Elenco Insect Exploring Kit - Manual (Page 10)

What do you observe?
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You may see that the ants have already started digging
tunnels in the sand. Avoid any shocks, as this will destroy
the tunnels they have carefully built.
The ants outside world now consists of the round container, so you
will have to make sure you feed them honey water, half of a raisin,
popcorn, fruit or a piece of meat regularly. Make sure the ants are
not overfed. You must also keep their outside world, the round
container, clean and sure nothing is rotting and always remember
to replace the lid when finished.
The ants will adjust to their new
habitant in awhile.
Observe what happens
when two ants meet,
where they like to stay
and how they eat. Do you see where they have put the dead ants
and garbage? If you let a large insect crawl around in the round
container, what happens? Place a green stem with some wood lice
on it and observe what happens.
Since you don't have a queen, you will not have any eggs or pupae
and your colony will only survive for a few weeks at best. You will
need to take you container back to where you got them from and
release them and they will find their way back to their original
nest. You will now need to take apart your ant farm and
thoroughly clean it before you gather up another round of ants.
You will find that you will get hours of joy and knowledge from
watching the ants in your ant farm. Be sure to enjoy your time and
observations while you are
in the Insects World!