ANTSTORE World of Ants

[ashhad1]

Ya i think ur right im just to hyped from them lol since they didnt have a great start when they came from antstore. My colony is 12 girls strong (includes queen)

[M.Marshall]

Hehe .. , My colony has only 5 workers .. but I am expecting them to grow fast as the queen is a good egg layer. I have 2 larvae and 10-15 eggs.

Matt

[ducatiman]

my colony is 5 or 6 strong plus the queen,no sign of them feeding yet

[JimmyVe]

That is normal, if the colony is that small they most of the time come out at night to feed, because the feel much saver at night.

[M.Marshall]

Well mine dont seem to mind .. they just try and attack me as soon as I open up the tube and they only have 5 workers.

Wow they have a large batch of eggs now .... it keeps getting bigger I would say around 15 now
Matt

[ducatiman]

i have not seen them since last year cause they are in a basin they are under the ground in the dark.they are being warmed up slow ,if i dont see any activity in the next 2 week i may dig down and see if they are alive,i know where they are ,about 2.5 cm down in a corner under a piece of wood,a bad idea ??/???

[ducatiman]

lol i know what you mean lol,but how do i know they are alive and how long should i wait

[Phasmid]

If you dig down to them the disturbance could stress them and this maybe be bad for them if they are asleep or just waking up. Some times ants take quite a while to wake up, even when there is a good heat source. If they are dead, then you have nothing to lose by being patient anyway to see if they do emerge. I also suggest that you place some sort of food, like sugar water, in the baisin as they could be foraging whilst your back is turned .

[SteveUK28]

i had a simular situation with my nylanderi Duc.. Howeva i did just leave them and put a bit of honey down just outside the nest.. sure enough within a few hours a worker was out drinking the honey.. im sure they are there an just fine.. prob only come out at night or when ur not looking

[ducatiman]

well,they are alive,i put some honey and a small piece of bacon in for them,when i checked the bacon had gone but i also spotted that a worker had got stuck in the honey and died

[kashmir79]

woke up this morning, after my tiresome day in London !
found the queen had laid one egg woop

checked at 9pm she has another 4 eggs now woop "!

[JimmyVe]

a worker had got stuck in the honey and died

Yes that could happen that is why i use such small dishes for the honey, that way the chance of them getting stuck is much lower.

@ kashmir: nice for you man.