Hi there,
Just bought a small colony of M essor barbarus.
Here is a link to my journal, any comments or tips/info will be greatly appreciated.
http://tonysmessors.blogspot.com/
Cheers
Congrats and welcome, i started with them earlier this year so check out my thread for some help http://www.antstore.net/viewtopic.php?f=197&t=15656 Don't be in to much of a hurry to move them into a new nest until you have a 100 or so workers or more, and the most imporatant thing is not to disturb this species as they panic quickly and the queen may kill the brood.
Im sorry if this is off-topic but do they chew out of ytong only when they have no room or they do that allways