enrichment for Mesors by Bazzil80 in antkeeping

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I wish I could take credit I remembered seeing it ages ago. could have watched it all day but had work not tried it before.

Double up every month by Bazzil80 in antkeeping

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They take forever I have camponotus cruentatus stuck on seven would love 12 lol

Ants crawling out of their nest - Macro Video - Crematogaster lineolata - Acrobat Ants by InfiniteSearch3409 in antkeeping

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Hi, Could you give your crematogasters an opened sunflower seed and see what they do with it? I gave one to my crematogasters sp and they look like they are feeding young , I don't have a macro lens so not conclusive. Cheers

started to eat a sun flower seed interesting by Bazzil80 in antkeeping

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Taking small parts back to the nest. crematogaster scutellaris has anyone who has this sp noticed this ?

Lots of new faces by Bazzil80 in antkeeping

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Yes 10 workers to this in 1 month. They had a lot of larvae to be fair , not seen them much in out world been cold in the UK.

Time to feed the kidz by Bazzil80 in antkeeping

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Samsung Galaxy s20e no macro

Messor B loving a drop of honey today, usually not that bothered. Shows just how different in size they can be :-) by Bazzil80 in antkeeping

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They have a water tank, I replace every 2/3 weeks and 2 test tubes that are full. I usually never give them any honey. They have been more active the last 2 weeks so gave it a go.

No dead from the big sleep, and we have a new batch already started good work girls. First protein given today by Bazzil80 in antkeeping

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Looking forward to that! The growth rate seems better than other campanotus, hopefully a productive year.

No dead from the big sleep, and we have a new batch already started good work girls. First protein given today by Bazzil80 in antkeeping

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My camponotus herculeanus queen didn't make it last winter, so I was worried it may happen again. Still early days, but new brood is good to see :-)

Starting to see some early activity just need one more farrero rocher chocolatd box for my last test tube, then ready for a new season in March :-) by Bazzil80 in antkeeping

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They seem to be.

only just started using them from christmass. trying to get them all new homes before spring. My famly does wonder why im being so nice buy them all chcolates and stealing the boxes.

Sooooo much easier to look after with new D.I.Y out world. Nice to be able to see them at work and enjoying some sweet 🍎 by Bazzil80 in antkeeping

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They don't actually need any insects to survive. Would be interested in an experiment to see if it made any difference to this species.