Camponotus Ligniperda

So today I get home to find that 3 of the C.ligniperda's have decided to go for a wonder, and whats more one of them was the queen. They had moved out of the tube that they have been holed up in for weeks, and into the main farm area. They were just milling around the surface of the farm area. Now, I got to thinking that the only reason they were doing this was because they were either hungary or thirsty. I got my pipette and put some water into the farm, and also I got some honey on the end of some tweezers and put a splodge of that in there as well. My hunch seems to be right because withing minutes, there were 2 Campos greedily feeding from the honey.

Tetramorim Caespitum

More action with them this week. They have somehow managed to excavate a huge amount of sand and filled one end of the farm to the lid and a width of about 2 inches. This of course makes feeding them through the top much more difficult so I have had to put the food, water and honey into the basin area. The funny thing is, that there is a nice sized chamber on top of the old surface of the farm going under the newly excavated sand. This was jambed with eggs earlier. It could be a temperature thing as the heater does not extend that far up the farm area. The T.Caespitum have also now started foraging in the main basin. These fellows are what I would call very hardy to say the least, love them...yep.

Messor Barbarus, Myrmica Ruginodis and Lasius Niger are all hibernating and there is just no sign of movement with them at the moment, so nothing to report.