Introductions:
What you need for the antkeeping is patience and sure instincts. Already the foundation tooks a long time till the colony will grow to a large size. If you want to have a ant-book beside you to informe you I could specially recommend the book
B. Hölldobler & Edward O. Wilson (1995) The Journey to the Ants: A Story of Schientific Exploration
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For the experts here the greatest ant-book we called the "antbible": B. Hölldobler & Edward O. Wilson (1990) The Ants
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