ANTSTORE World of Ants

[ashhad1]

yes i thought the same as i put mine late into hibernation cuz of space problems and were to put them etc. so thats why il put them into hibernation normal at the end of this year

[M.Marshall]

He everyone I managed to get a pic of there brood its not great but you get a good enough look.

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[ashhad1]

nice, u can see the queens gaster being pretty large, proly cuz shes strating the egg laying madness after hibernation

[ducatiman]

yep shes fat alright,im expecting a massive population boom when i wake them up thats if they survived hibernation

[JimmyVe]

Nice ducatiman.

2 months is good but 3 would be better.

[ducatiman]

well there are out of the fridge and in to the kitchen which is quite cool ,i will leave them there for a week then move them somwhere warmer,i will let you know how they get on

[ashhad1]

I have done the same and placed my mini cork ytong in my new basin which is in the kitchen and will warm up the place slowly.
Il post some pics soon on my post

[ducatiman]

yeah i'll post some pics when they start feeding

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does anyone know how long it will take for the first workers to appear from hibernation and start feeding

[JimmyVe]

How do you mean? If they come out of hibernation they will go and look for food.

[ducatiman]

i mean how long till i see some activity

[M.Marshall]

Hey , well there are still more eggs coming evey day I saw the queen laying another egg this evening....

I now count around 11 eggs not bad going for a colony with 5 workers
Matt

[JimmyVe]

After hibernation ? Depends on the size of your colony. If the colony is small they will not be very active right away, but if you have a large colony they will be active when they awake.

[M.Marshall]

Ohh .. they have been out of hibernation long around 2 weeks and they only have 5 workers. Though they are not wasting anytime , the queen is laying alot of eggs.

Matt

[ashhad1]

well i woke mine up about 2 days ago and i got immediatly the queen walking around in her mini ytong (i got pics, put them on later tho) and i had a max of 3 workers exploring the new area but now its constantly 1 or 2 workers outside. But the queen just sits there now, occasionaly moving around a little but still no eggs...
I wonder if i let them out to early? I also put a small piece of fresh chicken for the temporary protein boost the queen might need to make eggs.
help or advise would be cool

[M.Marshall]

Hey , well I certainly dont think you waking them up too early is anything to do with it. I think you are expecting abit too much of them give them awhile to settle back into normal life again.

By the way how big is your colony ?

Matt