The long-awaited Issue 4 has been released into the wild! We were delighted to announce recently on our Instagram and Facebook pages that Ant Keeper Magazine is read by keepers in an amazing 22 countries worldwide! Hard copies of the magazine have been shipping out all over the world with FREE colour posters for everyone who purchased a print copy of the  magazine. Electronic version readers also have access to the issue, which is, as always, packed full of great ant keeping content. Have you got your copy yet? If you have ordered yours, don't worry, it's not too late! You can buy it as single issues or save money with a subscription and choose from print or online versions. Just order here. You can also order the magazine from one of our great retailers: The Ant Collective in Canada, LC Ants, British Ants, Clavata and Antz for All in the UK and Die Ameisen-Boutique in Germany.

Contents

• Saving our species: keeping native species
• Colony foundation strategies
• Leafcutter keeping made simple
• Why ants make great pets
• An interview with Baptiste Ben
• Species profile: Camponotus singularis
• Species profile: Lasius niger
• Internet roundup
• Science focus
• Product reviews

All print copies of Issue 4 will be sent out with a stunning full-colour A2 poster of a Pachycondyla crassinoda worker. These will be sent folded as standard. However, if you're anything like us, you may want a flat poster to frame on the wall, because, let's face it, it's a gorgeous poster! So we're offering everyone who has purchased or wants to purchase Issue 4 as a single issue or as part of a subscription the opportunity to upgrade their postal options and receive their poster rolled in a tube. The magazine will also be rolled up in the tube. 

If you haven't yet purchased Issue 4, you can do so here. If you'd like to buy the upgraded version, click for the UK or outside the UK single issue. To upgrade an existing purchase that includes Issue 4 (single issue or subscription), click here for UK and here for non-UK.

Wow, what a whirlwind year it's been for the magazine. We've gone from a humble UK launch at BugFest 2018 to sending out physical copies all around the world! Our readers read the magazine either in print or online across the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and more! We'd like to thank ant lovers all around the world for your amazing support over the past year!

To celebrate our first birthday, we're offering 18% off all single issues and subscriptions to the magazine until 11:59pm tonight (GMT, 18th of February 2019) - just use the code 'AKMturns1' at the checkout. There will also be some celebratory fun on our Facebook page later on today, with giveaways and more!

Come and join us on Facebook (@antkeepermagazine) for fun and birthday frolicks!

We are delighted to announce our new retailer in Germany, Die Ameisen-Boutique (www.ameisen-boutique.de). They have a great range of ants, nests, accessories and cool ant gear, so please visit their website - it's worth a look!