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Are you going to be in Arizona on Saturday March 3, 2012? You might want to stop by a special event at Arizona State University. What: Film screening of Ants as Superpowers and book signing by Bert Hoelldobler When: Saturday March 3, 2012 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Where: Arizona State University
Check out this time lapse video of ants feeding. It won Honorable Mention in the 2011 Nikon Small World in Motion contest, See Nikon’s Small World Photomicrography Competition for more about this year’s contest (Deadline April 30, 2012). This is an idea that is probably well ahead of its time, but after writing about how you can plant a garden to encourage bees last week, I decided to figure out if you can plant a garden to encourage ants. I think the answer is, “Yes!” and if you are interested in ants, you’ve [...] In Eric Grissell’s book, Bees, Wasps, and Ants: The Indispensable Role of Hymenoptera in Gardens he laments that people who are interested in gardening for wildlife invariably choose to encourage butterflies or birds. With all the press about the honey bees suffering from colony collapse disorder, however, there seems to be an upswing in interest [...] |
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