6/14/08
Saw several carpenter queens running around outside, so why not start another colony?
Caught one and placed her into a test tube. I hope she'll survive.
6/14/08
That was fast, she already has 5 eggs after only 5 hrs since placing her in her
tube. 
6/15/08
Was taking out the garbage early this morning and found several Camponotus workers
carrying brood, snatched some larvae and 1 coccoon to give to my queen. 
6/20/08
First worker!
She has 20 eggs now, 3 coccoons, and 4 other larvae. All is looking good. 
Hopefully the worker will start foraging soon...
7/05/08
All of the larvae have coccooned, and she now has 2 small workers.
I gave them a fly yesterday and now there is nothing left of it.
The queen's eggs have hatched so she now has are around 20 small larvae and 3 coccoons, it would be 4 but one of them has turned into some sort of egg capsule. Ant parasite? The
tube is starting to get very moldy, im gonna have to make a small plaster nest for them to move into.
7/09/08
The plaster nest that I had made broke, from being to dry maybe.
But they have now moved into a clean tube. They are now using the moldy one as a garbage dump. 2 more workers have hatched, and I gave them another fly yesterday. The queen have laid 5 eggs.
8/28/08
It's been a while sine I've updated my journals. This colony has been doing great. There are 12 workers now and about 15 coccoons, many larvae, and about 30-40 eggs. They accept a small fly every week now. Also, they have moved into a small plaster nest with three chambers.
I have high hopes for this colony.
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