well if they work together peacefuly then i dont plan to split them up but you do make a good point if it doesnt work
and how long will it take for my workers to forige topside for food or how long untill they need it cuz all i leave just gets moldy
You need to refresh the food. Depending on the size of the colony i almost give them fresh food every day and clean up the left overs about 2 times a week.
there are about 100 - 150 wrokers and 3 queens and one massive larva and about 100 eggs and they just run away from the food like its plaged or something lol
They are Lasius flavus wright ?
My colony just come and eat from the things i give them, they are not shy and don't run away from it ? What do you give them ?
prety sure they look just like lasius flavus o and i give them rollie pollies and earth warms and melie worms
I herd Lasius flavus like garden peas, try it out and see how they like it. :wink:
u could also try giving them a piece of fruits, like strawberry, plums etc.
In my experience my lasius niger love plum but thats just mine lol
its not the sugar they run from its the meat but i will try a piece of fruit and see how they like probly love it considering how much they like sugar water
ok update i did combine my 2 colonies (keeped one of the 4 queens out) they brought 2 of the 3 new queens in the same way they did with there orginal queens but killed the 3rd one why did they do this to one and not all?
Why... good question. ;)
Could be the queen was to weak or the had a different smell, the workers maybe just couldn't handle another queen... lot of reasons but hard to tell why they did it.