ANTSTORE World of Ants

[MrNixy]

I have always wondered how you manage to keep the colony in the test tube so I have a question I hope that somebody can answer.
As the colony grows in the tube it needs food such as honey solution and insects for the queen. I am wondering, how do you stop the ants scurrying up out of the test tube when you remove the plug?
I also read a few days ago that somebody had constructed a multiple test tube setup (3 test tubes I think it was). How can this be achieved as it sounds great for the bigger species of ant, a pic would be great too if that is possible?

I have always wanted to keep colonies in the tube for longer but fear that it may become impossible as the colony grows and the ants try to escape, from what I have read this is not the case and it must be a fault in my methods.

Regards,
Nixy.

[SteveUK28]

simple, you keep them in a small out world like an icecream tub and put either a lid with lots of holes in the top or apply a layer of PTFE around the top

[Mr_Major_Mellow]

for the 1st few workers i,

get a bit of tubing and a small container (plastic) put the tubing where you want it entering the container and mark around it with felt tip.
get a sharp metal object, i use old sizzers, heat the metal with a lighter, then melt a hole where you marked out, this may take afew trys and the plastic will smell so do it outside, push the tube into the container, then get your test tube, get a cotton wool bud, wrap it around the end of the tubing like a bung, and push it into the test tube,

its really simple and takes up little space.

-ash