ANTSTORE World of Ants

[SteveUK28]

Hiya guys,
I thought i would move this topic to the General Discussion area..
Basicaly has any1 got a artificial nest in their garden.. and does it work??
If you do what kind of nest is it?
Ive been thinking myself of makin a ytong nest.. and leaving it out in my garden in a wild area.. Do you think any ants would move in.. and if so which species.. Bearing in mind i live in a quiet town in South Wales which is fairly near the local forest.

Any other Suggestions.. Comments.. Ideas and Thoughs are more than welcome.

[tail__]

If ants have choice, they would choose always a dark place. Some artificial nests would be good, but only if they would be covered, which won't make sense.

[KiamCameron]

Ive tried this I had a breeze block which is ytong and then drilled some chambers and that and put it in the ground so they can nest under it and then I might be able to get a colony out of it There has already been ants going under it

[SteveUK28]

Kiam thats an awesome idea... I wonder if it would be legal for me to do that.. but take the block up to the forest and see if some wood ants make a nest there.

[mzfckr]

its basicly like ants watching stone.maybe you can make a ytong, and on its surface put a heat reservior(like a rock or some building materials, like roofs made of material of apshalt(sorry if it doesnt make sense)).

[miszt]

this works better for larger colonies that are well setup, as long as the nest exit wont allow the queen out it will work fine, theres a few pics sumwhere of people who have large tanks in their houses and tubes going into the garden

[Alby]

In italy there's a man that feed ants for work, he sells crematogaster scutellaris for the impollination of olive trees.
He makes something like 60 kg of eggs every year, and has studied a box similar to the bee's box.