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Post by sero on Aug 19, 2010 9:48:34 GMT
Thanks, she is sleeping now but she was clinging to the cotton when she arrived and then she calmed down and began to clean herself. She is now resting as I type this.
Now, what must I do? I have the larvae ready, I'll check if they are still alive and then place them in. Anything else? I also bought some honey.
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Post by Black Ant on Aug 19, 2010 9:57:07 GMT
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Post by sero on Aug 19, 2010 9:57:59 GMT
Thanks!
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Post by jtb on Aug 19, 2010 10:04:14 GMT
glad she came safe I'm also happy my Camponotus ligniperda queen came today so we are both happy lol
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Post by sero on Aug 19, 2010 10:05:58 GMT
Nice! But I'm new to this, what shall I do with her? I'm letting her rest for now.
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Post by jtb on Aug 19, 2010 10:14:51 GMT
well (this is what I do some people do it different) put her in a dark place and check her every day and feed her honey/sugar water on the bread then on the tin foil and if it gets moldy (what I do)put a heat mat under her test tube NOT VERY HOT then she will move to a new test tube you would put by that one and sorry you would put both test tubes in a plastic container with little air holes using a small drill bit but remember thats how I do it other will tell you different
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Post by sero on Aug 19, 2010 10:17:34 GMT
Hm, I'm 15 and the only test tube I have is the one that Shane kindly sent to me. So when I clean her out, I'll put her in a tic-tac box. Can I put the larvae in now?
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Post by jtb on Aug 19, 2010 10:22:51 GMT
it your situation I would move the quenn some where for the mean while then clean the test tube then put the water and cotton then put her back in then put the larvae in but it your choice
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Post by sero on Aug 19, 2010 10:27:52 GMT
Hm, I'll see what other people would do and then I'll make up my mind. But I was thinking of just placing them in with her.
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Post by shane on Aug 19, 2010 10:39:46 GMT
the test tube she's in now is newly clean only about a week, and with water and if you keep with that honey with small pin drop a week on entrance dry Cotton, she will be fine in there for about 3 or 4 months depending on how crowded test tube will be with new workers which by then, they will be ready to place in tank to run around free to make a new home.
If you start putting other foods in to test tube then you may get mold probes but with honey you should be fine as it's been on dry cotton it takes longer to mold if not at all, and if it does mold you can just replace cotton with new on entrance.
I find honey in its pure form takes longer even days to try out even on stuff thats dry like cotton so she should be fine.
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Post by sero on Aug 19, 2010 10:52:03 GMT
Thanks Shane. I did not have a test tube either! I'm going to go and and find some larvae for the queen. I'll put three in. Shall I just drop them in for her is there a specific way? I placed her in a dark box as well.
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Post by shane on Aug 19, 2010 11:03:30 GMT
Thanks shane I did not have a test tube eather! I'm going to go and and get some larva for the queen il put 3 in shall I just drop them in for her is there a spesal way? I put her in a dark box as well! :3 First off you do not want to get any soil or dirt in tube at all if you can help it, Even just a shuger grain of dirt can and will drop down to her drinking damp cotton and it will mold I do not think they is any best way of puttin larva or cocoons in just as long as dirt dosent get in to test tube. I just put them on my finger when I had cocoons and gentely scraped them in entrence way so I dint crush them, Then after so long when queen went to feed on honey she would sence them and pick them up and take them to damp cotton to look after them there till they hatched.
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Post by sero on Aug 19, 2010 11:22:10 GMT
Cool, so I just dig them up and put them in. I can't find any!
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Post by sero on Aug 19, 2010 13:11:36 GMT
What would happen if I accidentally placed a L.Flavus larva in with the queen?
Because the ones I got yesterday died and I got another three today, one cocoon and two larvae, but here's the problem:
One I got from a L.Niger nest which I raided, and the two larvae I got from which I thought was a L.Niger nest before I looked and found 20 L.Flavus cocoons with three L.Flavus nurses looking after them. I caved in the entire nest and waited, and I then got a larva which was being carried by an L.Niger worker and placed it in my pot. I then found the second larva on top of the mud.
Then, after digging up the L.Niger nest I found a cocoon amongst the mud so I'm sure that's a L.Niger one.
(("New members reading this should note that you should never 'Cave in an entire nest' in order to find brood. That would be like a thief detonating your house after taking some valuables.") -Timenova)
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Post by sero on Aug 19, 2010 15:25:51 GMT
Please help with these questions:
And if the cocoon/larva is dead, what would she do with it?
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