Pheidole queen mixing, Should I?

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JackPayne
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Pheidole queen mixing, Should I?

Post: # 19968Post JackPayne
Mon Apr 24, 2017 4:54 am

So I have recently caught 2 pheidole queens and I've been told that some pheidole species are polygnous and some are not. I'd love to have a multi queen colony as it would boost its growth and chance or survival. But is it worth the risk? I do have 9 queens currently so it wouldn't leave me queenless but it'd be unfortunate.

Any advice or thoughts?
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Mon Apr 24, 2017 6:05 am

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Re: Pheidole queen mixing, Should I?

Post: # 19974Post Batspiderfish
Mon Apr 24, 2017 6:19 am

You'd be doing this for you, not the ants.
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Re: Pheidole queen mixing, Should I?

Post: # 19987Post JackPayne
Mon Apr 24, 2017 7:37 am

Batspiderfish wrote:
Mon Apr 24, 2017 6:19 am
You'd be doing this for you, not the ants.
I guess that's true, I'd rather not be a stupid "human" and stuff up a poor animal/s life for my own entertainment and curiousity. I'll leave them seperate. :D
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Re: Pheidole queen mixing, Should I?

Post: # 20096Post xTNxANTMANx
Tue Apr 25, 2017 2:35 pm

It's nice to see we have some people that are still humane in this world :-) LOL
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