   Cant someone send me some ants?
  I bought this thinghttp://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/6fd6/?cpg=froogleAnd I cannot find the order form for the ants. It is too cold in Washington DC for ants to be aroudn here I thinkMaybe someone in the south can put about 20 ants in a ziploc bag and send them ? In exchange I can point a webcam I use for my webpage and you can watch them dig holesemail me .. or just send some ants to777 7th street NW unit 703Washington DC 20001   
  Nah man, you need some winged female ants (after mating), because worker ants simply die if removed from the hive(and also can't reproduce). (Another option is to put this thing close to real hive.) Do your homework before getting ants. [wink]   ;  what happens when there are too many ants to populate that little room, once they start reproducing? then what?   ;  I'm also curious about OpenGL_Guru's question. I wanted the buy that awhile back but I figured it would be to much trouble getting the ants and taking care of them.Accidently breaking it would suck. A friend of mine had an ant crawl into his ear while he was sleeping...   ;Quote:Original post by nickvbsI'm also curious about OpenGL_Guru's question. I wanted the buy that awhile back but I figured it would be to much trouble getting the ants and taking care of them.Accidently breaking it would suck. A friend of mine had an ant crawl into his ear while he was sleeping...well i guess if you dont put a  female ant in there(ones with wings) they wont reproduce? they will just tunnel away until all the tunnels meet up then it will be one big open space? how long does it take for like 10 ants to eat all the gel?   ;  You people need to learn more about ants. Most if not all ants will not live without contact with hive (and hive must have queen). If you just separate worker ants from hive, they die, quickly (less than day). I'm not sure about separating relatively large group of worker ants from hive but it's likely that they'll die quickly too. Basically, in the hive you have worker ants (sterile), queen, and at some time of year, winged male and female ants. AFAIK, only winged female ants will live for long if separated from hive. They start to build new hive.Of course exact details depend to species, maybe workers of some species will not die quickly and will actually do something interesting. But worker ant has not much more reason to live when separated from hive than your finger when separated from body.   ;  the ant will probably die before it eats it all.   ;  The ants you buy specifically for ant farms will not have a queen.  The ants will do fine.  If you're going to use your own ants, though, they might die quickly with no queen (it depends on the type of ant) but it's also possible (though not as likely, I think) that, with a queen, you'll end up with too many ants.   ;Quote:Original post by cowsarenotevilThe ants you buy specifically for ant farms will not have a queen.  The ants will do fine.  If you're going to use your own ants, though, they might die quickly with no queen (it depends on the type of ant) but it's also possible (though not as likely, I think) that, with a queen, you'll end up with too many ants.so what kind of ants survives without the queen? is this secret mutated alien species ants? ;) that would be cool, but seriously. :) i definitely dont want a  queen. can you imagine if she laid eggs and you had a hole leak or something? talk about a neverending nightmare.   ;  I wish I knew.  It's probably like a secret recipe, or something :D   