I have the same species and my queen died too!! I kept my workers and still fed them. A couple months later I now have a worker laying eggs and they are now at larvae stage. Fingers crossed this worker had mated and is now producing workers and not drones. Good luck with yours!
Man that stinks sorry. That is really kewl that you are able to ship out the alate to mate. Maybe if she mates you can bring her back and continue the colony that would be awesome
désoler pour toi et la colonie y a aussi la possibilité qu il y ai une ouvrière qui ponde un mâle ou plusieurs et que les princesses se fasse féconder par eux malgré ça , comme toujours belle image de bien belle fourmis , bonne continuation avec cette colonie et bien sur avec les autres
@@NovoAnts I had a camponotus consobrinus colony once and they were invaded by big headed ants,it was devastating seeing how they grabbed on the queen and the colony too,the colony was at its founding stage with about 20 workers and the workers,so they were unbale to defend.I don't know how the big headed ants managed to enter the acrylic nest but it was devastating and heartbreaking for sure 😔💔
queen was dying, thats why they are producing alates, the workers feed the larvae more protein to make the larve become alates. In this case that is Her missing legs is due to her being dead and dried, which makes them accidently ripping her apart when they drag her
I’m not sure that’s always the case, colonies produce alates every year to start new colonies but existing colonies keep going. I didn’t know the age of this queen but I suspect she was on her way out. She had one missing leg while freshly dead so I think they attacked her. Oh well comes with the hobby I guess. Thanks for watching
It's sad what's happening to your queen. I'm looking for this species for a long time and on Ant Keeping depot they didn't get it yet :/. I am also looking for Myrmecia nigriscapa. I could take Myrmecia pyroformis, it is not yet sent by Ant Keeping depot, in France we have nice species too, but Myrmecia have something really unique. For your colony, couldn't a male from another colony breed with one of your winged females ? Or couldn't a male be born from the remaining eggs and breed with one of your females?
Oh no! This is horrible :c. Let's hope your plan works and your alates can breed. That's really sad. Hopefully theres more alates produced. Have a good day Novo
Sorry you lost your queen mate, that's a great colony of a beautiful species of ant. Just out of curiosity it looked like you didn't have a cover in the outworld, how do you keep them in or was that just the perspective?
Thanks I appreciate that. I am really sad. I do have a cover for the outworld but I took it off for filming, the colony are fairly calm so they don’t really climb the edges. Thanks for watching
This is devastating. We currently have a M. pilosula colony that has female alates in the colony and the Queen is fierce and is going around and destroying her alates! We panic every time we go to our outworld and it looks like we have a dead queen because she rips their wings off as well. So based on that, I hypothesise that maybe your Queen got jealous but couldn't match with the competition.
Thats an interesting idea, I thought the other queens might have turned on her...they will live out a nice life now anyway I guess. Thanks for watching
That is soooo sad! Maybe one of the queen alates wanted to try and gain dominance over the queen and therefore tried to fight the queen. 2 weeks ago my myrmecia nigrocinta colony, with 100+ workers, queen went into the outworld and continued to lay eggs by then a week later she sadly died.
That’s a bummer mate but just to let you know that it won’t work to get the queen to mate with a drone, I’m sorry about that but yeah. I Feel for you mate 👍
Novo please reply can you put my channel in the description of next video or next live stream and if your gonna on next live stream when you next doing a live stream
I didnt watch the video but it sounds serious How are you gona release the alates Damn she big Half of the nest is empty is there mold? Shes old,shes gona die soon Wait why doess she have wounds RIP ajina(i fixed.it)
Due to the alates and the unknown age of the queen i highly suspect that this is a dug uo colony and she either died of old age, she died of some unknown pathogen or she died of genetic deficiencies
Yeah it was a dug colony, it was rescued before the ground was dug up at a construction site so the queen might have been old. It is sad but it life I guess, at least I got to enjoy it for a short while. Thanks for watching
That’s sad but that’s life so u need to make the most of it P.s I did trick myself into thinking I bought the ants after I realized I don’t even have a credit card
I have the same species and my queen died too!! I kept my workers and still fed them. A couple months later I now have a worker laying eggs and they are now at larvae stage. Fingers crossed this worker had mated and is now producing workers and not drones. Good luck with yours!
sorry for the loss
Thanks 🙏 comes with the hobby sometimes
Sorry for your loss mate
Thanks 🙏
sorry for your loss
Thanks 🙏
So sorry to here this news - i know how much time and effort you put into the care of your colonies. All the best
Thanks mate.
