[email protected] wrote: > I have three red headed ant colonies in my trees. I opened 10 little bags of > aspartame on each colony. About one week later I counted one live ant! > Brickey
Seriously. In an ant colony there are always brood (babies). Initially they are grub like (same as butterflies, wasps and bees), and eventually they reach the pupa stage. They stay in this stage for a time ( http://ant.edb.miyakyo-u.ac.jp/INTRODUCTION/Gakken79E/Page_27.html says one month ) and after that time they hatch out. My guess is that all the adults and queen were killed, and the grubs starved or were poisoned, but those in the pupa stage will continue hatching until they have all hatched. Marshall -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
