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How/Where Do You Guys Hibernate Your Ants?

Started By Penguin , Dec 30 2017 8:19 AM

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#1 Offline Penguin - Posted December 30 2017 - 8:19 AM

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I was wondering where everyone else hibernated their ants. Personally I have them in an un-insulated room with a small vent to the outside for cooling. This could help newer ant-keepers (Like myself) to figure out a good way to hibernate their future ant colonies. :wink:

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#2 Offline T.C. - Posted December 30 2017 - 10:55 AM

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All mine are in the garage.

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#3 Offline MegaMyrmex - Posted December 30 2017 - 11:10 AM

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I keep mine in the fridge, especially for my camponotus

Proverbs 6:6-8 New International Version (NIV)

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard;
    consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
    and gathers its food at harvest.

#4 Offline T.C. - Posted December 30 2017 - 11:29 AM

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I'm actually a little nervous because the past few days/nights temps have been in the negative's.

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#5 Offline starcraftjunkie - Posted December 30 2017 - 12:10 PM

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I tossed mine in the fridge with a pitcher of water. Used a thermometer and it stayed at 50oF consistently.

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#6 Offline Reevak - Posted December 30 2017 - 12:35 PM

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All of mine are packed into my mini fridge.

#7 Offline noebl1 - Posted December 30 2017 - 12:53 PM

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I got an open-box Amazon Warehouse deal on a wine chiller for a really really good price and set it to 46F and keep it in the basement. Last year I considered keeping them in the basement, but it stayed in the 60s until December, then it finally dropped to the 50s in January.

Edited by noebl1, December 30 2017 - 12:54 PM.