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Hi, I have a colony of Lasius flavus for 4 months in a test tube...they were 12 workers at the beginning, started to die (4), the queen layed some eggs, but they didnt hatch. The tube is in the arena (plastic one - in a dark place) and they have dead insects, honey with water, sugar, water gel and the room temperature is 25ºC. Now, my workers leaved the queen and just disappeared. I can see some holes in other tubes that I put in the arena with cotton (and water), but I cant see them. What am I doing wrong? I choose lasius for being easy to keep, but this is a tiny nightmare (and frustrating )...Iv tryed to put water in the first tube with a needle, but that caused a lot of stress in the queen, so I stopped, thinking that the workers could collect their water and humify that nest...but it seems VERY dry. In 4 months, I just could see the queen eat an insect 2 times...all other were laying dead in the arena...
Should I move the queen to another tube? How can I do that? How can I moist the cotton in the dead end?
TY, and sorry for my bad english
Well you can try placing another new test tube into the arena and if the queen wants she will move. I do not have any real experience with flavus myself but i know they are much like Lasius niger. By what you say it sounds to me that the queen may not be fertilized, where did you get her? I dont think you have done anything really wrong tbh.. it just might be bad luck.
Your english is also not that bad :) I hope either she lays for you soon and you have workers.. or you do not give up and try again.. maybe with Lasius niger.
TY!
The queen was laying eggs and I bought her with her colony of 12 workers. Some became larvae, but didnt grow. Now, I just have 4 workers (from 12) and they moved yesterday to another tube, with the queen (by their will). Hope better this time :wink: