Your first year of ant keeping, month by month, from catching your queen to a thriving colony: Lasius niger temperature, humidity, feeding, moving day and winter. Honest UK guide from a keeper of 30 years.
Caught a queen ant on Flying Ant Day 2026? Here's exactly what to do in the first hour, how to set up her test tube, and how to raise your first workers — from the UK's ant-keeping specialists since 1997.
