Myrmecocystus mendax — a striking western honeypot offered as a polygynous variety: multiple queens can be raised together in one nest for a faster, more resilient start. Like all honeypots, it fills its repletes with golden nectar — living larders that hang from the nest ceiling.
Choose your colony size: 1, 2, or 3 fresh-caught queens with brood — priced per group below.
Polygyny: Multiple foundresses cohabit, so more queens means faster early growth.
Founding: Fully claustral — queens raise their first workers on their own reserves.
Diet: Sugars & nectar (kept available at all times) plus insect protein.
Famous for: repletes — living storage workers swollen with gold.
Difficulty: Intermediate — warm, dry, and sugar-rich is the recipe.
