ant kid: Why is this happening? (6. Mär 2010 21:45)

Hello,

Well recently 3 niger queen have died and 2 lone queen which were doing fantastic with alot of brood which were mostly larvae and 1 queen who started lone but 7 workers hatched and today they were all dead :( They are in test tubes and it seems it was to do with humidity that it was all kind of wet, i dont know what I have done wrong themps are around 22C - 24C max.

Thanks,

ant kid

UneXisted: Re: Why is this happening? (6. Mär 2010 23:27)

Did you hibernated them?

ant kid: Re: Why is this happening? (6. Mär 2010 23:47)

yes

matt-man123: Re: Why is this happening? (7. Mär 2010 11:19)

How did you wake them up?

matt

JimmyVe: Re: Why is this happening? (9. Mär 2010 21:17)

Maybe you wake them up to fast.

matt-man123: Re: Why is this happening? (9. Mär 2010 22:14)

what i was thinking jimmy!

ant kid: Re: Why is this happening? (10. Mär 2010 07:43)

I woke them up in mid february and hibernated around late september

matt-man123: Re: Why is this happening? (10. Mär 2010 08:50)

Did you get them straight out?

JimmyVe: Re: Why is this happening? (15. Mär 2010 21:26)

Wat Matt (and I) are trying to tell. If you wake your ants up from hibernation you need to do it slowly. A few degrees a day/week. Not from 10-20°c in once day.

ant kid: Re: Why is this happening? (15. Mär 2010 21:32)

I know I graduated the temps slowly in about 1 week took for normal temps :)