Messor barbarus are famous for their red headed "super"majors! Not only those big majors but also smaller ones are reddish and the queen can have red head, thorax and also gaster, but they are usually all black or just a bit reddish under a stronger light/sunlight (also Messor don't consume sugarwater, honeywater and stuff like that, if they will, it's only for water, water source is a must have!!)
about those seeds, they always move them quickly in a temporary spot, then they move it inside their nest, about insect feeding don't worry to put there a whole adult cockroach, or a few adult crickets, my colony that is about 1/4 the size eats them no problem within a day XD
Yooo! That colony is massive, there appetite is crazy, and good shots too bro. Question, how come you decided to get a messor babarus colony that big? But overall loved this vid.
Often time when a queen is a red-headed or bicolored the majors have a small precent chance of being a “red head”, it happened to my ant colonies of messor but now that I know I am amazed
My Messor colony loves canary seeds they were very picky at first but after giving them canary seeds they swarmed them and went through way more seeds a week also the seed nest should be dryer the brood nest should be around 65-80% humidity
My Messor Barbarus queen always curls her gaster under her thorax. I’ve been told that it’s just them trying to protect their abdomen when they feel slightly defensive or threatened. I can’t wait for my firs workers and it’ll be fun to watch this colony grow even bigger
Mate, I am Spanish, so I am very used to this species. That said, be careful with the tubing when dealing with this species. Majors will chew on it and will eventually provoke a leak. 🐜
Hey Ant Holleuffer. I have a question...as usual. But my question is. Can Camponotus Vagus queen have a major as her first worker, because yesterday I found that queen with only one worker (major) and no brood.
Hello 👋🏻. I wouldn’t say a major can be the first worker although the rest of the colony could have died. Not saying it can’t happen. But it wound be quite a cost full operation for the queen to produce 🤔
I wanted a Queen Messor Structor. But the one i bought arrived dead. Dehydrated is my guess. The cotton looked dry. And the water was hot to the touch. It took 4 days to deliver. And the usps driver also delivered it at 5pm 🤦♂️
@@AntHolleufer welcome hey maybe that colony was boosted that why maybe you got red head workers also just a guess but that nest looks so cool , great way to save space if you got big colony I like it alot
Well messor only need to hibernate at 10-15 so I’m thinking of just turning of the heat in the ant room and see how it goes. But messor barbarus actually don’t need to hibernate as they don’t do it in Africa where they also live. But I’m thinking of just seeing the temp when winter comes
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@@AntHolleufer oh, ok. :) Man, this colony is crazy huge :D
I treat my Messor colony with "bee pollen balls". IDK how it is named in English correctly, but most of "bee products" shops sell it. They tend to trash it 3 out of 5 times, but when they do eat, they eat it to absolute.
@@vctltns Nope, not even close to Netherlands. So cannot help you with shop name. But herr it is kind of getting into mainstream, so may "healthy-natural" food stores have it. Plus, honey and bee product specialist shops have it, they have even weirder stuff on hand, like preserved dead bees sometimes...
Is it possible for you queen to have a bi coloured grandparent? That's why some workers are bi coloured. Or it could be broody boosting from a bi queen conolys.
The ants store the seeds in the tubing, where it isn't too moist, they do this so the seeds don't sprout. They are very smart Messor Barbarus.
Thank you for sharing 🤔☺️
Messor barbarus are famous for their red headed "super"majors! Not only those big majors but also smaller ones are reddish and the queen can have red head, thorax and also gaster, but they are usually all black or just a bit reddish under a stronger light/sunlight
(also Messor don't consume sugarwater, honeywater and stuff like that, if they will, it's only for water, water source is a must have!!)
about those seeds, they always move them quickly in a temporary spot, then they move it inside their nest, about insect feeding don't worry to put there a whole adult cockroach, or a few adult crickets, my colony that is about 1/4 the size eats them no problem within a day XD
Wow thank you for the long comment. Will try feed that soon maybe 🤔 and don’t you worry. They do have a constant water source 😄
Yooo! That colony is massive, there appetite is crazy, and good shots too bro.
Question, how come you decided to get a messor babarus colony that big?
But overall loved this vid.
