Ken received an ant farm at Christmas. But we had no ants. So we tried ordering some, and after two months our envelope came back; the company was no more, or there was an addressing issue. So we ordered some from a different place. They lasted three weeks. So I found a local expert, watched some of his videos, and went out and found my own ant queen on the sidewalk in late July. She's now made a burrow, and has laid some eggs.