The Ant Farms on the Market Are Terrible

I'm sick of all these tiny, plastic colorful pieces of crap trying to move themselves off as an ant farm. They should really be called ant cages or something, as a result of you possibly can't really farm the ants. No one in America is allowed to ship or sale queen ants (they'll in Europe tho). Can you believe that? How are you going to farm ants with out a queen? The ants just sit in their cages, with no goal until they die! I do not see what the big freaking deal is! I have heard their arguments for why they do not need them shipped around the nation (introduction of a non-native species, and many others.), and so they do have a degree, however ants usually are not actually that hard to get rid of and so their threat should be overlooked and those rules lifted.
Even should you might buy a queen ant, she would just be wasting her time in such a small enclosed setting. She would produce extra ants than the aquarium could tolerate in a number of months.
I've all the time had an interest in ants. They're fascinating creatures. Ever since I can keep in mind I have been making ant farms. I like to only sit there and watch them typically, after which setup little obstacles for them to overcome. Often have bug wars!
The ant farms for sale available on the market don't even have an open top, or a flat panorama for them to hunt food. You can never actually work together with the ants or conduct experiments, because you can't reach them. Everybody is so scared of a lawsuit that they don't want the kids even touching the ants. For crying out loud! They are normally Western Harvester Ants. I have been bitten a number of occasions. It doesn't harm that dangerous. I didn't even cry the first time I was bit at 5 years old.
The way in which I make ant farms is the way they need to be made, and I hope to get it manufactured sometime, but it might not ever happen, so I ask that one of the many toy ant farm distributors in America come out with just one ant farm that is geared toward the intense observer and not simply another toy for kids. It would not should be big, nevertheless it's gotta be greater. At least 8"Wx12"Lx10"H.
1. Here's the way you do it? I like mine somewhat greater.
2. You are taking an 18" long x 8"wide x 12" high fish aquarium to be your outdoors wall.
three. You then take a sixteen"long x 6"extensive x 9"high fish aquarium to be your inside wall.
four. Remove the entire low cost plastic components on the high of the smaller aquarium so you may get it clear for glue.
5. Place the massive aquarium right aspect up (the open aspect up).
6. Place the smaller one upside down (open aspect down) into the bigger one. Glue the smaller one to the underside of huge aquarium, leaving approx. 1" on both sides for dirt. (You can also place a lightweight inside the small aquarium for some cool results)
7. It's possible you'll wish to glue down four 2" strips of glass or one thing easy surfaced around the prime of the Massive aquarium to make it more durable (almost inconceivable) for the ants to escape.
eight. Get some respectable tunneling grime and refill your new ant farm. Leave about an inch of room from the highest.
9. Go dig up a queen and a few worker ants and get began.
10. When you added a light contained in the small one. You will have to drill a gap for the plug.