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Post by Antkeeper on Jul 10, 2015 6:10:18 GMT
Has anyone had any joy keeping Honeypots. Have you managed to get any repletes in your colony?! I have heard they are very difficult to keep. Check out this documentary, it is very good. Please watch!
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Post by Jenny on Jul 10, 2015 6:39:40 GMT
Miles is the only one I know of that has had success. Take a look at this link to his journal myrmecocystus
He stopped writing on it, so I don't know of any updates. Hence it is in the archives for the present time. |
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Post by Antkeeper on Jul 10, 2015 9:25:24 GMT
Starting off with several Queens might help, just like Lasius niger in the brood stakes. Then you will end up with one Queen and plenty of brood. I will read his journal!
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Post by Wood~Ant on Jul 10, 2015 10:53:17 GMT
I did keep a colony of Myrmecocystus mimicus for just over a year. The queen raised several workers but none ever became repletes. The supplier I got my queen from has now ceased trading live ants sadly, as he did import several species from a legal collector in Arizona.
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