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Bless: Questions & Answers how to move ants (3. Aug 2004 12:24)

Hi! My Ants (Lasius Niger) arrived fine about 2 days ago. I have attached them to the farm, put a small about of honeywater at the entrance and given then quite time but they just wont move from the test tube. I read it can take a few days for them to move the queen in, but not a single worker has even attempted to explore the farm. They sit about all day looking very lazy. Im so worried! Any hints or tips as to how to get my ants to make the farm thier home?

Many thanks!

Bless.

Martin S.: (5. Aug 2004 19:41)

Please has patience. With Lasius niger it will take about days or weeks.
With kinds such as C ligniperda it takes 2-3 days to the farm through digs has.

antboy: pleas help me (21. Aug 2004 02:07)

hi i have got one queen with onw worker atachet to my ant farm but nithink is hapaning for the first 2 days the one worker was going back a throth from the ant farm lineing the iner of the test tube with sand how long till the queen goes and starts building a nest?

Peter: (21. Aug 2004 08:41)

there is one way one o my friends did it cover the ant fram iwth paper to make the inside dark and leave teh test tube out in the light.

i can't say it will work but it did for my m8 jsut rember one she moved to take the test tube off and cover the hole then remmove the papaer slowly u anit want to blined them

from Pete