Should I dig up a small Pheidole colony and keep it in a test tube
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AntTeen804
, Mar 17 2015 12:32 PM
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Posted March 17 2015 - 12:32 PM
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Posted March 17 2015 - 1:07 PM
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i have a few in my backyard
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Posted March 17 2015 - 1:30 PM
If that's what you feel like doing, go for it. Some people are pretty good at it.
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Posted March 17 2015 - 1:32 PM
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I advise dumping them into a foraging area with test tubes inside, or attached to the foraging area. It will be much easier if it is a bigger colony.
Depending on the size of the colony, depends how easy it will be to locate the queen. From what I have seen, usually less than 10% of the total number of ants go out foraging. So the colony may be bigger than you think. 
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Posted March 17 2015 - 1:53 PM
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I will make a jurnal If k dig one up I dug one up last year but dropped the queen
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Posted March 17 2015 - 2:01 PM
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This setup?
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Posted March 17 2015 - 2:02 PM
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Posted March 17 2015 - 2:21 PM
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I have no idea how you plan to hydrate that.
I was actually thinking of something closer to this:
or this - just replace the formicarium with a test tube.
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Posted March 17 2015 - 3:38 PM
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Yea ur right but i dug and only found 6 workeres and some brood that's all
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Posted March 17 2015 - 3:42 PM
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It's probably best to wait until you know the colony will be close to the surface, and you have to dig much deeper and wider than you think the colony is. The colony would be at the surface for sure after rain (they don't want to drown).
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Posted March 17 2015 - 3:50 PM
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oh yea nice tip
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