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[miszt]

Ytong is a brand of Areated Concrete

yeah it does apear to have less bubbles, but it doesnt just that my hoover broke while i was making it, so allot of the holes got filled in with dust and it stuck when i washed it, just as good tho humidity levels are fine

[JimmyVe]

Nice farm. Good pictures to. Keep up the good work.

[4mykids]

Really nice shots miszt.

She is a keeper for sure -

Good luck & enjoy

[miszt]

I was sent an unwanted Queen a while ago, having been working my way thru The Ants, I discovered that Camp herc queens often live together, so I have combined the two, so far so good! I've done this in the fridge, to reduce the chance of fighting, once they are settled together, there should be no problems, eventually, each queen will setup its own section of the nest, and will no longer interact, but considering this is such a slow growing species, 2 queens will always be better than one

[JimmyVe]

Didn't knew that, are you sure they can live together ? It would be nice but i never heard of that before. Most of the time it goes well until the worker hatch that is the time queens fight. Hope you are wright.

[miszt]

Yep, they are considered polygyn, however, usually the Queens will not tolerate each other once the colonies become established, and one will be forced to live in a seperate area of the nest, but both their workers will live together (according to the Ants)

I have 4 workers already, and the 2 queens are happily 'snuggled' up to each other at the moment, and the workers have combined all the larvae from both queens into one pile

[ant dude]

wot about (camponotus lighnerperda) Camponotus ligniperda *

or dont u know bout these???

* Correction Antstore

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[miszt]

I've never seen lighnerperda listed as polygyn, so cant say

[JimmyVe]

That is really great news. In that case the colony would grow much faster. Keep us informed about this miszt, maybe i try it later on to.

[miszt]

Its going well so far, the queens are cleaning each other, and the workers have been feeding both for the last few minutes, my bathroom seems to have warmed up allot and brought them out of hibernation, which is a pain, but they've been in for a while anyway, so shouldnt be a problem

[kashmir79]

so they are now out of hibernation ?

[miszt]

Yes, I put them into hibernation in september, so they have had a few months now, reading thru various articals on them, in the US they often only hibernate for 4-5 months, sometimes less

[ant dude]

@miszt: wot been happening 2day then with them??? any intresting updates or same as before really its just as i'm intrested lol

[kashmir79]

i might do the same with my Herc queen, shes been in hibernation since early october.

[miszt]

my new camera arrived, so heres a quick tester image...

No setup was done for this, the lighting is terrable, I used AF which you never do for macro, hence having some problems focusing thru the glass, also this was with just hte 55mm lens, no extention tube or reverse ring...still, not a bad pic, the detail is ok, once I get a light ring and the other bits, these pictures should come out beautiful