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[FightNFive]

Hello everyone. I'm brand new to ants. Literally ground floor of this hobby. My step-son roped me in when I molded a nest for his first queen that laid eggs (pics to follow on another post). I have been watching his small colony out grow the test tube and once we watched them moved into the new nest, I caught the bug (pun intended, bad dad joke). I think I am more interested in them now than he is!

I have been trying to watch, read and learn from anywhere I can. I landed on another forum that seemed to be somewhat inactive and I stumbled into this forum.

So a little about me. I live in Grand Haven. I'm a paramedic/firefighter by day and about to go back to school for something else. I enjoy the outdoors during summer; fishing, swimming, hiking, biking, takin' the Jeep top-less. Winter time we kind of hunker down, occasionally go sledding, skiing, skating.

Well, I think that about covers the bases. Time to get to more learning.

[KitsAntVa]

Welcome there are many new Michigan anters this year you should meet KaelWizard he lives in Michigan and keeps ants to but has has a little trouble sometimes, This forum is so fun to use because there is something new everyday. 

[AntsDakota]

Welcome to our community! I hope we can help each other to enrich our ant keeping experiences!

[ANTdrew]

Welcome! Cool story. I, too, am a father, but my kids are too small to care about ants yet.

[Kaelwizard]

Hey! Happy to see another Michigan anter. We have some pretty cool species here, but I have been a bit unlucky. I have some Crematogaster queens that I am hoping will produce thriving colonies next year. Unfortunately, at this time of year ants will start hibernating, so you most likely will not find any queens this year.

[ANTdrew]

Hey! Happy to see another Michigan anter. We have some pretty cool species here, but I have been a bit unlucky. I have some Crematogaster queens that I am hoping will produce thriving colonies next year. Unfortunately, at this time of year ants will start hibernating, so you most likely will not find any queens this year.

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Follow my advice for the Crematogaster, and I guarantee your luck will change.