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[Winston]

I live in New Jersey, and went out into the woods in my backyard and caught 2 queens, one queen was most likely from last years nuptial flight as she just had eggs, and the other queen had approximately 5-10 workers as well as dozens of eggs, I caught 3-4 of them. I'm aware that Camponotus Chromaiodes is not known to be polygnous and one of the queens will most likely die. I caught them while both colonies were still hibernating/just coming out of hibernation. As of now it's been a day. The queens are sitting side by side, workers tending to both, and eggs all neatly arranged in a pile. I'm doing this as an experiment, as I already have multiple colonies of Camponotus Chromaiodes as my woods are full of them. So far everything is looking good.

Edited by Winston, April 9 2018 - 5:23 AM.

[Canadian anter]

I tried to put 2 queens of Camponotus pennsylvanicus together a year ago. They seemed to get along at first, as they never really seemed to create conflict and were frequently grooming each other. I had put them in a large container prior to this and they were constantly together. Lo and behold, they both died without any wounds when in a test tube. I would guess they accidentally gassed each other.

[Winston]

I tried to put 2 queens of Camponotus pennsylvanicus together a year ago. They seemed to get along at first, as they never really seemed to create conflict and were frequently grooming each other. I had put them in a large container prior to this and they were constantly together. Lo and behold, they both died without any wounds when in a test tube. I would guess they accidentally gassed each other.

Right now now they're both in a test tube, legitimately lying side by side parallel to each other. I guess it's just a wait and see thing. Although I'm assuming they're probably going to turn eventually.

[Canadian anter]

 

I tried to put 2 queens of Camponotus pennsylvanicus together a year ago. They seemed to get along at first, as they never really seemed to create conflict and were frequently grooming each other. I had put them in a large container prior to this and they were constantly together. Lo and behold, they both died without any wounds when in a test tube. I would guess they accidentally gassed each other.

Right now now they're both in a test tube, legitimately lying side by side parallel to each other. I guess it's just a wait and see thing. Although I'm assuming they're probably going to turn eventually.

 

That's exactly what happened with my pair

[FeedTheAnts]

I live in New Jersey, and went out into the woods in my backyard and caught 2 queens, one queen was most likely from last years nuptial flight as she just had eggs, and the other queen had approximately 5-10 workers as well as dozens of eggs, I caught 3-4 of them. I'm aware that Camponotus Chromaiodes is not known to be polygnous and one of the queens will most likely die. I caught them while both colonies were still hibernating/just coming out of hibernation. As of now it's been a day. The queens are sitting side by side, workers tending to both, and eggs all neatly arranged in a pile. I'm doing this as an experiment, as I already have multiple colonies of Camponotus Chromaiodes as my woods are full of them. So far everything is looking good.t

90% chance they'll kill each other at some point imo. I once caught two Camponotus caryae queens that were in a founding chamber together even before I caught them. Long story short, one killed the other after a while because they aren't polygynous.

[Winston]

 

I live in New Jersey, and went out into the woods in my backyard and caught 2 queens, one queen was most likely from last years nuptial flight as she just had eggs, and the other queen had approximately 5-10 workers as well as dozens of eggs, I caught 3-4 of them. I'm aware that Camponotus Chromaiodes is not known to be polygnous and one of the queens will most likely die. I caught them while both colonies were still hibernating/just coming out of hibernation. As of now it's been a day. The queens are sitting side by side, workers tending to both, and eggs all neatly arranged in a pile. I'm doing this as an experiment, as I already have multiple colonies of Camponotus Chromaiodes as my woods are full of them. So far everything is looking good.t

90% chance they'll kill each other at some point imo. I once caught two Camponotus caryae queens that were in a founding chamber together even before I caught them. Long story short, one killed the other after a while because they aren't polygynous.

 

Yeah, I'm not expecting it to be successful, but I thought I would just try it because why not.

[Solenoqueen]

How did it go? Just curious. I found a nanitic and two Camponotus queens in a hollow rotten stick, and caught them. I want to see how things turn out y'know?