{"id":98,"date":"2008-03-12T02:19:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-12T02:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/03\/in-the-dark-ages.html"},"modified":"2008-03-12T02:19:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-12T02:19:00","slug":"in-the-dark-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/03\/in-the-dark-ages.html","title":{"rendered":"In the Dark Ages&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So here&#8217;s the plan to keep the ants in the dark&#8230;it allegedly will inspire them to tunnel more.  I simply folded a piece of black construction paper in half and rubber-banded it to each of the farms.  Stay tuned&#8230;I put the construction paper on at about 7pm, will remove it in about 12 hours when we get up tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080310AntFarm\/photo#5176673990282117938\"><img src=\"http:\/\/lh6.google.com\/vollmerdp\/R9c9kSTFAzI\/AAAAAAAAM7Q\/_78u8MJa_dE\/s400\/IMG_0082.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: right;\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/vollmerdp\/20080310AntFarm\">2008 03 10 An&#8230;<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>I promise I&#8217;ll think of something else to write about real soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So here&#8217;s the plan to keep the ants in the dark&#8230;it allegedly will inspire them to tunnel more. I simply folded a piece of black construction paper in half and rubber-banded it to each of the farms. 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