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[SteveUK28]

Woop Woop.. Just checked my messor today and 2 workers have hatched.. im well happy my queen is no longer alone.. Moved them into a small tub now an put a few seeds in with some fresh water and later il chuck in a bug.. im sure they are starving lol ohh and ive also now covered the test tube she is in with some foil

[thomie]

GOOD to hear .
I guess your nest gonna grow more and more soon :p .
What is the temperature at your nest?
I've jsut put the hater to 28oC. And when i watched today the queen and workers where moving to the outside world!! (away from the heater and the water)
I don't know if it's to hot! so've put the heater down to 25oC (i guess).
Every thing is dark and heated.
I guess this isn't normal :S

[Antlord]

Congrats Steve!
Mine are not that interested in bugs, they have taken one fly in there tube so far but they don't eat it.
@Thomie: I keep mine at 27°C-28°C and they are doing fine
so I don't think it's too hot, but to be safe I would also put the heat a little lower.
Better a little cooler then too hot.

[thomie]

When i saw the queen out of the test-tube i immediately put the temperature down.
Maybe i've heated her to fast!? I'm gonna keep her around 25oC for a while i guess. And hope her brood hatch soon!

[SteveUK28]

well mine varies from around 24 upto 30.. most mostly its around 26ish.. they seem happy enough and they are not All on the heat mat.. so its up to them and they choose to be on it.. so cant be bad lol

[thomie]

I keep tham atm in a heated wine box (2 bottles). Every thing is inside of the box, the nest and the outside world (both dark).
I can make a test tube outside the box... But i guess it's OK now.

[thomie]

And SteveUK28 how it's going with your Messor Barbarus?
The brood hasn't hatched yet but that'll happen soon .

[thomie]

Good news @ my Messor Barbarus nest !!! .
8 workers and 2 are busy hatching !!
I didn't filmed the full hatching progress becouse that isn't worth the stress.
I'm trying to capture them hatch, I'll post the video's on youtube and place the link over here.

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[SteveUK28]

My messors are doing ok thanks Thomie.. Going a bit slow atm, but im gonna try them with some hard boiled egg yolk.. perhaps that will give them a spurt.

[thomie]

How much workers do you've got??
I feed them 4 differend seeds, maybe that helps with the development?
I've got 10 workers atm, it every thing goes right

[JimmyVe]

I have now 2 winged queens in my colony.

[ratgreen]

i have about 20 workers and i got them at christmas,no eggs until queen was out of hibernation(february) but steveuk says that he has had the same amount of time and only has 10 or so(i think), and i have a massive larvea,its bigger than any of the workers,so i think i will have a major pretty soon. i keep them at about 26-27'c

[thomie]

I keep them also around that temperature. The larvea of MEssor Barbarus are really large!!! When i saw one for the first time i thought is that a major?????!??
Normally Messor Barbarus get majors after they pass a population of 100 workers.

[ratgreen]

no i really think its a major, i know there big, but this is massive,bigger than normal big messor barbarus larvea. im trying to get a decent pic of it but my cameras suck at macro.

[thomie]

how much MM is it?