One day, after giving my winter ant nanitics several days to harden, I decided to give them their first meal. This was a drop of honey, which they fully consumed. A few days after the honey, I gave the colony their first protein taste, aka a nice hunk of mealworm. This warranted a cute reaction from the ants, as one of the nanitics began to feast fairly quickly. After a while, the ant returned to her queens, bringing home some much-needed mealworm. Eventually, the ants decided that the most efficient method for processing the mealworm was to drag it so it was next to the queens, which meant that the nanitics wouldn’t need to run to and from the mealworm, saving some energy. Today, the colony is doing well, with a good amount of brood while waiting for the next five workers to eclose.
