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Posted August 15 2015 - 5:00 AM
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The other day, I was chatting with Bard and Greg, and the topic sprang up. What to call ant keeping. A thought sprang through my mind. Bee keeping is called apiculture, right? Apidae is the family of honeybees, so ant keeping should be called... Formiculture!
That's right, formiculture. Formicidae is the family of ants. So that makes senses. Plus, this site is named formiculture.com. Tell me below if you agree or not.
Species I keep:
1 Lasius cf. Neoniger 30 workers
1 Camponotus sp. 15 workers
20 Tetramorium SpE 30 workers
1 T. Sessile 200 workers
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Posted August 15 2015 - 5:54 AM
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it sounds better then drewsantfourm.com lol
Ant Queens found:
Solenopsis Invicta, Solenopsis xyloni, Brachymyrmex depilis/Sp, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Pogonomyrmex barbatus,
Forelius pruinosus, Camponotus sayi, Dorymyrmex insanus, crematogaster ashmeadi,
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Ant Queens i have going right now:
camponotus sayi, solenopsis invicta, Myrmecocystus Mimicus, Forelius pruinosus
Pogonomyrmex barbatus, and some others (no i.d.)
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Posted August 15 2015 - 6:12 AM
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Didn't Will come up with the idea? Still, formiculture should be the name of the hobby. Its the name of the forum, too.
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Posted August 15 2015 - 6:40 AM
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Posted August 15 2015 - 7:18 PM
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Now that a name has been established and ratified in law, aherm, can we talk about how to make formiculture as mainstream as Fishkeeping (pisciculture)? Personally, I think there's a huge STEM angle to drive with young people, parents and educators.
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Posted August 15 2015 - 8:22 PM
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And like we said in chat, we're all FormiCultists.
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Posted August 16 2015 - 6:02 AM
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Posted August 16 2015 - 5:16 PM
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It's settled. We need to write up a proclamation of formication. Not this:
[fawr-mi-key-shuh n]
Edited by William. T, August 16 2015 - 5:18 PM.
Species I keep:
1 Lasius cf. Neoniger 30 workers
1 Camponotus sp. 15 workers
20 Tetramorium SpE 30 workers
1 T. Sessile 200 workers
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Posted August 16 2015 - 6:18 PM
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I can't Engrish.
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Posted August 17 2015 - 12:10 AM
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what? "foahr-mi-kä-shän"?
maybe, that's not even better....
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Posted August 17 2015 - 4:25 PM
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Myrmiculture would be equally valid, I think. 
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Posted August 17 2015 - 5:47 PM
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Myrmiculture would be equally valid, I think.
Well, apiculture has Apidae, the family of bees, in it. Formicadae, the family of ants, should be the name. Plus, this forum is called Formiculture, right? 
Species I keep:
1 Lasius cf. Neoniger 30 workers
1 Camponotus sp. 15 workers
20 Tetramorium SpE 30 workers
1 T. Sessile 200 workers
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Posted August 18 2015 - 1:37 PM
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I think Ant Keeping is way more accessible to the uninitiated. Anyone interested in collaborating on assembling and promoting a beginners website to foster interest in the hobby? Forums are of course the best way to get anecdotal/observational information but a great website would be better for promoting the hobby.
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Posted August 18 2015 - 1:39 PM
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I think Ant Keeping is way more accessible to the uninitiated. Anyone interested in collaborating on assembling and promoting a beginners website to foster interest in the hobby? Forums are of course the best way to get anecdotal/observational information but a great website would be better for promoting the hobby.
I suggest that we have an "articles" section of this forum, as with many hobbyist forums.
Species I keep:
1 Lasius cf. Neoniger 30 workers
1 Camponotus sp. 15 workers
20 Tetramorium SpE 30 workers
1 T. Sessile 200 workers
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Posted August 18 2015 - 4:42 PM
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Articles section would be great. But I'm thinking more from a marketing standpoint and that some great visuals and welcoming appearance are needed. Also, it takes a pretty ambitious parent and/or kid to wade through the volumes of info out there to get started when in reality it's not that hard.
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Posted August 18 2015 - 9:14 PM
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Myrmiculture would be equally valid, I think.
Well, apiculture has Apidae, the family of bees, in it. Formicadae, the family of ants, should be the name. Plus, this forum is called Formiculture, right?
Bees consist of more than one family all under one superfamily, Apoidea. Plus apiculture is only about Apis mellifera.
Current Species:
Camponotus fragilis
Novomessor cockerelli
Pogonomyrmex montanus
Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Manica bradleyi
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Posted August 19 2015 - 4:10 AM
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Myrmiculture would be equally valid, I think.
Well, apiculture has Apidae, the family of bees, in it. Formicadae, the family of ants, should be the name. Plus, this forum is called Formiculture, right?
Bees consist of more than one family all under one superfamily, Apoidea. Plus apiculture is only about Apis mellifera.
Problem is, if we include the superfamily, Vespoidea, we include wasps.
Species I keep:
1 Lasius cf. Neoniger 30 workers
1 Camponotus sp. 15 workers
20 Tetramorium SpE 30 workers
1 T. Sessile 200 workers
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Posted August 25 2015 - 2:47 PM
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It's settled. We need to write up a proclamation of formication. Not this:
formication
[fawr-mi-key-shuh n]
noun
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a tactile hallucination involving the belief that something is crawling on the body or under the skin.
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But yeah, that does make sense. Maybe 
