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[General]

Hey guys I am wondering if I can mate my Cremastogaster lineolata manually. I raided a nest but failed to find the queen. I managed to get 2 males and 2 females about 25 workers and 20 eggs and larvae. I want to mate the male and female manully because I need a quuen to lay eggs in my new nest. Do you have any vids or procedures on how to mate them manually. Please reply. I appreciate any help.

[baumarkthammer]

I don´t know if anybody tried it before and if it is possible.
It is more complicated than mating bigger animals manually not only because they are small but also because the male has to start to pump the samen in the queen and first you would have to stuck them together.
Doing that manually is kind of impossible.

[Markus]

Its possible for bees, so it should be possible for ants, the only problem should be the money and source for the materials...