Can Queen Ants be kept together?

[Meadow98684]

I just found a whole bunch of queens from the nuptial flight and was wondering if they can be kept together. Or does each queen have to have her own shin dig?

 

[aNisip]

Some species will tolerate multiple queen colonies and form 'super colonies' with a bunch of satellite colonies branching off, but other species will only allow one queen per colony...they will kill each other if kept together....what species is the one you collected?

 

[Meadow98684]

I don't know, it's not pure black, its lighter, but not fully red. They are sorta tan colored.

 

[aNisip]

Can you get a picture of them?

 

[Meadow98684]

Not a good one. They look like this: https://www.google.com/search?q=nuptial+flight+queen+ant&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=hgpnUq6YBei8igLBj4DAAw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=993#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=Nph1ADGdk2DgZM%3A%3B5uVt6A-P5cdgRM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.amentsoc.org%252Fimages%252Fflying-ants.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.amentsoc.org%252Finsects%252Fglossary%252Fterms%252Fnuptial-flight%3B350%3B206

 

[aNisip]

That first ant from the google search is, Iridomyrmex purpureus (meat ant or gravel ant)....endemic to Australia....so I don't think that is it....

 

[aNisip]

It could be black fire ant, thatcher ant, or harvester ant...