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        <title>Archived Keeping Ants #3</title>
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        <![CDATA[ This is the third area that contains archived general tricks and information on ant rearing. Also included are people&#39;s journals/diaries/logs on raising
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			<title><![CDATA[ Census # 3 ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ NOTES:<br>Originally from (the 1st census is gone, so I'm linking the second):<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://p211.ezboard.com/fantfarmfrm3.showMessage?topicID=2092.topic">p211.ezboard.com/fantfarm...2092.topic</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>The list only list people who have living ants. Some of this information is outdated because of no recent updates. Please update when needed. Use this list at your own risk.<br><br>AKA ARTANT (7/11/2005):<br>Camponotus... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:19:40 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Some Minnesota Ant help please. ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ While I was watering the soil in my ant cage the &quot;queen&quot; bolted from her hiding place to quickly to have made a nest so I can conclude that it is A. A virgin queen. B. A male. C. or (leastly likely) a species that does not nest in soil. I fed her some honey which she ate. She is back in her old enclosure. I also have pics so if you guys could identify and possibly sex that would be great!<br>Also how long will it live if its a virgin queen and what could I do to attract mates of her... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2006 21:22:51 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Are you ready? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I have assembled quite a variety of formicaries with which to experiment with captive colony founding using young queens.<br><br>I will have 8 vertical hybrid Hydrostone/soil glass sandwich setups. These employ Hydrostone formed around chambers. The chambers are filled with a clean sifted sand. I have noted that young queens of many species of prefer soil and some species are very difficult to get past the founding stage without soil. Soil-only formicaries present many drawbacks which I hope... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2006 11:19:43 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Growing to quickly? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I have had a Camponotus P. queen for about a week and she only started laying 4 days ago. Now half her brood are larvea. Are they growing quicker then they should?<div class='signature'>I am a wereant! hahahahaha! http://monstersgame.co.uk/?ac=vid&vid=11075177</div> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:41:42 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Wing question ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Ok I have a queen, she shed 3 wings, and stil has one.Ive noticed 2 eggs!<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/433ceefd.jpg">i2.photobucket.com/albums...3ceefd.jpg</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Do you think she will make ANY atempt to shed the last wing? Both of the queens have a small clump of eggs.<br><div class='signature'>"It would appear that socialism really works under some circumstances. Carl Marx Just had the... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:53:05 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ P. Californicus (California harvester ant) ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ hello I recently caught 3 fertile freshly mated P.Californicus queens is there anyone who can help me out with a specific guide for keeping these queens alive?<br><br>a how to instruction sheet would be perfect<br>(Ive caught many fertile queens before but I never managed to keep them alive long enough to produce a brood) if you can help in any way it would be greatly appreciated<br>thanks,<br>Kevin ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:24:07 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Will they really kill each other? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Would you believe that Uncle Milton sent me MORE ants in the mail when I have not had ANY contact with the company in weeks.  I am furious as I had to go out to Petsmart and buy an improptu farm for them and I was just ready to give up on ant farms.<br><br>My other farm had done really well for the past 2-3 weeks or so but now they have been dying off.  I am not sure if I did something wrong or this is their lifespan.  <br><br>Well the new ants they sent me, half of them are dead cause it was... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 19:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Substitute from test tubes? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ All my test tubes except one broke...cheap glass things that weren't made good at all. The stupid cotton lid kept getting stuck and when I got it out the glass broke...<br><br>I know of claustaral (sorry if that is spelled wrong) cells, but can I make that without glass? Can I make something similar to it? I need to make 2-3 of them for more xyloni queens or other queens. I need something where I can view the queen, small enough to fit in a bathrooom cabinet (its about 2-3 inches... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Ponera pennsylvanica ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ How do you keep Ponera SP's, im about 40% sure Ive found a queen. Any sudgestions on how she should be cared for untill she is able to produce brood?!<br><br><!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://alpha.zimage.com/~ant/ezboard/boogie.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END-->  <br>Cheers<div class='signature'>__________________________________<br><a href="http://carnivorousplantsplus.20fr.com">My Website</a></div> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2006 23:37:18 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Weirdlittlebiscuit's Ant World and Human Blood Experiments ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I found this cool ant blog while foraging on the Web. Cute and interesting blogs on keeping ants. It has photographs.