Oh no mate that sucks. The same thing happened to my gold tailed bullant queen about a month ago.
Yeah it’s not good but we will see what happens with the colony…they have eggs
Avez-vous la possibilité d’envoyer des reines fertilisées piliventris en France? et Myrmecia nigriscapa?
Man that stinks sorry. That is really kewl that you are able to ship out the alate to mate. Maybe if she mates you can bring her back and continue the colony that would be awesome
Yeah I would love that, hope I can do it. I’ll be sure to make a video on it if I do
Sorry for the loss Novo Ants :( It happened the same with my brothers colony, the queen was in the outworld the the next day she died..
Yeah super sad. Oh well, onto the next colony. Hopefully I get another decent colony soon
Holy crap that's actually sad I'm sorry to hear that novo😔😔
Yeah I’m very sad, I was loving the colony.
désoler pour toi et la colonie
y a aussi la possibilité qu il y ai une ouvrière qui ponde un mâle ou plusieurs et que les princesses se fasse féconder par eux
malgré ça , comme toujours belle image de bien belle fourmis , bonne continuation avec cette colonie et bien sur avec les autres
Sorry my French is not great. Thanks for watching. I am very sad. Hopefully I can get a drone and see what happens.
Oh nooo this is terrible news sorry to hear this, hopefully the rest of the colony’s are going strong 👍🏻😃🇬🇧🐜
Awesome colony!
@Hellcat Ants so sad 🙁
Yeah I’m really sad, at least I get to enjoy the rest of the ants for a bit longer
That a beautiful colony! I'm sorry for the queen.
Thanks 🙏 I loved this colony and will do the best to look after them till their end. Thanks for watching
Its always heartbreaking to see a dead queen 😔
Sure is 😢 oh well, part of the hobby I guess
@@NovoAnts I had a camponotus consobrinus colony once and they were invaded by big headed ants,it was devastating seeing how they grabbed on the queen and the colony too,the colony was at its founding stage with about 20 workers and the workers,so they were unbale to defend.I don't know how the big headed ants managed to enter the acrylic nest but it was devastating and heartbreaking for sure 😔💔
noooo 😭 thats so sad i loved this colony, it was one of my favoretes for sure
Yeah I know, I was really upset. I guess I’ll start looking for a replacement.
well i'm sorry for your loss and good luck getting a replacement
OMG fabioulus ! and so sad.. I'm sorry for the queen
Yeah such a beautiful species. I am very sad but will do the best for the remaining workers. Thanks for watching
Oh that is so sad the queen died. Might that be the reason they made queen alates, as if they knew the queen was old or something like that?
Yeah it might be, still so much to learn about ants. Which is great! I love learning
@@NovoAnts There is much to learn still from ants and bees alike, which is great, anyone can discover something new 😁
Yes totally. If your interested, I have a friend who has started a channel on keeping bees. It’s called Bee Nation
@@NovoAnts i will certainly check it out 😁 thank you
For multiple golden tail bull ants the elates will attack the queen and try to replace her or just get rid of her
Yes it seems that way. I’ll have to do an update on them soon
love your ants
Thanks 🙏 appreciate you watching the video
Hey ant invasion how long did i take for your queen dealate to hatch out of its cocoon
I have seen people introducing a new queen to the colony once the queen dies. Maybe you should try it too? I know it works with some European species
Hope one of your new queens gets mated to revive the colony.
Yeah I’m hoping so as well. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel
Same
that is so sad. hopefully you can get another queen or colony
Yeah I’ll be on e look out for another piliventris queen, very nice species
queen was dying, thats why they are producing alates, the workers feed the larvae more protein to make the larve become alates. In this case that is
Her missing legs is due to her being dead and dried, which makes them accidently ripping her apart when they drag her
I’m not sure that’s always the case, colonies produce alates every year to start new colonies but existing colonies keep going. I didn’t know the age of this queen but I suspect she was on her way out. She had one missing leg while freshly dead so I think they attacked her. Oh well comes with the hobby I guess. Thanks for watching
Do thar species have germagates?
I’m not totally sure, they can have ergatoid females which can lay I believe. But I think this is the end for the colony
Great Video! What camera equipment do you use?
Thanks. I use my iPhone 11 with a macro lens and lots of practice, it takes time and setup to get good video. Appreciate you taking the time to watch
Any updates in the colony?
