ANTSTORE World of Ants

[1121]

hi,

im completely new to ants but have read a bit about how to keep them . i was planning on buying the lasius niger ants from antstore , then i read that they are hibernating at this time of year . my questions are:

how damaging to the colony if the ants are woken from hibernation and what is the deciding factor for when they hibernate or wake up.

when would this type of ant "wake up" after hibernation

i am planning to use the ants in a biology project to study their behaviour so if i can i need to have the ants out of hibernation to study them.

Thanks for any help."

[sobek]

They ants are sleeping from october until March.
If thze ants wake up to early thats not so good because the hibernation is very importanly!
Without them to colony cannt get virgin Queens and "gyes".

I hope i could help you! sorry about my english!
byye

[1121]

seeing as its almost march now i might go ahead and buy some
do they need any outside stimulus to wake them up (temperature, light ,humidity etc)

thanks for you're reply sobek.

[sobek]

u r welcome
yes they need 20 degress! But they ´ll ready aktic with 10 or 15 degress.
Lasius niger or so is not very difficult to keep. in my room it has 22 degress and they love it