<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://weirdlittlebiscuit.com/antblog/">weirdlittlebiscuit.com/antblog/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> -- Ant World Experiment in Interplay Ant World (United Kingdom).<br><br>The best part was: <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.weirdlittlebiscuit.com/human_blood/">www.weirdlittlebiscuit.com/human_blood/</a><!--EZCODE... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:59:09 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Tetramorium keeping? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I caught a small colony of Tetramorium ants that are settle in and I want to ask what diet they have. Their workers are about 2mm in lehgth, the queen is about 8mm in length, and they are about 15 larvea and 30-40 workers, how much food should I give them? Thanks.<div class='signature'>I am a wereant! hahahahaha! http://monstersgame.co.uk/?ac=vid&vid=11075177</div> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:59:30 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ leftover food in farm..... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I gave the ants a piece of apple about 5 days ago , its definetly brown and weird looking now but the ants are still eating it...should i remove it?<br><br>sorry if this is a really stupid question.  i'm just so happy this new farm is doing really well.. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:25:23 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Diets and what not ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Does anyone know of any diets that will influence a queen to lay alot of eggs without agar? ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:14:10 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hydrostone ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Does any one know where to get Hydrostone In South West Ohio?<div class='signature'>__________________________________<br><a href="http://carnivorousplantsplus.20fr.com">My Website</a></div> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:32:11 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Bhatkar diet ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ For those interested, I believe that the journal article describing the Bhatkar diet (from the Florida Entymologist) can be found at: <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://fulltext10.fcla.edu/DLData/SN/SN00154040/0053_004/98p0011u.pdf">fulltext10.fcla.edu/DLDat...p0011u.pdf</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> (Adobe Reader required to read the PDF file)<br><br><br>[added a PDF warning] --antdude ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:38:44 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ I somehow got two colonies in my tank ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I always leave the lid off outside in my Fire ant tank and never put any other species into it unless I know 100 percent certain they can't do any harm which I haven't put any species into the tank ever so far (I might so with one colony, but not sure if that works out or not...its further down this thread). Well today I saw Cardiocondyla mauritanica in it (just a few workers). A very small ant found all over outside my apartments (mostly because of me :P I got them from near my school only... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 07:26:08 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ I have a queen... now what??? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Okay, I was outside today, looked down and lo and behold, I find a Queen!  I couldn't believe it!<br><br>NOW WHAT DO I DO????<br><br>I have the queen in a separate jar right now... anything I should do with/for her? Or shouldnt do?<br><br>My ants in the farm have already dug tunnels. <br><br>SHould I let them go and start again?<br><br>How can I tell for sure if she is compatible with the ants I have?<br>Or... If I get new ants and start again... how can I tell if she is compatible with them?... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 12:39:04 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ 5 queens! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/818f222e.jpg">i2.photobucket.com/albums...8f222e.jpg</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y17/alaskaheadbanger/Ants/bd004b69.jpg">i2.photobucket.com/albums...004b69.jpg</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Those are the best shots I could get enjoy them. If you could help Identify that would be nice, but I doubt it. If you cant tell... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:44:28 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ chazzbo77 What is your method of adjusting queens to light? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ chazzbo77 I have seen you post several times a method for getting queens used to light so that they can be observed.  If you or anyone else could give a detailed description as to how to do that I would appreciate it.  My biggest question is:  Do you keep a light on ALL the time?  Or does the the night/day phases just no longer affect them.  Thanks!  I currently have eight queens in a test tube set up.  One sugar ant queen, two apheonogaster, and five yet to be determined red ant queens.  The... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:32:31 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Pheidole ants-Saw a small colony outside ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I'll find an id hopefully off of antweb. They are small, black and shiny. They make big nests too that go out for about 20-25 feet one nest was. Although this nest is long gone from being destroyed by Argentine ants. They also make mounds that look like solenopsis xyloni mounds. They have the obvious majors with the big heads. The majors are black in color too.<br><br>Anyways, would it be save to dig them up? This colony is rather small with just one very small dome shaped mound. I noticed a... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:10:30 GMT</pubDate>
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