Side-Green.Com - Is it True Cultivation weaver ants Has Economic Value? - The real question is not able or not, that weaver ants become a source of income, because the answer is of course very able. The problem is, how to cultivate them? Because the cultivation of weaver ants are very difficult to do if we do not know how and knowledge. One problem is where we get the seeds weaver ants.
Now it is very difficult to find a weaver ants nest in the plantation. Because the eradication of pests of plants with more pesticides are used, so that, not only pests are dead, but many other useful insects were killed, one of whom was a weaver ants.
Illegal hunting by humans against weaver ants to take the eggs. Many people are looking for their nests to get eggs weaver ants as a pet bird feed. This leads to the decreasing population of weaver ants in nature. Whereas the presence of these ants is important as natural enemies of crop pests, as well as a biological indicator of air quality in an area. As cultivation weaver ants for Controlling Cocoa Plant Pests.
Although the bite is painful, weaver ants proved to be a source of income. Observations Cesard (2004) in Malingping, West Java indicate that larvae and pupae weaver ants called weaver ant eggs, can be harvested and sold as bird feed or bait. In some other places in Java, business weaver ant eggs is considered a very profitable business. weaver ant eggs is the name given to a mixture of Javanese weaver ant larvae and pupae Asia especially Oecophylla smaragdina.
Now it is very difficult to find a weaver ants nest in the plantation. Because the eradication of pests of plants with more pesticides are used, so that, not only pests are dead, but many other useful insects were killed, one of whom was a weaver ants.
Illegal hunting by humans against weaver ants to take the eggs. Many people are looking for their nests to get eggs weaver ants as a pet bird feed. This leads to the decreasing population of weaver ants in nature. Whereas the presence of these ants is important as natural enemies of crop pests, as well as a biological indicator of air quality in an area. As cultivation weaver ants for Controlling Cocoa Plant Pests.
Although the bite is painful, weaver ants proved to be a source of income. Observations Cesard (2004) in Malingping, West Java indicate that larvae and pupae weaver ants called weaver ant eggs, can be harvested and sold as bird feed or bait. In some other places in Java, business weaver ant eggs is considered a very profitable business. weaver ant eggs is the name given to a mixture of Javanese weaver ant larvae and pupae Asia especially Oecophylla smaragdina.
This mixture is known among bird lovers and fishermen in Indonesia, because the popular ant larvae as bait fish, as well as extra food to improve the skills of the birds pedendang. The bird enthusiasts buy weaver ant eggs are rich in protein and vitamins for pet bird, they listen to the satisfaction of the melodious chirping of birds, or when they prepare the birds to follow the bird race pedendang.
Economic Benefits weaver ant eggs are very tempting. During this market supply store that sells birds or bird feed just hang of weaver ants collecting eggs from the natural catchment. We know nature is not at any time provide weaver ant eggs especially during the rainy season.
Weaver ants life is synonymous with life in rural communities. For some people, the eggs from the weaver ants weaver ants are a source of new income and is considered as one of the ways for the poor to earn additional income. An income which can be obtained free of charge and without disturbing the time and their farming activities.
With a practical and easy way they can get eggs that weaver ants weaver ants. In Thailand, this weaver ant egg business into a side business for farmers. According Sribandit et al (2008), farmers' income from this business reached 12.1 US dollars per day for four to five months of harvest ants. This figure makes this business contributed 30 percent of the total income of farmers harvesting eggs weaver ants.
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