title: Some simple techniques helpful in ant research.
abstract: Eight simple techniques which may be helpful in ant research are presented. They facilitate: (1) collecting ground-nesting ants; (2) prompting ants to go out of their nest chambers; (3) introducing ants into a test tube; (4) recapturing ants during their mass escape in the laboratory; (5) keeping tidy foraging areas of artificial ant nests; (6) keeping high level of air humidity in foraging areas of artificial ant nests; (7) providing ants with water of improved quality; (8) cleaning artificial ant nests carved in plaster of Paris.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurophysiology, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Godzińska
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Leclerc
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001000:Ants / Q000502:physiology*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D008722:Methods