Thank you 😄
Well idk I saw it and couldn’t stop thinking about it after 😅 and finally I contacted him
Hahaha I love the fact your fiancé is helping you and holding the camera🤣🤣🤣 great video bro colony looks massive!!!!
Haha yeah she’s joining the team 😆 but thank you, can’t wait to make even more videos of them 😄
Often time when a queen is a red-headed or bicolored the majors have a small precent chance of being a “red head”, it happened to my ant colonies of messor but now that I know I am amazed
Yeah it’s brilliant! Although my queen is actually just black 😅🤔
I don’t think it matters if the queen is a red head or not
Yes finally can’t wait for it!
My Messor colony loves canary seeds they were very picky at first but after giving them canary seeds they swarmed them and went through way more seeds a week also the seed nest should be dryer the brood nest should be around 65-80% humidity
Uh! Definitely something to try!
Messor Barbarus is my favorite ant species and it was the first ant species I kept
Yeah they sure are an amazing species 😄 hope you enjoy to see my colony as well 😄
My Messor Barbarus queen always curls her gaster under her thorax. I’ve been told that it’s just them trying to protect their abdomen when they feel slightly defensive or threatened. I can’t wait for my firs workers and it’ll be fun to watch this colony grow even bigger
Yeah that’s also what I have now heard🤔 but good luck with your colony 😄 hope they get some workers soon 😄
@@AntHolleufer thanks 😊
Such amazing colony the original owner must be insane to sell it off
Yeah I think it just took to much time to clean and maintain. It took my girlfriend almost 30 minutes to sort the trash from the workers 😅
in love with this colony ;)
Me 2 🤩❤️
This is crazy! So many ants! Can't wait for some more videos!
Thank you! 😄 there’s so much to show that I don’t know what to show 😆
Could you please share where you bought the nest at 11:40? So many sincere thanks!
It’s from a German shop called SimAnts ☺️
Nice video !
You: puts your hand into the outworld
Me: don't harvester ant stings hurt?
it really is impressive.
😆😆 well not sure messor sting but they sure have a rough bite when ever they get a hold of you 😅
@@AntHolleufer makes sense! Messor ants do have strong jaws.
Yeah 😅😅
Mate, I am Spanish, so I am very used to this species.
That said, be careful with the tubing when dealing with this species. Majors will chew on it and will eventually provoke a leak.
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Thank you . Will definitely keep an eye out for that 🤔👀 thank you for sharing ❤️
@@AntHolleufer Selv tak :)
😂 always surprised when danish words joins the conversation 😂
He pensado igual xd
Holy, thank u so much.
It would be a mess when my colony reaches de hundreds
I don't know why but I can just imagine a major walking around holding a spoon haha
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i am so exited
Cant wait!!
Damn this colony is amazing. I cant wait until my messor bouvieri reaches that size. Also cant wait till the next one.
Thank you 😄 hope you colony grows just as big 😄
@@AntHolleufer thank you!
wow amazing new colony
Thank you 😄😄
17:29 queen??
I swear i heard you say,”Simp Nest”. lmao 🤣
How is your pheidole ant?
Maybe doing an update on them next Sunday not 100% sure but I will make an update soon. Spoiler alert not much it happened 😅
Yessir
The thought of being an ant weirds me out.. Imagine just casually pushing other ants aside just to get to your nest entrance
9:09 is it me they have mites on them ?
Hey Ant Holleuffer.
I have a question...as usual.
But my question is.
Can Camponotus Vagus queen have a major as her first worker, because yesterday I found that queen with only one worker (major) and no brood.
Hello 👋🏻. I wouldn’t say a major can be the first worker although the rest of the colony could have died. Not saying it can’t happen. But it wound be quite a cost full operation for the queen to produce 🤔
I wanted a Queen Messor Structor. But the one i bought arrived dead. Dehydrated is my guess. The cotton looked dry. And the water was hot to the touch. It took 4 days to deliver. And the usps driver also delivered it at 5pm 🤦♂️
I like the different sized ants, none of the colonies I can get have majors.
