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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.

Caught a queen ant on Flying Ant Day 2026? Here's exactly what to do in the first hour, how to set up her test tube, and how to raise your first workers — from the UK's ant-keeping specialists since 1997.

Tetramorium bicarinatum ants are renowned for their incredible rapid growth and unique "inbreeding" prowess! This amazing ability enables them to produce multiple queens and males right within the same nest, sparking exponential colony expansion without the hassle of a nuptial flight.

Thief ants display exceptional conduct such as kleptoparasitism, where they covertly invade adjacent ant colonies to filch food and larvae.