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by danb1985
Sun Feb 03, 2019 2:19 pm
Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
Topic: Keeping ants in the garage
Replies: 1
Views: 1293

Keeping ants in the garage

Hi I am looking to keep ants but at the minute the wife doesn’t want them in the house. We are moving soon to a house with a garage. I live in the north east of England so temperatures can get cold in winter. Is it possible to keep ants in a garage? If so, what extra equipment would I need to help t...
by danb1985
Sun Feb 03, 2019 12:17 pm
Forum: Temporary Placeholder
Topic: Newbie
Replies: 2
Views: 1606

Newbie

Hi I am looking to keep ants but at the minute the wife doesn’t want them in the house. We are moving soon to a house with a garage. I live in the north east of England so temperatures can get cold in winter. Is it possible to keep ants in a garage? If so, what extra equipment would I need to help t...
by danb1985
Wed Aug 15, 2018 10:32 am
Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
Topic: A lot of beginner questions!
Replies: 5
Views: 2711

Re: A lot of beginner questions!

Thanks for your help. Just need to talk round the Mrs and pick the perfect starter home
by danb1985
Wed Aug 15, 2018 10:20 am
Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
Topic: A lot of beginner questions!
Replies: 5
Views: 2711

Re: A lot of beginner questions!

Wow thanks for all the info. I live in the (UK) so will probably go for the niger or flavus. The big thing really now is will the wife let me haha. I’m interested in starting from scratch and seeing a natural colony grow. What’s the chances of the flavus or niger getting into the 1000’s and if a col...
by danb1985
Wed Aug 15, 2018 8:58 am
Forum: Ant Keeping for Beginners
Topic: A lot of beginner questions!
Replies: 5
Views: 2711

A lot of beginner questions!

Hi (sorry for all the questions) I have recently began looking at ants in more detail and over the last week stumbled upon some of the amazing ways you can keep ants and actually build a colony. If I am going to get into the hobby I’d really like to do this from scratch with just a queen. Is this re...