Last Tuesday, we shared an interview with Brooklyn craft beer brewer Dailey Crafton, and many Tuesdays ago, we highlighted a Singapore bar that serves a special drink with ants. Thus, we have decided to launch an occasional series on the intersection of alcohol and ants, Brewsday Tuesday. Today, we have a special product advertised on Amazon: A gel ant farm habitat in the shape of a glass full of beer.
If beer and ants are your things, this is a must-have item!
Note: Fraternal Correspondant Joshua Blanchard and Film Correspondant Derek Langston contributed to this story.
At the intersection of alcohol and ants stands a crossing guard whose name is Death.
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Any evidence that ants consume alcohol? Such as with fermented foods? Has anyone ever studied the effect of alcohol on ant behavior?
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Effects possibly being an increased likelihood to participate in Lacrosse, fill out March madness brackets, and participate in generally bro-ish behavior.
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Derek Langston writes,
“Has anyone ever studied the effect of alcohol on ant behavior?”
If the answer is “no,” then I have a follow-up: how do myrmecologists still get funded?
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Monsieur J’lanchard brings up an interesting point.
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From “the literature”: Ant collectors have a number of choices available for killing,
preserving, and storing specimens. Immersion in some type
of alcohol has long been the most commonly used method… J.R. King and S. D. Porter
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MeOH versus EtOH? Benjamin?!
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