Camponotus variegatus dulcis

After the first batch of worker ants are born, the feeding frequency will be increased and adjusted according to the colony development, from once a week to three times a week. Try not to interrupt the egg laying frequency of the queen ants, and do not give too much food to avoid food odor, and it is not recommended to feed live ants at this stage.

As the population increases, the test tube space becomes insufficient. At this stage, we can provide plaster ant nests, aerated brick ant nests, or add a new test tube for the colony to live in. During the moving process, we must use the guiding method, and must not pour out the test tubes violently, in order to avoid the colony to be shocked, which may lead to the stoppage of the ant colony's production.

Adjust the feeding frequency according to the feeding condition, from 1 time a week to 3 times a week, you may start to give live food (non-essential), the live food must be cooked or mutilated, the ants have the habit of carrying the food back to the nest, so the less the live food, the better, so as to avoid the ants can not finish the food, which may cause the nest to become seriously moldy.

Depending on the conditions, the colony will provide bigger nests and the population will increase, so the feeding frequency should be increased. Depending on the feeding conditions, the colony should be fed 2 to 4 times a week.

The maximum number of worker ants in a mature colony is around 2,000 to 5,000. At this stage, the colony will produce male ants and virgin ants, which will be fed 5 to 7 times a week depending on their feeding status.