Social Insects
OK, so before I started my reading on bees and became hooked I had started reading up on another social insect: the ant. Charlotte was only too happy for us to get Antlantis (a combination formicarium and triops pool) as a learning experience for Lex as well as for myself and Charlotte.
We also ordered a colony of Lasius Niger (the common black ant found in the garden) from Edu-Sci Ltd which arrived yesterday. They have now been shaken out into their new home and I have covered the sides of the formicarium with paper to give some shade which should speed up the process of building the initial tunnels and establishing the nest.
