Empire of Ants: The Hidden Worlds and Extraordinary Lives of Earth?s Tiny Conquerors

Written at a grade school level in cutesy language, if you already know anything about ants this book won't give you new insights, other than the authors' difficulties doing field work. What really made me give up on this book and disregard anything they have to say is finding no mention of E.O. Wilson in the index. How do you write a book on ants and not mention him? It is printed on nice paper tho.

An enjoyable book since I knew very little about ants. The book makes real life "characters" of the individual and various types of ants. I found this to be a very easy read and very enjoyable. My only criticisms are the poor quality photographs and the lack of any overall relationship of the type of ants to each other. Could definitely use photographs to illustrate the various subjects that are covered. I do recognize that such a photo summary is hard achieve considering that the book discusses very small "animals."

I am a psychologist interested in ants and other insects that form strong social communities. This book is fantastic. I learned so much about ants of the world and their fascinating behavior.

Written in a casual, easy-read style . Makes you glad that you didn't decide to become an ant researcher, though.

My 13 year old budding entomologist loves this book. It discusses many lesser known species and more in depth information while still written in a conversational style that keeps the reader’s interest. Highly recommended.

Product is fine; HOWEVER, I do not appreciate it being left in the mailbox zOUT AT THE STREET instead of st my door! This is nothing more than laziness that left me open for more stolen mailbox contents.

I received a copy of this book directly from the author/publisher in exchange for an honest review.Ants are such fascinating little insects, and Empire of Ants by Susanne Foitzip & Olaf Fritsche does an excellent job of giving the reader a peek into their busy little world. The book covers a wide array of topics, from how ant queens become queens, to livestock farming - yes… ants take care of other insects, and farm them for resources - crazy, I know! There's a lot of useful and fascinating information in this book, but I will warn the reader that it isn't the most complete.While there are some beautiful photographs, you won't find an abundance of them, and you won't find size charts or identification. This book contains a lot of general information and interesting facts, but it isn't comprehensive, and it won't teach you anything about ant keeping.If you have a mild interest in ants - this will be a great book for you, because you'll probably learn some information you didn't know before. If you are a more dedicated ant keeper or seeker of knowledge, this may not have enough information for you.

Empire of Ants by Suzanne FoitzikThis book was just what I hoped it would be: a highly readable journey into the world of ants that included lots of factoids I never knew. Though I knew that ants were “ranchers,” tending to aphids for their honeydew, I hadn’t known they were farmers as well, and that they figured out agriculture millions of years before humans did. For that matter, they also figured out how to use antibiotics millennia before we started to walk erect. I knew that ants were fascinating creatures with complex societies, but this book showed me that they are even more fascinating and more complex than I ever imagined.Foitzik has a wonderful way with words, and I loved reading her descriptions not only of ants but also of the work of the people who study ants, the myrmecologists. I won’t be able to see another ant hill without thinking of the people who literally suck the ants up into tubes, package them in freezer bags with pieces of ham for sustenance, and transport them on commercial airlines in order to get them back to the lab to study them.If you like learning fascinating things about science and nature, this book is well worth your time.I received a review copy of this book through Netgalley.