HI everyone
I got my ant starter pack from antstore excatly 1 year ago.
In test tube there was a queen and several workers no eggs. Ive placed them with open tube into froaging area so they can move out eventually but its never happend.
Workers did explore all the area Ive noticed they had cary food for the queen and fed her. Months pass by and there was not a single egg and workers started to vanish 1 by 1.
I moved queen to the nesting area with remain workers and, she dug in into soil and thats it.
After a year now there is not a single worker just a buried queen in the soil.
Can some explain this phenomenon?
Is that mean queen was not fertilized?
Thanks for any thoughts and ideas