GAN Project

"'The AntsCanada Global Ant Nursery Project™ offers a simple solution for those needing ant colonies with a queen for their formicariums, and also provides an opportunity for ant hobbyist to earn some extra money doing what they love.'"-Gan Project Store Website

The AntsCanada Global Ant Nursery Project™ (better known as the GAN project) is a system to sell and buy queen ants in your area to promote the selling and buying of local ants.

GAN Project™ Details
The GAN Project is to prevent the shipping of illegal queens across borders by meeting up with sellers in your area. They sell queens native to your region.

GAN Project™ Rules
According to the GAN Project Website, the rules are as follows:
 * 1) Name the species of your ant. If you do not know the species, simply put a clear photo of the ant. (Seller)
 * 2) The colony must contain one worker. (Seller)
 * 3) Must meet in person, and payment goes through via PayPal or in person.
 * 4) Include photos of your ants. (Seller)
 * 5) You must be at least 18 years old to sell ants OR partner with your parent or guardian. (Seller)
 * 6) You must give contact details to whoever you are selling ants to. (Seller)
 * 7) Update the people at AntsCanada when you have new listings or you sell your ants (Seller).
 * 8) You can only buy ants from your region. (Or state/province depending on where you live) (Buyer)

GAN Project™ Contrversy
In July of 2017, a forum post was made to the AntsCanada Forum was mapping out the flaws of the GAN project. Many agreed and banded together to make the GAN system better. Mikey Bustos responded saying "Thanks for bringing all of this to my attention. Actually, this post was helpful for us at AntsCanada. Because of this, we have made some adjustments to our GAN Project, to tighten things up and improve the quality and work of the GAN Project. Starting today we are not allowing the sale of Solenopsis invicta (RIFA) anywhere in USA. If people are not sure if they have Solenopsis invicta, we will have them post a photo on the forum to help with an ID of their queen before we put them up on the GAN Project listing. We will also be more careful not to add queens without workers to the GAN Project, as this was our policy from the start. From now on, as well, we will no longer allow the listing of Unidentified Queens. We will have applicants post photos of their ants in the forum ID Centre to at least get a genus name before we list them in the GAN Project." The GAN project is currently going through an overhaul.