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[gabranth]

my Camponotus ligniperda queen is acting strange it can't get its self upright when its upside down doesn't respond when i blow it or tap the testube ive put it in another testube now to keep an eye on it and its just sitting there curled up opening an closing its mouth

[SteveUK28]

Sorry bud, but it sounds like she wont last much longer.

[gabranth]

ive ordered a replacement queen its a shame really as ive just gotten 2 new workers

[highered]

A similar thing happened to my Camponotus ligniperda queen when I just took her out of hibernation. She hardly moved and wouldn't respond to heat or food then died.

[TimLarge]

Sure hope that isnt happening to my Lasius niger queen as well

[gabranth]

she's almost dead she's now on her back and only her front legs move a little bit


edit: im going to try and merge the remaining workers and lava with the new queen ive ordered

[JimmyVe]

With the brood it should work out just fine. The workers its a little bit harder. Good luck.

[gabranth]

o well she looks dead now as she's not moving at all

[JimmyVe]

Sorry to hear that mate, better luck next time.

[SteveUK28]

yes it is a shame, my new queen is doing great now.. think i have 7 workers and a pile of brood
These ants def work better in a ytong.

[gabranth]

she's still alive and is moving a bit more than before she's really thin i don't think she's had food in a while even though the workers are full up my Tetramorium caespitum queen is also the same after her only worker died during hibernation lucky all my other ants are doing fine and laying loads of eggs

[SteveUK28]

im sorry to say mate but i think id put her out of her misery. I doubt very very much she will regain strengh now, mine certainly didnt. Horrible to see a queen dying like that.

[gabranth]

ive got my new queen now and im tyring to feed her workers as they seem really thin compared to mine. my attempt to merge the colony's has also failed but im not giving up

[gabranth]

ok the queens defiantly dead now and i think im getting somewhere with merging the colony's as i think one of the workers from my old colony feed the new queen

[JimmyVe]

Sad for you old queen but good news for the workers, i hope it works out well.