Hello, I recently acquired a Lasius niger Queen with 3 workers and so far kept her in her tube. The tube contains water and I have provided the ants with a drop of honey water and a small housefly which I crushed, both of which I placed into the tube. The ants instantly took to the honey-water and seemed to feed it to their queen and they seem to have moved the fly further inside the tube but it could simply of slid when I moved the tube. I am planning on moving the queen and her brood into the ant farm at around 20 workers.
Anyway, I was wondering if there is anything I could be doing wrong and anything that i should be doing? Thanks.