Post by jude on Apr 21, 2013 17:49:58 GMT
Hi, a few days ago I moved my Messor barbarus colony into my conservatory where its warm and they seemed to be doing fine. Then I went up to London for a couple of days to leave them to it with water and food. I've returned today to find five minors and one of my only medias dead in the foraging area! I feed them regularly and there's no more trouble with condensation that there was last week. They usually dispose of their waste in the foraging area but there is still a small piece of 4 day old chicken in the nest which they have just left. I'm not sure why they aren't getting rid of their waste now but I don't want to keep disturbing them to remove waste from their nest. I guess I've got no choice and will have to remove it but would mold have really killed six apparently healthy ants so quickly?
