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POLL: How often do you look at your founding queens?

Started By soulsynapse , Mar 11 2017 2:52 PM

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Poll: How often do you look at your founding queens? (36 member(s) have cast votes)

How often do you look at your founding queens?

  1. Several times a day (1 votes [2.78%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 2.78%

  2. Once or twice a day (5 votes [13.89%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 13.89%

  3. Every other day (2 votes [5.56%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 5.56%

  4. Twice a week (7 votes [19.44%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 19.44%

  5. Once a week (13 votes [36.11%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 36.11%

  6. Once every two weeks (4 votes [11.11%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 11.11%

  7. Once every three weeks (1 votes [2.78%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 2.78%

  8. Once a month (2 votes [5.56%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 5.56%

  9. Only after 2 months or more (1 votes [2.78%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 2.78%

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#1 Offline soulsynapse - Posted March 11 2017 - 2:52 PM

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Just curious!

 

If you look at them in an odd way (ie, under a red light only, only with the room light off, or if you keep them completely uncovered) please reply with that :)

 

If you notice your queens getting stressed and eating their eggs, mention that too, with how often you look at them


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#2 Offline MichiganAnts - Posted March 11 2017 - 2:55 PM

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nvm I'm a moron and didn't read the vote right


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#3 Offline Jash - Posted March 11 2017 - 2:55 PM

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Roughly twice a week. Never had problems with queens eating their eggs.


#4 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted March 11 2017 - 2:56 PM

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Once a week, however I haven't been keeping ants long enough to make any distinctions.


#5 Offline FSTP - Posted March 11 2017 - 2:59 PM

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I usually do once a month or less...


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#6 Offline Aaron567 - Posted March 11 2017 - 3:24 PM

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I meant to vote 'once a week' and I keep clicking the "delete vote" button and it won't delete my vote. Smh smh


#7 Offline Martialis - Posted March 11 2017 - 3:43 PM

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Why is there no "too much" button?


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#8 Offline soulsynapse - Posted March 11 2017 - 6:15 PM

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Why is there no "too much" button?

 

it's the first two options  :D


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#9 Offline Reacker - Posted March 11 2017 - 7:04 PM

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As little as possible is best. 


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#10 Offline AnthonyP163 - Posted March 12 2017 - 8:55 AM

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Founding queens? Once every two weeks. I check on colonies with workers weekly or every few days.



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#11 Offline soulsynapse - Posted March 14 2017 - 1:01 AM

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@MrPurpleB your poor ants!


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#12 Offline Serafine - Posted March 14 2017 - 1:39 AM

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When my Camponots started to lay eggs I looked at them every evening (with red light which doesn't stress them too much). Now they are so well-fed (some would say over-fed) that I have full trust in them to get along a few days on their own, so currently I force myself to only look at them every 5-7 days (I don't want to disturb them too much).


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#13 Offline sgheaton - Posted March 14 2017 - 5:05 AM

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I try to do once a week just to make sure movement is there and there wasn't a death during hibernation.

Lately though, (I use a heavy piece of resume paper as a makeshift light shield) the last 2 times I've moved the shield away from the tank, she has fallen..from...either the roof of the chamber or the glass wall..maybe up in the tunnel. Either way, she basically gives herself a suplex straight onto her back. I figured it was just shocked at the sudden intrusion of light that she was just startled. Then I thought maybe she's trying to remove her winglets still as she's been holding onto them for awhile now. 

Is this a common behavior amoungst (tetramorium) queens?


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