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Post by shane on Aug 16, 2018 21:01:30 GMT
First Log: 16.08.2018 ===============
Colony come today from Antsrus "chris" with 5 workers and a small brood and not forgetting queen.
I gave the colony a fly this morning and the queen snatched it in to brood wile workers just carried brood away from it. But after about a hour the workers settled and placed brood on to fly corps and most of works then gurgitated water duplets in test tube more or less ready to replace it with fly food.
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Post by shane on Aug 19, 2018 21:33:43 GMT
Log: 19.08.2018 ===========
Decided it was time for them to move to a new test tube as there water in older test tube has dryad up almost.
Here's a small video, Even thought queen did take a hour before her works got her to move out.
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Post by shane on Sept 4, 2018 14:02:13 GMT
Log: 04.09.2018 ===========
There is a bear pupae and a small pile of eggs of around 12, No larvae and queens doing well very fat gaster  . Workers are down 3 from 5 even thought I don't see any bodies where they put there garbage bits in test tube  Which makes me think that when they died either queen or other works eaten there body's, Its a real mystery how they just vanished as I know there dint egt out when I feed them under a very strong light at entrence. Queen and works eats a green bottle fly once every 3 days almost leaving no remains apart from wings and legs and shell bits.
Colony's very active and likes it dark.
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Post by shane on Oct 16, 2018 20:43:26 GMT
Log: 16.10.2018 ===========
There are now 12 workers and a small group of larvae but the sad news is that queen some how maybe dyeing, Queen seems to be hath alive but I fear it maybe to late for her as it looks like her gaster has mould growing at bottom and shes on her side,
I'll keep checking on her but it looks like it maybe to late and another mystery why her gaster turned out like that, All I can think off that her gaster may have been egg bound as her gaster seems big but has mould growing at bottom like its died.
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