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#1 Offline William. T - 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.


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Species I keep:

 

1 Lasius cf. Neoniger 30 workers

1 Camponotus sp. 15 workers

20 Tetramorium SpE 30 workers

1 T. Sessile 200 workers

 


#2 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 15 2015 - 5:24 AM

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I've actually noticed some of the newcomers already think that formiculture means ant keeping, so why not. :lol: But yeah, that does make sense. Maybe Reacker named the whole hobby.


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#3 Offline AntsTexas - Posted August 15 2015 - 5:54 AM

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it sounds better then drewsantfourm.com  lol


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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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#4 Offline Tyrone - 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.



#5 Offline dspdrew - Posted August 15 2015 - 6:16 AM

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Reacker came up with the name "formiculture" back when we first started this forum.



#6 Offline Ants4fun - Posted August 15 2015 - 6:40 AM

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Formiculture it is then.
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#7 Offline PTAntFan - 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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#8 Offline BrittonLS - 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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#9 Offline Roachant - Posted August 16 2015 - 6:02 AM

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FormiCULTists? All hail the queen!

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#10 Offline William. T - 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:

 

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.

Edited by William. T, August 16 2015 - 5:18 PM.

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Species I keep:

 

1 Lasius cf. Neoniger 30 workers

1 Camponotus sp. 15 workers

20 Tetramorium SpE 30 workers

1 T. Sessile 200 workers

 


#11 Offline LC3 - Posted August 16 2015 - 6:18 PM

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I can't Engrish.


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#12 Offline Trailandstreet - 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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#13 Offline Myrmicinae - Posted August 17 2015 - 4:25 PM

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Myrmiculture would be equally valid, I think.  :)


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Pheidole ceres
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#14 Offline William. T - 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? :D


Species I keep:

 

1 Lasius cf. Neoniger 30 workers

1 Camponotus sp. 15 workers

20 Tetramorium SpE 30 workers

1 T. Sessile 200 workers

 


#15 Offline PTAntFan - 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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#16 Offline William. T - 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.


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Species I keep:

 

1 Lasius cf. Neoniger 30 workers

1 Camponotus sp. 15 workers

20 Tetramorium SpE 30 workers

1 T. Sessile 200 workers

 


#17 Offline PTAntFan - 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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#18 Offline kellakk - 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? :D

 

 

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

 

 


#19 Offline William. T - 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? :D

 

 

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

 


#20 Offline BrittonLS - 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
1.
a tactile hallucination involving the belief that something is crawling on the body or under the skin.


This happens when I watch too many ant videos.




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