Antkeeping
Journal

Kitchen shelf

Lasius niger

129 workers Queen

Growth

From 3 to 129 workers

09-09-2025 19-08-2026

Journal

  1. 11-09-2025 22:27

    feeding

    First feeding: a drop of honey water on foil. Two of them found it within the hour.

  2. 15-09-2025 18:05

    feeding

    Honey water and half a mealworm. The worm was stripped by morning.

  3. 21-09-2025 19:28

    feeding

    Fruit fly, freshly killed. Carried in whole.

  4. 25-09-2025 20:17

    feeding

    Sugar water on cotton. Three of them stayed on it for an hour.

  5. 29-09-2025 19:51

    feeding

    Two small mealworms; one went straight to the brood chamber.

  6. 03-10-2025 22:06

    feeding

    Cricket leg. Too big, in hindsight — half of it ended up on the heap.

  7. 08-10-2025 20:16

    feeding

    Honey water. Quiet feeding, most of them stayed inside.

  8. 12-10-2025 17:24

    feeding

    Mealworm, cut open. That gets eaten twice as fast as a whole one.

  9. 16-10-2025 17:41

    feeding

    Fruit flies from the culture. Four went in, none came out.

  10. 20-10-2025 22:35

    feeding

    Sugar water and a drop of protein jelly. The jelly was ignored again.

  11. 25-10-2025 21:58

    feeding

    Mealworm. Trail across the outworld within minutes this time.

  12. 31-10-2025 20:42

    feeding

    Honey water and half a mealworm. The worm was stripped by morning.

  13. 25-02-2026 21:18

    feeding

    Fruit fly, freshly killed. Carried in whole.

  14. 01-03-2026 18:09

    feeding

    Sugar water on cotton. Three of them stayed on it for an hour.

  15. 08-03-2026 18:46

    feeding

    Two small mealworms; one went straight to the brood chamber.

  16. 14-03-2026 18:44

    feeding

    Cricket leg. Too big, in hindsight — half of it ended up on the heap.

  17. 20-03-2026 17:44

    feeding

    Honey water. Quiet feeding, most of them stayed inside.

  18. 26-03-2026 18:04

    feeding

    Mealworm, cut open. That gets eaten twice as fast as a whole one.

  19. 31-03-2026 17:54

    feeding

    Fruit flies from the culture. Four went in, none came out.

  20. 06-04-2026 17:49

    feeding

    Sugar water and a drop of protein jelly. The jelly was ignored again.

  21. 12-04-2026 19:20

    feeding

    Mealworm. Trail across the outworld within minutes this time.

  22. 17-04-2026 18:08

    feeding

    Honey water and half a mealworm. The worm was stripped by morning.

  23. 22-04-2026 20:53

    feeding

    Fruit fly, freshly killed. Carried in whole.

  24. 29-04-2026 22:15

    feeding

    Sugar water on cotton. Three of them stayed on it for an hour.

  25. 04-05-2026 22:00

    feeding

    Two small mealworms; one went straight to the brood chamber.

  26. 09-05-2026 21:10

    feeding

    Cricket leg. Too big, in hindsight — half of it ended up on the heap.

  27. 15-05-2026 22:55

    feeding

    Honey water. Quiet feeding, most of them stayed inside.

  28. 20-05-2026 21:10

    feeding

    Mealworm, cut open. That gets eaten twice as fast as a whole one.

  29. 27-05-2026 20:46

    feeding

    Fruit flies from the culture. Four went in, none came out.

  30. 31-05-2026 19:17

    feeding

    Sugar water and a drop of protein jelly. The jelly was ignored again.

  31. 04-06-2026 21:46

    feeding

    Mealworm. Trail across the outworld within minutes this time.

  32. 10-06-2026 19:43

    feeding

    Honey water and half a mealworm. The worm was stripped by morning.

  33. 16-06-2026 22:47

    feeding

    Fruit fly, freshly killed. Carried in whole.

  34. 22-06-2026 19:42

    feeding

    Sugar water on cotton. Three of them stayed on it for an hour.

  35. 27-06-2026 17:56

    feeding

    Two small mealworms; one went straight to the brood chamber.

  36. 03-07-2026 19:42

    feeding

    Cricket leg. Too big, in hindsight — half of it ended up on the heap.

  37. 09-07-2026 18:23

    feeding

    Honey water. Quiet feeding, most of them stayed inside.

  38. 14-07-2026 22:37

    feeding

    Mealworm, cut open. That gets eaten twice as fast as a whole one.

  39. 18-07-2026 20:55

    feeding

    Fruit flies from the culture. Four went in, none came out.

  40. 25-07-2026 19:08

    feeding

    Sugar water and a drop of protein jelly. The jelly was ignored again.

  41. 01-08-2026 19:12

    feeding

    Mealworm. Trail across the outworld within minutes this time.

  42. 06-08-2026 22:03

    feeding

    Honey water and half a mealworm. The worm was stripped by morning.

  43. 12-08-2026 17:17

    feeding

    Fruit fly, freshly killed. Carried in whole.