M.Marshall: (4. Feb 2008 19:12)

Hey , well there are still more eggs coming evey day I saw the queen laying another egg this evening.... :D

I now count around 11 eggs not bad going for a colony with 5 workers
Matt

JimmyVe: (4. Feb 2008 19:13)

After hibernation ? Depends on the size of your colony. If the colony is small they will not be very active right away, but if you have a large colony they will be active when they awake.

M.Marshall: (4. Feb 2008 19:16)

Ohh .. they have been out of hibernation long around 2 weeks and they only have 5 workers. Though they are not wasting anytime , the queen is laying alot of eggs.

Matt

ashhad1: (4. Feb 2008 19:18)

well i woke mine up about 2 days ago and i got immediatly the queen walking around in her mini ytong (i got pics, put them on later tho) and i had a max of 3 workers exploring the new area but now its constantly 1 or 2 workers outside. But the queen just sits there now, occasionaly moving around a little but still no eggs...
I wonder if i let them out to early? I also put a small piece of fresh chicken for the temporary protein boost the queen might need to make eggs.
help or advise would be cool :D

M.Marshall: (4. Feb 2008 19:23)

Hey , well I certainly dont think you waking them up too early is anything to do with it. I think you are expecting abit too much of them give them awhile to settle back into normal life again.

By the way how big is your colony ?

Matt

ashhad1: (4. Feb 2008 19:30)

Ya i think ur right im just to hyped from them lol since they didnt have a great start when they came from antstore. My colony is 12 girls strong (includes queen)

M.Marshall: (4. Feb 2008 19:32)

Hehe .. , My colony has only 5 workers .. but I am expecting them to grow fast as the queen is a good egg layer. I have 2 larvae and 10-15 eggs.

Matt

ducatiman: (4. Feb 2008 20:38)

my colony is 5 or 6 strong plus the queen,no sign of them feeding yet :(

JimmyVe: (5. Feb 2008 16:16)

That is normal, if the colony is that small they most of the time come out at night to feed, because the feel much saver at night.

M.Marshall: (5. Feb 2008 17:02)

Well mine dont seem to mind .. they just try and attack me as soon as I open up the tube and they only have 5 workers. :D

Wow they have a large batch of eggs now .... it keeps getting bigger I would say around 15 now :shock:
Matt