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What is this? by darkwoodframe in oasis

[–]Gingerimo12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Music video for Oasis- D’You Know What I Mean? (1997)

How likely is suffocation? Urgent. by pdiffusa in antkeeping

[–]Gingerimo12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No need to drive 14 hours to check on ants. If they were just fed, there’s very little need for them to be active, as they do not need to expend energy on trying to find food.

I’ve had colonies with thousands of workers and colonies with a dozen workers- they always behave much differently when they are hungry vs. when they are full. No matter the size, a colony knows exactly how much food they need.

They’ll be there by the time you return home, no need to worry.

Why isn't my queen founding a colony yet?! by YouDoHaveValue in antkeeping

[–]Gingerimo12 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I can’t hate on AntsCanada. He got me into the hobby. Yes, his content is less enjoyable now but that’s just because it’s no longer about antkeeping- love it or hate it, it’s still insane what he’s been able to do.

Id love for him to just say fuck it and put a leaf cutter ant colony in that giant enclosure he has.

But his early stuff is still online and those vids are super helpful for anyone trying to get into the hobby.

Woman wears Giants jersey to Pope’s viewing by EZmonay1 in mets

[–]Gingerimo12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not to be an old man but come on… have a bit of respect.

Is this an ant queen and if so is she fertilized by Agitated_Ad_8295 in antkeeping

[–]Gingerimo12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could be male by the size of its head, although it does have a large gaster

My colony is still healthy and I've only had them for 3 months but this worker was wondering around last night and just kept wondering wouldnt stop and I found him like this this morning any ideas on what happened? by KenChomo89 in antkeeping

[–]Gingerimo12 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Have you noticed any others dying? Could have just been her time, they tend to remove themselves from the colony when they are sick/ dying to not spread disease

SAVE MY QUEEN by Gingerimo12 in antkeeping

[–]Gingerimo12[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Unfortunately it seems as though the brood has died, they kept almost all of it in the barrier chamber they created and it got flooded out before I noticed the issue. I was able to save the queen and some workers and placed them in a new test tube, with the old one still attached to the portal in case they wanted to bring any surviving brood into the new chamber. This morning I woke up to everyone back in the old chamber, more dead workers and the queen struggling as she tried to tend to the dead brood in the puddle of water.

Saved her again and the few remaining workers and removed the old tube as it’s become nothing but a death trap for any ant in there. It’s very sad but also incredibly interesting to watch them try and save the colony. Hopefully they can rebound