Thanks for reminding me…an update coming…but a sad one
@@NovoAnts oh no there dead aren't they😥
It's sad what's happening to your queen. I'm looking for this species for a long time and on Ant Keeping depot they didn't get it yet :/. I am also looking for Myrmecia nigriscapa. I could take Myrmecia pyroformis, it is not yet sent by Ant Keeping depot, in France we have nice species too, but Myrmecia have something really unique. For your colony, couldn't a male from another colony breed with one of your winged females ? Or couldn't a male be born from the remaining eggs and breed with one of your females?
Oh no! This is horrible :c. Let's hope your plan works and your alates can breed. That's really sad. Hopefully theres more alates produced. Have a good day Novo
I believe dominant workers in Myrmecia species can turn into gamergates in certain condition.. Do not give up on sustainability of your colony yet!
I certainly won’t, even if there is no hope for the colony I will still give the remaining workers a good life
Sorry you lost your queen mate, that's a great colony of a beautiful species of ant.
Just out of curiosity it looked like you didn't have a cover in the outworld, how do you keep them in or was that just the perspective?
Thanks I appreciate that. I am really sad. I do have a cover for the outworld but I took it off for filming, the colony are fairly calm so they don’t really climb the edges. Thanks for watching
Dam that sucks😥
Yeah I know, so sad
This is devastating. We currently have a M. pilosula colony that has female alates in the colony and the Queen is fierce and is going around and destroying her alates! We panic every time we go to our outworld and it looks like we have a dead queen because she rips their wings off as well. So based on that, I hypothesise that maybe your Queen got jealous but couldn't match with the competition.
Thats an interesting idea, I thought the other queens might have turned on her...they will live out a nice life now anyway I guess. Thanks for watching
That is soooo sad! Maybe one of the queen alates wanted to try and gain dominance over the queen and therefore tried to fight the queen. 2 weeks ago my myrmecia nigrocinta colony, with 100+ workers, queen went into the outworld and continued to lay eggs by then a week later she sadly died.
Yeah you might be right. You never know with a colony. Wow you must be super upset as well. Really sad when a queen dies in a mature colony
😱😭😪 srry to hear.
Thanks mate. Super sad but that’s the hobby I guess
@@NovoAnts very true. Its nuptials soon here in California gonna look for honeypots 🤞🤞 hope I find one
Wow good luck! Hope you get one
Oh bro that sucks feel for you if that happend to my meat ant queen id be so sad
Thanks bro, very sad but that’s life I guess. Now to find another piliventris queen!
Epic
Thanks 😊
Sad...
That’s a bummer mate but just to let you know that it won’t work to get the queen to mate with a drone, I’m sorry about that but yeah. I Feel for you mate 👍
Yeah I’m pretty sad. It would work with a drone, but of a different colony, not the same colony. But the chance of me finding one are low
oh no :(
😢
Can you put my channel in the next video description please
Please novo
Novo please reply can you put my channel in the description of next video or next live stream and if your gonna on next live stream when you next doing a live stream
I didnt watch the video but it sounds serious
How are you gona release the alates
Damn she big
Half of the nest is empty is there mold?
Shes old,shes gona die soon
Wait why doess she have wounds
RIP ajina(i fixed.it)
Due to the alates and the unknown age of the queen i highly suspect that this is a dug uo colony and she either died of old age, she died of some unknown pathogen or she died of genetic deficiencies
Yeah it was a dug colony, it was rescued before the ground was dug up at a construction site so the queen might have been old. It is sad but it life I guess, at least I got to enjoy it for a short while. Thanks for watching
@@NovoAnts ah i see, welp at least they weren´t killed during the construction process
This is so sad ... it puts Covid 19 in perspective .....
😳😂
That’s sad but that’s life so u need to make the most of it P.s I did trick myself into thinking I bought the ants after I realized I don’t even have a credit card
Yeah it’s the life of this hobby. I’ll give the colony the best life I can anyway. Thanks for watching. Will you buy a queen?
@@NovoAnts I don’t know I realized that I’m too young and don’t have a credit card but I’m not giving up
These guys aren't gamergates?
They have the potential to be if drones are introduced
Yeah as below...I hope I can find a drone soon
MUTINY!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry dude, I just discovered your channel too.
😂 enjoy! Working on another bull ant video now.
Try and reintroduce a breeded alate mate! So sorry man
I’ll try and get a male to introduce to a queen alate
Aww man that is terrible :(