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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2011 16:50:59 GMT 1
What: - Waste Products
- Recycling
- Sustainable
products do ants use in the building of their nests, if any? Any information given is greatly appreciated and will be using in my Higher Research Project like many of the question I have asked on here.
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Post by Myrm on Apr 24, 2011 18:35:14 GMT 1
An excellent question, Drew.
Would compost be included?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2011 18:37:21 GMT 1
I'm not sure, I'm trying to write about how Architects could learn from ants to protect the Earth.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2011 19:30:05 GMT 1
They use all three from what I know
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2011 20:15:27 GMT 1
Yes, but I need some idea of what the materials are.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2011 20:32:28 GMT 1
Leaves + larvae blood Wood Soil Themselves
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2011 20:32:35 GMT 1
What: - Waste Products
- Recycling
- Sustainable
products do ants use in the building of their nests, if any? Any information given is greatly appreciated and will be using in my Higher Research Project like many of the question I have asked on here. Waste products - rotten logs? They generally don't add much to a nest that would count, unless you use the location of the nest as a 'waste product' for example, an old pile of soil/sand etc left behind after building work. Recycling - Just for a nest? This is hard because like I stated above they do not add to nests as such, I can't think of anything that I didn't mention in the answer above. Sustainable - What sustainable products do ants use when building a nest? The entire nest is sustainable! It's nature afterall, soil/sand/wood whatever they use is technically sustainable :/
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2011 20:37:36 GMT 1
You know what, I'm just not going to write about this. Teacher has written down for me to write about it, but I just can't get anything for it. Thanks for any help you've given guys.
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Post by Myrm on Apr 24, 2011 20:44:01 GMT 1
Drew,
rather than writing about what recyclables ants use when constructing their nests, why don't you approach it from another angle;
how ants can contribute to the local environment, such as the airing of the soil, pest control, cleaning up dead creatures etc.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2011 20:47:11 GMT 1
I'd have to somehow relate that to what we can learn from it and the only idea (is my brain dead at the moment?) is that we should keep the environment tidy and safe.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2011 0:37:35 GMT 1
Don't certain species of wood ants use amber to keep themselves clean of micro-bacteria? That might be considered a waste product.
Flavus
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2011 23:26:45 GMT 1
For sustainability: I think it is the leaf cutter or a similar ant, when they are removing the leaves off a plant they do not remove all of the leaves, instead they move on to another plant, allowing the previous plant to photosynthsise and survive.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2011 23:04:16 GMT 1
Ants use whatever is around them. I guess we could learn from that by sourcing materials locally where possible?
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2011 23:16:52 GMT 1
It's probably to late, but for sustainability: When farming afids they milk them, but when there is to many they eat some so the plant can still sustain a small number. But they don't eat them all so they can continue using them as a constant food source.
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