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Wow, it's like a Termitat for bee keepers

Started By OhNoNotAgain , Jul 30 2020 9:26 PM

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#1 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted July 30 2020 - 9:26 PM

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LocationCalifornia Argentine Ant Territory

https://beecosystem.buzz

Beecosystem has a modular indoor viewable beehive with a pipe to get the bees outside. It's seriously like a wall-mounted Termitat, but for bees.

Saw it via this Facebook post: https://www.facebook...?type=3

Ant_Dude2908 and Antkid12 like this

Formiculture Journals::

Veromessor pergandei, andrei; Novomessor cockerelli

Camponotus fragilis; also separate journal: Camponotus sansabeanus, vicinus, quercicola

Liometopum occidentale; Prenolepis imparis; Myrmecocystus mexicanus

Pogonomyrmex subnitidus and previously californicus

Tetramorium sp.

Termites: Zootermopsis angusticollis

Isopods: A. gestroi, granulatum, kluugi, maculatum, vulgare; C. murina; P. hoffmannseggi, P. haasi, P. ornatus; V. parvus

Spoods: Phidippus sp.

#2 Offline TechAnt - Posted July 30 2020 - 9:45 PM

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LocationLos Angeles, California

https://beecosystem.buzz

Beecosystem has a modular indoor viewable beehive with a pipe to get the bees outside. It's seriously like a wall-mounted Termitat, but for bees.

Saw it via this Facebook post: https://www.facebook...?type=3

Looking at the face book post, I can only imagine if the glass broke / nest fell..

My Ants:

(x1) Campontous semitstaceus ~20 workers, 1 Queen
(x1) Pheidole californica 100-50 workers, 4 Queens
(x1) Camponotus vicinus ~10 workers, 1 Queen (all black variety)
(x1) Tetramorium immigrans ~lots and lots of brood / ~too many workers, 1 Queen
(x8) Myrmercocystus mexicanus -1 Queen
(x5) Mymercocystus mimcus -1 Queen
(x1) Mymercocystus testaceus ~15 workers, 1 Queen

#3 Offline Antkid12 - Posted July 31 2020 - 2:58 AM

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LocationFairfax, Virginia

Looks awesome!

Ants I have: Tapinoma sessile(2 queen colony). RED MORPH Camponotus neacticus(now has pupae!), Tetramorium immigrans (x3), Aphaenogaster sp, Temnothorax sp, ~~Brachymyrmex sp.~~ possibly infertile , Ponera pennsylvanica, and Pheidole morrisi!