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[Ernteameise]

This was shared in one of the German ant groups.

I have not observed any adverse effects of magnets on ants, and all my ants are now in nests with magnets.

However, one company (no idea, which, I did not check) seems to advertise their nests as superior because they do not use magnets. And that magnets are bad for ants.

But actually, I think this is just aggressive advertising.

I can understand this could be the case in species with a magnetic sense (where scientists did experiments with electromagnets).

But the usual ants we keep in our nests?

Anybody made some observations?

 

 

[The_Gaming-gate]

I doubt most ants would even notice the magnets, let alone be harmed by it.

[Mushu]

I've also looked into this as it was also initially a concern of mine,  but have not found any evidence. The surface magnetic field penny sized(0.75 inch) can vary depending on what type of magnet and it's properties/shape. TLDR version is, the surface magnetic field of the magnets used by Tar Heel Ants are not high enough to be of concern, although admittingly I have not found any article/studies on it's effects on ants. Perhaps that ant group can cite sources of their information? 

[Mushu]

I suspect they may be referring to a video stated by this article and I think we call can say the magnets from the Tar Heel ants nests do very little to repel them. 

https://www.irishtim...event-1.4135899