Queen Messor minor hesperius
Our favorite species! The most beautiful and easiest to raise, very rare this year. Exceptional development even in winter. With 10mm major workers in large colonies. Messor minor hesperius is colorful, active, and easy to raise.
Description
The Fourmiculture Charter on our Messor minor hesperius ants:
1. Approved breeding program of the Veterinary Services, managed by a certified specialist,
2. Free "Perfect Ant Keeper's Guide" and health record provided,
3. Ants guaranteed parasite-free,
4. Health demonstrated by the upcoming egg-laying,
5. No "boost" (addition of brood or external workers to sell colonies faster),
6. Guaranteed healthy delivery: full refund in case of queen loss (if delivered within 48 hours),
thanks to our optional insulated packaging,
8. Non-invasive and non-endangered species,
9. Colony buyback and costs covered if you wish to sell (see conditions).
An excellent granivorous species, very easy to raise even in winter! The queens lay eggs as soon as they swarm and establish their colonies during the winter. Diapause is unnecessary.
Our queens are delivered in a tube with enough water autonomy to have the first workers during the winter or the beginning of spring.
DELIVERY TIME: estimated at a maximum of a few weeks after acclimatization in our lab.
Some of our queen bees will already have eggs upon delivery, while others generally have over an 80% chance of laying eggs quickly after arrival. For a 100% guarantee, choose our 3-month success guarantee: if the queen doesn't lay eggs within 90 days of arrival, we'll send you a queen with eggs or a colony free of charge!
To continue raising the ants in the tube for a few weeks or months, it is ideal to add a small feeding/hunting area. We offer this as an option.
How to raise the Messor minor hesperius queen:
- Keep the queen in her original tube without food until the worker bees are born.
- Place it in a warm spot, without too much light, ideally around 26°C during the day and 20-22°C at night.
- Wait until the first worker bee is born and give them a pinch of seeds (Power Mix or Messor Mix).
- Continue rearing in tubes until there are about twenty workers before installing them in an ant farm.
Breeding sheet after the birth of the workers: click HERE .
Example of Messor minor hesperius rearing : Approximately 150 Messor minor with their queen in an artificial Minora ant farm by Fourmiculture :
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