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#21 Offline OiledOlives - Posted November 14 2022 - 8:05 AM

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They were off heat for a couple weeks but I recently put them back on and the brood is beginning to grow extremely quickly again.
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#22 Offline OiledOlives - Posted January 22 2023 - 5:12 PM

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I thought I updated this recently but looks like I didn't. I've been feeding 10-40 large mealworms and 8-16mL of sugar water a day. They have been growing slowly but surely and continue to be very aggressive.36b669ee8776eb44e1d39258a9a19832.jpg2d84d18f6d1e86667504b1bc46cf8749.jpg18b23431f1961b1266cee726aa92602a.jpg0c4434cac554324d37659003edf9871b.jpg

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#23 Offline OiledOlives - Posted February 14 2023 - 3:34 AM

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A picture I took of some trophallaxis last night
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#24 Offline antsriondel - Posted February 14 2023 - 7:58 AM

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Wow, very impressive colony!  (y)



#25 Offline Flu1d - Posted February 14 2023 - 7:26 PM

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Super cool! I love seeing C. floridanus in action.
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#26 Offline OiledOlives - Posted April 22 2023 - 2:54 PM

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They dried up (even though there was condensation in the nest) and lost well over 1000 workers. I decided to put an end to them and freeze the colony. I moved them one by one into this foraging area and put them in the freezer.

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#27 Offline Flu1d - Posted April 23 2023 - 3:22 PM

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They dried up (even though there was condensation in the nest) and lost well over 1000 workers. I decided to put an end to them and freeze the colony. I moved them one by one into this foraging area and put them in the freezer.

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I'm sorry :(





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