Colonies for Schools
Initiative
Species:
Lasius Niger or Messor Barbarus
Included:
Supplied By:
Funded by: Ant Antics Foundation
Products by: Ant Antics Retail
Next Dispatch:
Mid June 2025
Free Colonies for Schools
nspire the Next Generation of Scientists and Conservationists
Bring the fascinating world of ants into your classroom with the Ant Antics Foundation’s Free Colonies for Schools programme. This hands-on educational initiative gives students the chance to care for a real ant colony while learning about biology, ecosystems, and the vital role ants play in our natural world.
🐜 Why Ants?
Ants are more than just insects, they are a keystone species that shape entire ecosystems. In the wild, they recycle nutrients, aerate soil, protect plants, and maintain balance in nature. In the classroom, they spark curiosity, critical thinking, and a love for life sciences.
Whether your students are in Reception or Year 12, antkeeping is an engaging, safe, and low-maintenance way to connect them with nature and real-world science.
🎁 What’s Included?
✔ A Free Starter Kit
Each school receives a beginner-friendly species, an ant nest (with free upgrade options later), sugar solution, and instructions to get started with ease.
✔ Ongoing Support
We provide free monthly sugar top-ups, expert guidance, and access to class Q&A sessions with our team.
✔ Real Learning Outcomes
Students develop knowledge in biology, ecology, responsibility, and conservation, all while observing a living colony grow and evolve over time.
🌍 Built for Schools
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Suitable from Reception to Year 12
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Perfect for science lessons, STEM clubs, and eco-projects
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Backed by the UK’s leading antkeeping experts
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No experience required, just curiosity and care
Ready to Join?
Applications are open now for our free programme. Watch your students’ curiosity grow—right alongside their new ant colony.
Sign up today and help shape the conservationists of tomorrow.
Process to getting your school colony;
Submit Application
Pre- Shipping Checks
Colony Arrival
Once you have completed your application form, we will add you to our wait list for a fully funded school colony.
We email the school, this is just to ensure you have permission to accept the colony and are not a student doing something wild without teacher consent. Once confirmed we ship your colony and starter information.
We keep in touch with you, we are also on hand to do teams chats with your class if information is needed. We can also take care of your colony during holidays e.t.c. The only thing your school needs to provide is a source of proteins for the colony.
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