bumblebee455
Leaf Cutter Ant
I'm from Northern Ireland
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Post by bumblebee455 on Aug 3, 2014 11:57:58 GMT
I collected this queen at Murlough Bay during the nuptial flights last year. This queen never removed her wings and never laid untill a few months ago. I looked in on this queen and saw she had a tiny little worker with her but I had never seen any eggs and no eggs appeared after that. While out in the garden a found the top segment of a lemani nest and scooped up about 20 cocoons, I gave them to my queen to see if she would accept them and she did!
Within in a few days 8 of the cocoons had hatched and they were much larger than her little worker. They tended to her and now she has about 15 workers a few cocoons left and I have just noticed a small clutch of about 10 eggs being carried around by a worker, and this is why I have decided to start this journal.
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