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[JimmyVe]

A few pictures of my new colony, they just arrived.

Queen with workers.

[JimmyVe]

New picture, colony in hibernation.

[Skippy]

My messor barbarus

[Skippy]

My messor muticus

[JimmyVe]

Looks very good. Try not to disturb them to much. they get stressed up easily.

[Skippy]

Only when I making photos

[4mykids]

what is the solution in your tubes? Water or a honey solution?

[JimmyVe]

Hi 4mykids and welcome to the forum.

No it is just water. It is meant to keep the 'nest' (temporally) moist.

I feed them outside the tube, honey solution (or sugar) and some bugs and of course seeds.

[4mykids]

I just manager to get real luck with finding 5 Carpenter Queens,

I will use the same technique as you. I have the test tubes already.

The best - thank you.

[Skippy]

Messor muticus fotos - very good number of larvae to start the new colony

[JimmyVe]

in deed, she has a lot of larva.

[4mykids]

Nice!

Just got back - had surgery on Thursday - Percocets are sweet!!!

! on my Carpenter Queens died - all of the other 4 are laying eggs however today i checked and the one queen ate all of the eggs.

What's up with that?

[Skippy]

Hello 4mykids ,and welcome in forum again

I think ,Camponotus pennsylvanicus is like Campo. vagus. You can read somethink about young queens of my campo here http://www.antstore.net/viewtopic.php?t=5324 .
It is all ,what I can help you now.

Greetings Skippy

[JimmyVe]

@4mykids: some queens do that, i'm not sure i can explain it why they do it. if my queens do it i give them a little bit of food, somethimes it helps. you can try it. (but i don't garantie it work)

[Skippy]

Messor muticus new photos