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The queen has died

Post by Andyj » Thu May 17, 2018 2:39 pm

The queen has died at Londons natural histoy museum
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/201 ... ory-london

Does that mean we get a day awwwf..

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Re: The queen has died

Post by Andyj » Thu May 17, 2018 2:49 pm

Apparently MOSI and Chester zoo. Heads up there
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Re: The queen has died

Post by Jackie62 » Thu May 17, 2018 4:21 pm

Andyj wrote:The queen has died at Londons natural histoy museum
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/201 ... ory-london

Does that mean we get a day awwwf..
Haha! But can they just add a queen? What species are they? Doesn't that make a difference as to whether she is accepted? I couldn't see that in the piece...

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Re: The queen has died

Post by Andyj » Thu May 17, 2018 4:22 pm

Sounds like its to late to try

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Re: The queen has died

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Thu May 17, 2018 9:35 pm

Im afraid that article is 2 years out of date. They did lose their queen and that article appeared at the time. I was invited to go and I went to the museum and quoted them for a new colony. I think it was more than their budget. Still waiting to hear. Ironically live exhibits are a struggle to Museum curators. Always have problems keeping colonies thriving in museums!

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Re: The queen has died

Post by Andyj » Thu May 17, 2018 10:03 pm

Wonder why that is, perhaps no real interest in living things and prefer things to dust rather than care for perhaps.

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Re: The queen has died

Post by Jackie62 » Fri May 18, 2018 11:27 am

That's a real shame because a live colony is such a draw for people....as I'm finding out with ours, I spend ages talking to people and explaining about the colony, it's great!

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Post by Acromyrmexbob » Fri May 18, 2018 8:18 pm

Yes but its a gradual downward spiral. School, University... still full of energy....... on to research or job.... life is becoming tiring and uneventful, everything is starting to feel like too much bother....... then you get a job in a museum and life becomes pretty much as stiff as the exhibits. Hand them a live exciting display and they retch, publicly!

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Re: The queen has died

Post by Jackie62 » Mon May 21, 2018 9:49 pm

But these exhibits are public displays, they should feel proud and excited to talk to people about their exhibit, to help people learn new things. It's sad if that is the attitude and so maybe good that they no longer keep a colony.
I'll be proud of our colony until I retire!

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Re: The queen has died

Post by Acromyrmexbob » Tue May 22, 2018 10:29 pm

Surely not, Jackie, you dont look a day over 60.

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