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Adoption module for Ants (To be used when an Ant Queen dies)

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onasiisPublished: April 28, 2017
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THIS IS JUST MY EXPERIENCE, AND I WANT TO TELL IT TO YOU. IF YOU TRY THIS, IT IS JUST AT YOUR OWN RISK. ANYWAY, I HOPE THE ADOPTION WORKS FOR YOUR ANTS! ...BUT I MAINLY HOPE YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE THIS MODULE. I WISH YOU LUCK!!! Hi, I'm very glad to present this design to you because I have a few ant colonies, and one mont ago I lost one of the Queens, so the rest of ants of that nest stayed without a "boss" or "mother". The problem is that if you lose a queen, the ants die whith the time and no more new ants comes to the colony. So, in a few of time they all will be died :'( I decided to do a test and try to make an adoption using another of my colonies. After desing an adoption módule, I tested it and IT WORKED!! :D They all are together and stay on peace now. The adoption module consists in just a box with the appropiate shape to be connected to my other formicariums, and it also has an opening where we insert a special gate with a very fine metal mesh. A