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[antsriondel]

 

 

Yes, probably so.

So I have heard that I don't have to hibernate her until she gets her workers,
Is this a good Idea?

Where did you find her? If it’s in an area with cold winters, she will probably not lay eggs until after hibernating at least 10 weeks or so. I’ve raised about 20 Crematogaster cerasi queens to workers at this point, and only one of all them has laid eggs before hibernating.

 

Yes, this should have been put in the ant identification part of the forum, and in that it has the template for posting asking for an ID. Hibernation relies one hundred percent on where you live.

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Yes, probably so.

So I have heard that I don't have to hibernate her until she gets her workers,
Is this a good Idea?

Where did you find her? If it’s in an area with cold winters, she will probably not lay eggs until after hibernating at least 10 weeks or so. I’ve raised about 20 Crematogaster cerasi queens to workers at this point, and only one of all them has laid eggs before hibernating.

 

T immigrans is not C cerasi though. It does make sense in utah though. there's alot of snow. Here in washington we get snow every few YEARS (global warming)

[jo16]

It does depend on where in Washington though (I lived their for ten years). In the mountains there can be several feet of snow.

But ya where I lived Snow was verry uncommon.

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It does depend on where in Washington though (I lived their for ten years). In the mountains there can be several feet of snow.

But ya where I lived Snow was verry uncommon.

I'm in the western washington. The trees cascade mountains and olympic mountains make it a pretty insulated area.