My Lasius Neoniger queen Journal

September 1st -I have found a newly mated Lasius neoniger queen and have decided to make a journal!I have her in a testtube setup I'll keep you updated.
Januray 15/2010 -Queens eggs are still eggs although she laid even more!She has to be one of the best queens i have had in my life.I'm thinking about naming her.I'm open for suggestions!Anyway the queen is doing good and has some brood now all i need are larvae then i'll think about making her a small setup so she and her workers can move into when they emerge.

Very, nice I can't wait to wake up my queen.

How long has she been in hibernation for?Three months is good enough.

I put her in hibernation really late about 2 weeks ago, I will wake her up in april.

WOW no wounder why!LOL i put mine into hibernation like in october!

Time for some sad yet great news!
February 1/2010-Eeek i got mold so i had to move her lost all the brood But in one night she laid 5-6 eggs![I never can count eggs that well.]Anyway couldn't be more happy for her!So how long does it take ant eggs to hatch?Just for everyones information the species is Lasius Neoniger.

if is anything like lasius niger probely 7 weeks or so i dont really now

No the eggs hatch pretty fast a few days in my experiance....it's the larvae stage that takes for ever.

no i thought the pupa stage takes for ever but oh well lol

That to!

More eggs!About the size of her abdomen!

mike98 wrote:More eggs!About the size of her abdomen!

Nice that happend to me, she lays loads and only 10-20 survive to full larvae stage.

Well at least some survive.