ANTSTORE World of Ants

[hypervelocity]

Hi,
i have a few questions about winged ants

1) when is the time of year they come out of the nest in the uk?

2) is it possible for a colony in captivaty to have winged ants?

3) how do colonys produce winged ants?

4) if i have a species of ant thats not from the uk and they a winged ants, do i relice them into the wild?

5) if i do relice them into the wild is it possible they may sucsefully mate and start a new colony it the wild?

[Sced]

1.) Usually around late july/ early august.
2.) Im not to sure, but the colony has to be a few years old before it will prudce them.
3.) A queen can choose what kind of eggs she wants to lay, an unfertilized egg [ no sperm] will turn into a male ant. A fertilized egg [ with sperm] will turn into a female ant. For one of the female eggs to turn itno a queen, the larave must be very well nourished.
4.) Im not too sure, there might be a law agains it.
5.) Depends on what specie is, some may be able to survive, otehr may not.

[hypervelocity]

thaks Sced.
that clears things up a bit.

1 more question:
i have a colony of camponotus ligniperda, they are in a tube inside a basin and the tempriture is room tempriture but the ants are hardly moveing. are they hibernation?

[Sced]

Hmm, im not too sure. Do you know what the temperature is?

[hypervelocity]

22 with a little curcle in the top right corner of the number

[Sced]

oh, the temperature seems ok. Try offering them some food.

[hypervelocity]

i have, there is a dish with some honny on it just infront of the tube. could it be because they sealed up the tube with soild?

[Sced]

Sealed the tube with what?
how many workers is there in your colony?
as small colonys feel more vunerable so they tend to forage at night.

[hypervelocity]

they sealed the tube with sand from the basin there in.
there are 13 ants in my colony: 1 queen, 3 majors and 8 workers.

[Sced]

Ah, probably because ants arnt very active in thier nest.

[hypervelocity]

hmm.... how will i get them out then or should i leave them to do it by them selves?

[Sced]

How long have you had your colony? myn moved out in about two weeks, but of course, it varys from colony to colony.

[hypervelocity]

not long. about 3 days (lol).

[Sced]

ah, probably why. What nest have you offered them?

[hypervelocity]

loam with a tipping of sand , and a few chunks of wood all inside a ANTSTORE basin.