confused...

[joetheimpaler]

The winged queens (no drones for some reason) in my captive ant nest in my house came out of the nest and started wandering around, not even trying to fly. This would be odd anyway but it's even weirder because the mating flights haven't even started yet, why would they do this?

Thanks, Joetheimpaler

[batspiderfish]

The flight did start, at least in your foraging arena.

The alates will eventually remove their wings and start behaving like workers within the colony, usually dying shortly after.