ANTSTORE World of Ants

[jartok]

Hi i put my LASIUS NIGER AND MYRMICA RUBRA into the shed now its around 10c in day and prob be around 2c 4c in night but when temps drop its gonna go down to -4 -8 possibily is this safe for them ?

if not could i wrap towls around the containers to nock it up a bit

[JimmyVe]

Are they in a y-tong nest or a sand nest. If they are in a sand nest they could take lower temperatures. Wouldn't harm them if it stays above 0°c.

[jartok]

well alot of the workers are in the sand under the ytong but the queen and brood and some workers in ytong . reckon a towl around it ?my room is just too hot no matter what i do

[gabranth]

a towel won't affect the temperature

[jartok]

well it was 1.2c i put towl around and it went upto 7.4c if its to risky im bringing them in

[gabranth]

leave the towel outside for a day then test the temp when you rap it around your ant colony

[jartok]

ok nvm that experiment it only nocks it up 3c it was 4.1c in the day the night times will just kill them the queen alrdy come out and got that cold she could barely move now she moving as i moved them back theyll loose couple weeks hibernation prob till temp drops properly but its better then death

[gabranth]

my queens are in hibernation and never move until i disturb them

[jartok]

my room is sitting at 14c but thats dropped from 19 in week the temps are dropping now so should stay inactive soon

[Ant mad]

Try putting the farm in a cardboard box then stuff newspaper around the sides and it stays around 5oC thats what I do and its worked so far
btw i just leave it out side so it could be warmer in a shed.
hoep it helps.

[jartok]

Ok i found the box the antstore tank come in and had enough room for the 2 ants in there containers with all the polystirien bits so all should be good now

[Ant mad]

that should work. or at least it would keep the rain out.
hope it helps

[jartok]

there in brand new shed rain is not a issue ill check on it about 9oclock when sun been down a while see what it gives me on temp reading .

if it dont work im doomed

my lasius niger queen as left her tube and walking around on her own also very strange

[Ant mad]

well mine surived a frost last year and the were out side so i think yours should be fine if they're in a shed.
hope it helps

[jartok]

just went outside 5am and the temp is -3 in the box think i just gonna have to bring them in