Oh that’s to sad 😢 that’s some of amazing things about them 😌
Cool vid
Messor Barbarus nanitics are super tiny
Yeah they are. But the next generation will be bigger ☺️😄
2 weeks later: guys.. the colony isnt doing well
Let’s not hope that’s the case 😅👀
😂😂😂
Amazing video mate ! They are HUGE also messor barbarus just tend to put there gaster/forax down
Thank you 😄 and thank you for sharing ☺️
nice colony bro
Thank you 😄
@@AntHolleufer welcome hey maybe that colony was boosted that why maybe you got red head workers also just a guess but that nest looks so cool , great way to save space if you got big colony I like it alot
Yeah really happy with the looks tho I don’t think it have been brood boosted 🤔🤷🏻♂️
How do you plan to hibernate such a huge colony?
Well messor only need to hibernate at 10-15 so I’m thinking of just turning of the heat in the ant room and see how it goes. But messor barbarus actually don’t need to hibernate as they don’t do it in Africa where they also live. But I’m thinking of just seeing the temp when winter comes
@@AntHolleufer oh, ok. :) Man, this colony is crazy huge :D
How old is this collony ?
About 2 years and a few months ☺️
Waaw, looks great! Nice videos btw! Keep up the good work!
Isn't the redheaded ones super majors?
I’m literally about to buy these ants 🐜
I love your UA-cam channel and your 🐜 videos 👍Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 😀
Sick
Thanks 😄
nice video
Thank you 😄😄
You have more subscribers than me now! Congratulations! 😂😁👏
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Still behind on views though... 😜
They might’ve been getting ready to spray formic acid
You could have put a tube and provided food in the new outworld
That’s very true!
var det ikke den dyre anonce på dba du købte dem fra?
Jo hvordan vidste du det????🤔🤔
I treat my Messor colony with "bee pollen balls". IDK how it is named in English correctly, but most of "bee products" shops sell it. They tend to trash it 3 out of 5 times, but when they do eat, they eat it to absolute.
Oh 🤔 never heard of it. Will check it out 🤔☺️
You are from the Netherlands right? What shop do you buy these?
@@vctltns Nope, not even close to Netherlands. So cannot help you with shop name. But herr it is kind of getting into mainstream, so may "healthy-natural" food stores have it. Plus, honey and bee product specialist shops have it, they have even weirder stuff on hand, like preserved dead bees sometimes...
Beautiful colony! Additionally, the Bring Me The Horizon shirt is greatness!
Can’t lie favourite band!🙌🏻 thanks for the kind words!
@@AntHolleufer They're a great band! True Friends, though kind of old, is probably my favorite!
Hii, i need your help. Do you have a e-mail that i can send you a question?
Yeah I do ☺️
antholleufer@gmail.com
dude next time suck them up in a little bucket and a tube with sort of fence, u be done in no time.
Yeah 😅 should definitely do that 😆
awsome
can’t wait to see the colony :D
It’s an amazing one 😄🤩
didn´t you watched the video were he picked them up
@@stijncroon9287 I did watch it, I just mean seeing more of the colony
@@belogic5347 ow nice
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Can you send me tons of brood? Some majors if possible
Sadly I just lost a lot of the colony the other day so they are currently recovering 😔
@@AntHolleufer 😥
8,000 views! 🤩
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What's the title of the songs you used for this video?
Hmm there’s a few. Any specific you want to know?
@@AntHolleufer The ones within this video
I think there’s 10😅 can you send the time stamps 😅 els. All the song are from the website linked in the description ☺️
@@AntHolleufer 10:00
Kevin Macleod - odyssey ☺️
9,000 views!
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Amazing colony, BUT, even more amazing fiancé 😍😆
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1,000 views in one week! 🤯
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Is it possible for you queen to have a bi coloured grandparent? That's why some workers are bi coloured. Or it could be broody boosting from a bi queen conolys.
Well she’s all black but I have heard it’s pretty normal 🤷🏻♂️ and they are not brood boosted
Ok
Are you sure?
It’s okay if you are
Lol
LIKE!!!
You should not feed them with salad pipes
What’s that?😄
😂Sorry for you😅😅😅😊
500 views in 24 hours! 🤯
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Kan du ikke tale dansk
Har desværre ikke tid til at lave videoer på begge sprog. Har knap tid til de engelske videoer 😕
What
What?😅
@@AntHolleufer it’s just how many there are
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