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[mate]

Today I found 6 queens of camponotus

How long does it make egg to worker?
It is posible to start with more queens?

[Skippy]

I think it is better to have one queen in one tube ... and first eggs probably to 3-4 days , max 10 days ... aaand from egg to worker is it about one month (4-5 weeks , depends on temperature)

[mate]

And what temperature is ideal for Camponotus?

[Skippy]

I think in this period is good to take it at 24°C but optimal is 24-27 (27 at summer)

[Necturus]

mate,
if you keep them together, they will in the end kill each other (as soon as first workers hatch!) Better separate them fast.

[mate]

if i heve more queens together they will make more eggs =>(workers) soon I like to heve more workers in short time

[Skippy]

it is not truth !!!
if you have more camponotus (some spacies yes, but this is campo) , they maybe are not killing together , but they´ll eathing other eggs !! ... and it is bad way to have colony ... and if some queen will have workers , or all will have workers , these workers will slowly killing all queens and then get stay only that the best/strongest queen from these all ... other will die ....... believe me and necturus , because it looks on photo like vagus or some similar camponotus and I have a lot of experiences with them ...

[mate]

but i have 6 queens i like to heve yust 1 colony wath i can do with other 5 queens?

[tail__]

Sell them Or release them where you found them.

[mate]

And another question:
it is posible to add workers to the queen and How?
what species is Ligniperda or Vagus?

[Skippy]

I dont know really now what is it , what color is thorax? (it is that btw head and gaster) ... on first photo it looks like black , on this it looks like a bit brown (maybe I am only blindly help me pls ) ... when is it brown , it could be campo barbaricus ...

it is possible to get workers to queen , but dont do it !! if you do not know how to do. You can get only young workers (better cocoons , no workers) to queen , no workers from nature !! , they can kill queen or eat brood , also it looks very bad in colony (young colony with majors is )

[mate]

Here is one better picture if may help you

[Skippy]

hmm it is not vagus , this is stronger specie , but dont know which one
... but all written rules are also for this specie

[JimmyVe]

Put each queen in other tubes and don't Boost them. If you have not the patient for waiting until the workers hatch maybe you should find another hobby !

I don't want to be rude but i'm just tired of people trying to put more queens together from species that don't like more queens in one colony, also boosting a colony is not a must ! Try to understand that.

You could keep all 6 queens and see which one is the strongest (have workers first) than trade the other queens (ore sell them) ore release them back in to nature but only at the exact spot you have found them.

[mate]

Yesterday i separete the queens.(One queen in one tube)
Buth i heve only in one tube 2 queens for see how the workers(when they hatch) kill the queen