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Volume
41, Number 1, January 1995:
Collection and Maintenance of Ants
and
Studying Ants: A Beginning
by Mark B. DuBois
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IN THIS ISSUE
- introduction
- collection
- maintenance,
observation ant farm
- maintenance,
classroom use
- project observations
- literature
cited
- books
for children on ants
Studying Ants:
A Beginning
by Mark B. DuBois
- males, queens
and worker ants
- establishing
a colony
- caring
for young
- growth
of an ant colony
- ant senses
- gardening
ants
- harvester
ants
- parasitic
ants
- acrobat ants
- army ants
- questions,
activities and investigations with ants
- further
reading
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Collection
and Maintenance of Ants to Use for Teaching
by
Roger D. Akre, Laurel D. Hansen, and Elizabeth A. Myhre
and
Studying Ants: A Beginning
by
Mark B. DuBois
Studying
Ants: A Beginning
It is difficult to venture outside without encountering
ants, especially during the warmer months. Although many
people see or step on ants, most do not understand the basic
biology of ants - they are just another insect. Actually,
scientists do not understand many details in the life of
most ant species. We believe there may be nearly 20,000
species of ants, with roughly half of these formally described
and named. For a list of ants encountered in and around
Kansas, see the April 1994 issue "Checklist of Kansas
Ants", Volume 40, No. 2 of the Kansas School Naturalist.
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Males, Queens and Worker Ants
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