(09-10-2012, 11:37 AM)Msmonkeyfeet Wrote: I had several ant farms when I was younger and loved them. You're right however, they only send you the worker ants. I believe I actually read on the package that it was illegal to sell queen ants per the USDA. I recall the first ant farm I had meeting an untimely end when I fed them just a bit too much honey and they all ended up getting stuck in it and dying. I did better with the next one though and only fed them a small dab of honey occasionally and offset that by feeding them dead or alive small insects. I'd like to get a much larger ant farm some day as I think they're one of the most interesting things to watch.
How long did your ant farms last with just worker ants to begin with?
What do you mean by they get stuck in it when you fed them too much honey? Did their belly get too big and got stuck in the tunnels? It sure sound like it. 
I can understand why they make queen ants illegal for sale if the species is not native to the selling location. I don't see any harm done if they are just selling a native species.
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