First time keeping ants (L. niger)

[mark]

My Farm and Queen will be with me tomorrow, can't wait!!!
I will let you know how we are all getting on soon. This is going to be my first time keeping ants so any advice from you would be great! would love to hear from you

[Kyle]

Hello and welcome to the forum.
You may want to leave her in the test tube till she has about 10 workers. that's all I can think of at the moment.
hope this helps

[Nattybob]

Best advice I can give is, despite her being your first queen, don't get over-excited and keep checking on her every five minutes. I did that with my first colony, it just stresses them even more on top of the stress from the move, let her get settled in in a nice, dark place.

Nathan

[Wood~Ant]

Being one of the most common ants kept by UK members, I think you'll find this thread is very useful Just follow the link to open it
queenant.proboards82.com/index.cgi?board=learning&action=display&thread=2039

[mark]

Thanks you 3 will take note of what you've said, will let you know how we get on...........