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Post by graeme on Jun 25, 2020 15:25:06 GMT
After my last 3 queen colony went to one queen then died I have bought a replacement colony.
No nest for them yet as it’s on it’s way from Spain, so I’ve just left the test tube in the outworld
I hope the one Queen with the other in her jaws is just trying to assert dominance and not trying to kill her!
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Post by graeme on Jun 26, 2020 13:13:07 GMT
Well these ladies are nasty! Lol
Well one of them is; she has killed one queen and the other is being bullied by her.
Nest arrived today so I’m going to allow the dominant queen to move in first 👍
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Post by Wood~Ant on Jun 26, 2020 13:51:50 GMT
Well these ladies are nasty! Lol Well one of them is; she has killed one queen and the other is being bullied by her. Nest arrived today so I’m going to allow the dominant queen to move in first 👍 To be honest most ant keepers buy a small colony of this ant species, and all the ones for sale have just a single queen as they are so aggressive and do better kept as a monogyn colony rather than a polygyn. |
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Post by graeme on Jun 26, 2020 15:59:20 GMT
So it seems wood! It’s brutal
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Post by graeme on Jun 28, 2020 13:21:08 GMT
Well that’s this colony dead and my time with Rubida at an end!
Of the 2 queens left one is dead and the other so badly injured she only has 2 legs left
Mind blown!
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Post by Wood~Ant on Jun 28, 2020 15:18:31 GMT
Well that’s this colony dead and my time with Rubida at an end! Of the 2 queens left one is dead and the other so badly injured she only has 2 legs left Mind blown! I did try to warn you about the perils of keeping more than one queen of this species together. The aggressive nature of the most dominant made her wipe out the weaker ones, who she saw as the opposition. Is this journal now ending here graeme? |
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Post by graeme on Jun 28, 2020 16:31:36 GMT
Hi wood, I was of the opinion that antshq were selling a poly colony they would be ok, but not the case.
Yes please, close it down thanks
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