How do u create a homemade ant farm and how do u get a Queen Ant?
@handsomeitaliano (1050)
United States
October 2, 2008 9:23am CST
I know I could probably collect a whole bunch from a garden with an ant hole or something, but how on Earth would I get a queen? She never comes out the nest right? What else would i need in an ant farm besides lots of soil and ants?
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@desertdarlene (8911)
• United States
2 Oct 08
I'm not sure if you need a queen to have an ant farm unless you are planning to keep them long term and have them reproduce. I know the "kits" that you can order don't come with queen ants. But, I have seen people with queens in their farms. In my area, we often have maiden queens come out to breed before establishing a new colony. They're pretty easy to get at certain times of the year. They're the ones that have wings. You still need a drone to get her to reproduce, though.
That's all I know about ants and ant farm. Sorry if this wasn't any help.


