Tweedlies house

A comment by barnettgs on an earlier post asked if I had bought 2nd Ant World for Tweedlies.

The short and somewhat boring answer is yes, I bought a second Ant world. I was planning on putting them in a tank but I wanted time to make it escape proof. I plan to transfer them sometime in the future.

When i I first put the ants in the ant world above the the soil was level with the rather fetching pink card, shows they have been busy. They have even started digging tunnels in these mounds.

Lots of lovely ant eggs

The eggs are stored in the bottom right hand corner for the ant world. I always just assumed that they were kept with the queen. I can see how many there are because they keep hiding the eggs when i remove the card to have a sneaky wee peek. I'd guesstimate there are about hm....

Queens Tweedlie and Graham
Both the Queens are now holed up in the one chamber. I have a feeling that there are three Queens but I don't have proof yet. If there is a third I will call her chipper. There are some photographs of the queens below.

Food
One comment I had suggested i feed the ants some pink things.... I did have some marshmallows... But i ate them...... Coz I'm a fatty. The flies captured by a friend are still in their freezer, I haven't had a chance to go through and get them. The Orphans have gone off the honey but both colonies love cheese. I have still to publish the food experiment I did the weekend before last. Will do it in the next few days... I think its worth the wait :D