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 Ant Farms... Where to get a queen ant?

Hey I was just wondering if anyone knew where to get queen ants so I could build my own ant farm. I’m from Niagara Falls Ontario. If there is anything in the area plz post a comment. How cool would an ant farm be? I know where to get the cages, I’ve seen a few even the gelatin ones but just need to find a Queen. Thanks
09/04/08  10:50pm

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John_jb
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   Message To: Dyspunktional   In reference to Message Id: 1851770


 Ant Farms... Where to get a queen ant?

Hello,

You can just dig some up you know, and then eventually you’ll find a Queen.
09/05/08  04:24am

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   Message To: John_jb   In reference to Message Id: 1851882


 Ant Farms... Where to get a queen ant?

find where there is a good amount of ant holes. (beside a house works great) once a year queen ants leave the nests and they go to new nests (prevents inbreeding) and they take over or make new colonies. these are teh "flying ants" you see. we had ants so bad last year couldnt use side door covered sidewalk and about 3 feet up solid ants all queens. only lasts few days so need to be fast.
10/21/08  01:54am

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   Message To: Sw1c   In reference to Message Id: 1884655


 Ant Farms... Where to get a queen ant?

how do you no wat the queen ants are? are they big?
10/23/08  05:55pm

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   Message To: Replover1   In reference to Message Id: 1886329


 Ant Farms... Where to get a queen ant?

they look like other ants only bigger and sometimes have a swollen white belly. carpenter ant queens are really big and jet bllack, red ants are rather small but still alot bigger than other ants.



10/25/08  08:04am


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