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This is certainly worth a look in places like Florida and California. I assume there are hurdles to importing these into the foreign countries like the US, not
by ZoeZoeBee 11y ago
This is certainly worth a look in places like Florida and California. I assume there are hurdles to importing these into the foreign countries like the US, not to mention the lobbying Monsanto will surely be doing to prevent lost revenue. It turns out the Chinese have used these effectively for over a thousand years, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaver_ant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaver_ant
- colwem 11y agoThe specific hurdle mentioned in the article is that they only live in the tropics. However they do mention research looking at using wood ants to protect Maize or to control winter moths in temperate regions.
- ZoeZoeBee 11y agoYeah, I said Florida and California.... Anyways the weaver Ant is endemic to places that are not just the tropics, they've been used on citrus plants in China since 400 AD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaver_ant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaver_ant
- davidw 11y agoFlorida, maybe. California isn't all that 'tropical' in terms of its climate - it's mostly way too dry for that, and the wet portions along the north coast are too cold to be tropical.