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SteveUK28: (7. Dez 2007 21:00)

Miszt u r da man... What do u think of Camponotus ligniperda?

JimmyVe: (9. Dez 2007 17:19)

That would be the nicest farm i have ever seen miszt. Good luck on building one of you one.

miszt: (10. Dez 2007 01:58)

its nearly finished :D its not as hard to make as you might think, i'll take sum pics and post up a DIY for making one when i put it together at my new house :D definitly worth making for anyone with enough space, i've built it out of a wardrobe, so only takes up ~2m x 1m ;) the hardest part will be water proofing and ant-escape proofing, although I think I am probly going to use electrical escape proofing around any holes they might be able to get thru, shuldnt matter to much as the water/island setup shuld keep most of them back


Great news to, my colony has moved! woot! well at least I am 99% sure they have all moved, looking into the new basin, theres alot of ants in there, and they are busy weaving their new nest, aswell as digging tunnels :D i'm going to give it a few more days before i take out the old island and inspect it...heres hoping half the colony doesnt come flooding out! think i will do it in my bath tub full of water! (cold water shuld help 'chill them out' a bit aswell)

Purifier: (10. Dez 2007 02:02)

Nice that they finally moved to the wished place ;)
And im looking forward for these pics, must look great!

A nice Monday to everybody!!

SteveUK28: (10. Dez 2007 10:27)

<--also lookin forward to the pics.. I am DEF gonna keep these ants at some point.. and as i now have a spare room to keep my ants i would prob try makin myself the same sort of thing you are miszt.. so that guide ur planning on making would be soooo helpfull..

@Purifier... Happy Monday to you aswell my friend :D

sithmaster676: (10. Dez 2007 17:24)

yeah everyone seems keen on getting some pics hopefully it all goes well for you.
Sithmaster676

miszt: (12. Dez 2007 14:38)

well, I've been feeding them 5-10 crickets a day now for about a week....

but the queens are still being killed :( I estimate that at least 100 queens have been slaughterd now

I removed all the cork from the original nest, and found about 40 queens still there, and some workers, cant really tell whether there is any brood still there, as I dont want to disturb the soil to much incase I bury them, so will have to wait another week or so to see....the water is really gross now, mold is covering most of the surface! eek

SteveUK28: (12. Dez 2007 15:56)

lol miszt that dont sound good..

Purifier: (12. Dez 2007 22:41)

You dont keep them in the basin with the gross mould water?! You move them into another basin, right?

I really dont know why they kill other queens. Maybe Jimmy could say something about it :?:

miszt: (12. Dez 2007 22:48)

yeah of course, the new basin is well away from the mold :) they have a bridge to get into it......I *think* they have all moved now, i've not seen any activity in the old basin for a few hours now, so i've removed the bridge and sealed the new basin....will put the old one in my bath in a little while, probly friday, to check theres none left, then i can clean it all out!


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