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Some websites say Lasius flavus are polygynous, so beginners put ten or twenty queens in one nest and lose nearly all of them. The claim is half true. We put 250 freshly mated queens together for 30 days with unlimited food, and 41 were killed by other queens. Here is what really happens, why the first workers decide which queen survives, and why multi-queen flavus works in a meadow but never in a formicarium. Plus exactly how many queens you should actually start with.

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Small ant colonies require test tube setups during their founding stage to survive and thrive. Moving them too early can doom your colony before it truly begins.

Learn how to set up a live queen ant farm safely with Best Ants UK. Prepare the nest, hydrate it correctly, acclimate your ants after delivery and connect the test tube without stressing the queen.