Ant Farms: Ultimate Formicarium Handbook

by Angela Hayes

Detailed step-by-step guide to raising ants. Designed specifically for ant keepers, this book will support you through all aspects of ant care. Guiding you right from the start in sourcing your queen ant, looking after the queen and her eggs, supporting a fledgling colony and building up to a thriving colony with thousands of worker ants. Keeping ants can be one of the most rewarding experiences. Observe their incredible industriousness up close. See how they build structures, search for food, defend their societies and manage waste. All this achieved without an overall center of control – mesmerizing. This handbook has been carefully designed to give you an insight into the fascinating world of ants. With this in-depth understanding of ants, you will be able to appreciate the complexity of their world and provide them with a stimulating environment. This is an easy to understand yet detailed step by step guide, full of practical tips. It will get you started in ant keeping and will serve as a valuable point of reference. Including; Ants under the Microscope Exploration of Ant Behavior Ways to Source Ants Setting up your First Formicarium Caring for a Fledgling Colony Establishing and Maintaining a Thriving Colony Achieving Optimum Conditions Different Species and what to choose And plenty more.

149 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 18, 2018

Reviews

[Arnold · Rating 5 out of 5]

Comprehensive and interesting

I am practically new to ant keeping but I would like to think that I have watched every YouTube ant keeping videos and every website on the topic beforehand. I bought this book thinking I have learned everything there is to learn on the hobby but I'm happily surprised that this book still covered some gaps significantly. My only complaint is that it is mostly directed to audiences in temperate countries but this just very minor since tropical ant keeping is almost similar except the hibernating phase. Great guide all in all especially the structure of the read. Thanks

[Jessica Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easily digestible and yet quite informative book

Not too dense or hard to read but chop full of useful information for a beginner ant keeper. I really appreciated the breakdown of ant body parts, ant behaviors and the various unique species around the world. I definitely will be referring to this book frequently as our colony grows and as we possibly find and house future queens/colonies.

[Paul Tebbs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good introduction to ant keeping

This is a good book to get if you are interested in the basics of keeping ants for pets. It explains how one goes about attaining a queen ant to start a colony as well as the basic care and maintenance that will be required. Short read.