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Ponera sp. accepting new queens?

Started By MegaMyrmex , Aug 21 2019 3:46 PM

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#1 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted August 21 2019 - 3:46 PM

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I found a colony of ponera pennsylvanica(1 queen, 4 workers and about 15 pupae) and I also collected a foraging queen ponera, but I accidentally mixed this queen with the other colony. I set the colony up ina petri dish lined with plaster and some dirt anf I placed the queen with them too, since I can't tell which one is which and I don't want to risk losing either queen. The workers haven't really attacked her and no one's showing anyone any signs of aggression, so I wanted to know if Ponera sp. will tolerate and accept new alien queens. She's even approached the queen of the colony and neither workers nor the queen have shown her any aggression.

Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.