, bottle them up for a few minutes and put new grounding in and put a tube that goes under the grounding so it seems as though they are going underground, as I have seen on other setups here. I will keep you posted
a little word of advice snide, dont buy from Edu again. They are not the best place to get ants at all. I have a contact who can get very good rubra colonys.
I'm not sure about this but i think your queen could also be dead. You say you had brood when they arrived, but now not any more. it could be your queens also was dead (from the shipping). Some queens are not bigger than the workers (from this species).
i do agree with jimmy.. very hard to tell my queens at first as they are very small
damn.. I read that myrmica rubra can have multiple queens, any advice on whether/how to do this? Or whether just to let these workers live out their remaining time in peace (if the queen is dead) and start again, I guess
They do have multiple queens as my colony has at least 6... as for introducing a new queen, im not sure.. I would say it should be done during hibernation. But if you can find a queen or 2 then there would be no harm in trying to add them.
I have 13 Queens in my colony (pos ruginodis), Myrmica are pretty good at accepting new queens, and will happily collect up mated queens after flights to add to the nest, so I dont think it will be a problem
In deed, there is not reason the just let the colony die. This species easy accept new queens. I always say its best to add them during hibernation but in your case you can try it now. I'm not a 100% sure it works but the change is very high it will.
OK, the queen is alive, but she wont lay any more brood, and they wont move into the damp, dark nesting area through the tube. The workers are still feeding on the sugar water, satsuma slices and now applies I put in at someones advice aswell; I've lost pretty much all hope for these ones. I can't think of where to get extra queens to introduce to them, and obviously buying another colony and putting them in their would just kill out the old colony. Not really sure what to do.
Hiya Snide, as i said bud ive got a contact who can get queens for you.. if you pm me and give you details ok. Just another thing.. give them a few dead insects.. mine love crickets and locusts but also demolish small house spiders.