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How Many Ant Colonies Do You Have?

Started By ColAnt735 , May 20 2022 6:51 AM

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Poll: How Many Ant Colonies do you have (46 member(s) have cast votes)

Number Of Colonies:

  1. One Colony (2 votes [4.35%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 4.35%

  2. Two Colonies (5 votes [10.87%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 10.87%

  3. Three Colonies (2 votes [4.35%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 4.35%

  4. 4-10 Colonies (16 votes [34.78%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 34.78%

  5. 11-50 Colonies (17 votes [36.96%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 36.96%

  6. 51-70 Colonies (You have quite a few ant colonies) (3 votes [6.52%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 6.52%

  7. 71-100 Colonies (This is a lot of colonies) (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  8. 101-1000 Colonies ( You may want to reconsider having this many colonies) (1 votes [2.17%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 2.17%

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#1 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted May 20 2022 - 6:51 AM

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How many colonies do you have? I want to know.


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"If an ant carries an object a hundred times it's weight,you can carry burdens many times your size.

#2 Offline azzaaazzzz00 - Posted May 20 2022 - 6:55 AM

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Hm, I have about 21 colonies I have to recount


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Always try new things, even if its hard, hard is not impossible. We are smart and it's good to be smart but not too smart for your own good.

#3 Offline lazyant - Posted May 20 2022 - 6:58 AM

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6 not including the 15 tetramorium queens that I caught in may  :dash:  


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#4 Offline azzaaazzzz00 - Posted May 20 2022 - 7:01 AM

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Jeez, you might want to reconsider letting some them go...


Edited by azzaaazzzz00, May 20 2022 - 7:02 AM.

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Been keeping ants since January of 2021

Always try new things, even if its hard, hard is not impossible. We are smart and it's good to be smart but not too smart for your own good.

#5 Offline OiledOlives - Posted May 20 2022 - 7:03 AM

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I have around 150 founding queens right now :/


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#6 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted May 20 2022 - 7:05 AM

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I have around 150 founding queens right now :/

At least you are selling them. Right?


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"If an ant carries an object a hundred times it's weight,you can carry burdens many times your size.

#7 Offline OiledOlives - Posted May 20 2022 - 7:06 AM

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I have around 150 founding queens right now :/

At least you are selling them. Right?

 

Most yeah, N. flavipes will take a while to sell though, even at $5 per founding colony. I've gotten a lot more efficient at feeding though so it should only take around 30-60 minutes to feed everything as long as I don't spend too long on a single colony.


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#8 Offline Manitobant - Posted May 20 2022 - 7:33 AM

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How many colonies do you have? I want to know.


Too many…
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#9 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted May 20 2022 - 9:16 AM

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How many colonies do you have? I want to know.


Too many…

 

I see... (This is my 250th post)


Edited by ColAnt735, May 20 2022 - 9:17 AM.

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"If an ant carries an object a hundred times it's weight,you can carry burdens many times your size.

#10 Offline antsriondel - Posted May 20 2022 - 2:08 PM

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I have six. NEED MORE!


#11 Offline azzaaazzzz00 - Posted May 20 2022 - 2:20 PM

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1 tetra queen is equivalent to 1000 other queen that'll make up for your 6 queens.


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#12 Offline ZTYguy - Posted May 20 2022 - 3:12 PM

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I have more then I need.
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A. versicolor, C. us-ca02, C. yogi, C. Vicinus, C. laevigatus, C. clarithorax, C. maritimus, C. ocreatus, M. mexicanus, M. placodops 01, V. andrei, V. pergandei, N. cockerelli, P. barbata, P. montanus

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M. romanei, M. placodops 02, P. imberbiculus, Polyergus sp., F. moki, A. megomatta, Cyphomyrmex sp.,Temnothorax sp.

#13 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 20 2022 - 3:36 PM

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Four, plus some new queens I found this week.
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#14 Offline ConcordAntman - Posted May 20 2022 - 5:52 PM

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Three, plus a new queen I found last week. She’s already laying eggs too!


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#15 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted May 20 2022 - 7:59 PM

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Do founding queens count as colonies? If so I have like 300 colonies %)


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#16 Offline ColAnt735 - Posted May 20 2022 - 8:03 PM

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Do founding queens count as colonies? If so I have like 300 colonies %)

I don't classify founding queens as colonies. As the definition of colony is: "a community of animals or plants of one kind living close together or forming a physically connected structure."


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"If an ant carries an object a hundred times it's weight,you can carry burdens many times your size.

#17 Offline NancyZamora4991 - Posted May 20 2022 - 8:09 PM

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Do founding queens count as colonies? If so I have like 300 colonies %)

I don't classify founding queens as colonies. As the definition of colony is: "a community of animals or plants of one kind living close together or forming a physically connected structure."

 

Oh ok, I gotta change my vote to 30 colonies.


#18 Offline AntaholicAnonymous - Posted May 21 2022 - 10:46 AM

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I have 2.
My priority is to have my ants in huge setups and provide them with the best life possible.
More than 2 would take up too much living room space and too much maintenance in times when I wanna focus on other hobbies.
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#19 Offline ANTdrew - Posted May 21 2022 - 11:14 AM

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I have 2.
My priority is to have my ants in huge setups and provide them with the best life possible.
More than 2 would take up too much living room space and too much maintenance in times when I wanna focus on other hobbies.

Many times, less is more.
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#20 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted May 21 2022 - 3:59 PM

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I have around 150 founding queens right now :/

At least you are selling them. Right?

 

Most yeah, N. flavipes will take a while to sell though, even at $5 per founding colony. I've gotten a lot more efficient at feeding though so it should only take around 30-60 minutes to feed everything as long as I don't spend too long on a single colony.

 

Same here. If I don't spend too much time watching any one colony I can usually get done within an hour.


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