Let me know if I missed any important tips! Should I do this again with more of you guys? Tell me in the comments or on Instagram :D Hope you’re all doing well wherever you may be! SPECIAL THANKS to these fellow ant keepers. GO FOLLOW THEM ON INSTAGRAM! (links in desc.) ants._.uk snommcdanon antssuffolk davidmirt manitobant15 (ant_photo.eu) dutch_ants12 axel_franc0is daniel__nl ants_frangland antkeeper14 ants_and_more (ant_photo.eu) also has an ant photography website, and was kind enough to let me use some of his photos. Definitely needs more recognition. Go check out his work here!: ant-photo.eu/en/home/
ll Ender Ants ll I don’t know if you when over escape prevention. I might have zoned out so I could have missed it. And I’m open for the next video like this, just message me😉
thank you and i’m glad to read this! scheduling shorts every week for a bit before i upload another long video since i’ll be on a trip. really hoping to make videos again this time around because of comments like these :D
wow ill definitely use most of these tips im going to set up a light and a blanket outside in my backyard and catch queens like that because i cant go out lol
That’s what I’ve been doing on my Instagram for the past week too :D Haven’t seen any drones or queens yet, but I’ve noticed wasps last night. Hopefully queens are flying next!
I live in lousiana when do you think i could catch a queen for the past couple days i've been looking on my trails and the woods and i have had no luck i've seen a lot of fire ants tho and one had wings but it was on top of another nest
I really enjoy this video i found it helpful and I thought it is really cool how you had your followers/subscribers. In the video keep up the great work and to everyone keep loving and appreciating ants.
Hello! I just want to let you know I have a UA-cam channel I just started about ants and it’s all because of you, my content is great now because I have learned much from you! Thanks so much for inspiring me to create my own awesome UA-cam channel, your the best!
Hey, Elder ants! I finally caught a queen! I put her in a minihearth and she created two clutches that have hatched into larvae. I'm soooooo excited! You're also one of my favorite ant keepers, Post more videos!!
I live in Europe and I have a lasius queen which I caught last year, september.She was hibernating until the end of february, and then she laid her eggs.My question is:Normally how much time does it take for nanitic workers to arrive?I only see small larvae although more than 2 months passed.
Recently, I be been taking walks everyday to find queen ants and all of the sudden a massive swarm of Queens appeared in my front yard unexpectedly, so always have your test tubes ready!
First off, congrats! You can contact me through email, Instagram, or Discord if you want me to help identify it. You can also go on ant forums for more help too :D
how about this, for example i have a ant colony in a medium formicarium, does the population of the ants keep on growing? do i have or does it a must have to add more nesting site? or is ok to not expand?
The colony will keep on growing depending on how much food you give them. If you want them to not outgrow their formicarium, you can limit the amount of protein you give them.
The sad thing is you didn't mention much about semi claustral queens unless I missed it because I'm just scouring the internet for Myrmica Rubra info and I was hoping that some info would be great for my 2 new queens but this was still very useful because I have only been keeping ants for around a year so I'm still learning from my mistakes of ant keeping but I always try my best and I just don't like how people cast molten metal on ant colony's and call it art it just hurts me so much well good luck on your anting season and to all my fellow ant keeper's the same #AntsAreAwsome
I mentioned it in my “How To Raise an Ant Colony” video :D For those queens, feed them honey, and insect legs and you should be good. The molten metal casted in the nests are kinda good though, because he casts them into Imported fire ant nests.
Hey Ender Ants Great Video You Mentioned Great Tips On Starting An Ant Colony, But I Was Wondering If You Could Show Us When Queens Fly In United States And EU
They’re flying right now, since its already Spring and Summer in the Northern Hemisphere. I also have a video last year of how I looked for queen ants.
Since we can't really go out, I would suggest black-lighting if you have a blacklight. If you don't have one, I highly recommend it! If not, then I would say just look around the sidewalk near you, and not be too close to people.
Another thing people often seem to mess up, sugar water is not a replacement to regular water! the amount of colonies I have heard die because they didn't get normal water is too high!
Hibernation in Europe is vital for ants, not hibernating ants can bring to premature queen deaths, some queen may die during this process but this cases mean that those queens weren’t strong enough to have a healthy colony. This said, I live in Italy and found loads of Camponotus vagus and Camponotus lateralis queens
I found 3 queens that were all living in this tiny branch there extremely tiny almost half an inch I have no Idea what species they are can I send you a picture of them?
I just caught 4 camponotus lateralis queen in my yard just by luck :) one of the male just flew on my window and i noticed they were having a nuptial flight. I could just keep picking queens but i think 4 is just enough and more would have been harder for me to handle ! anyway i hope they will lay eggs soon, i let them rest in a dark place and i surrounded the test tubes with red transparent plastic so they have less stress ^^ i'm very happy now
Very stupid question, but if ants can't see red light, why not place red see-trough foil over the test tube and we can see them (more or less), but they can't see us and so the queen is not disturbed?
Hi ender ants I am another fellow ant keeper I would like to be featured in the next video I have some very good tips for ant keeping it would be good if you made another one like this.Thanks!I am also a subscriber
Its crossed my mind before, but I don’t want to make one because it takes a lot of time to take care of in the beginning. Might have to wait until my audience is larger before making one!
A better method I have found is to place her in a small Tupperware box half full of coco fibre with a small rock or section of branch laid across the soil to nest under
Great vid but you should also boil the insects because a found a cricket and fed it to my ants but they died of parasites but if you boil it it will kill all parasites
Ireland has a pretty cold climate, so it can be hard to find queens at times. Maybe try during the hottest days and look at parks, sidewalks, and trails
Hi I’m @oreocookiekatt3 on insta! Thank you for helping me get rid of the vampiric mites of my pheidole ant colony! I gave them a cotton ball drenched in lemon juice (I don’t have fresh lemons bcuz quarantining and all that stuff) and the next day they were scratching off the mites on the cotton ball, and dead mites on the ground. Most of them seem to be mite-free now. Thanks a lot!
Ah I was confused at first, did you mean my poll question? If so, then yes I can see your point, I believe that both of them have their own positive impact on the ant-keeping community
@@EnderAnts Yeah you should also regulate what part of it the heating covers. IIRC ants like to move pupae to the warmth and Larvae to the moist areas. So it lets them have a gradiant and also means that they could possibly escape if an accident happened and tempratures started rising.
If this is your first year into the hobby, its a good break for us ant keepers when our ants are hibernating. Always remember that when spring rolls around, you WILL find new queens and have more in your collection! Hope to see you back, and stay safe! :D
![How To Raise an Ant Colony [TUTORIAL]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/BJwEAqSxQoM/mqdefault.jpg)
Let me know if I missed any important tips! Should I do this again with more of you guys? Tell me in the comments or on Instagram :D Hope you’re all doing well wherever you may be!
SPECIAL THANKS to these fellow ant keepers. GO FOLLOW THEM ON INSTAGRAM! (links in desc.)
ants._.uk
snommcdanon
antssuffolk
davidmirt
manitobant15
(ant_photo.eu)
dutch_ants12
axel_franc0is
daniel__nl
ants_frangland
antkeeper14
ants_and_more
(ant_photo.eu) also has an ant photography website, and was kind enough to let me use some of his photos. Definitely needs more recognition.
Go check out his work here!: ant-photo.eu/en/home/
ll Ender Ants ll I don’t know if you when over escape prevention. I might have zoned out so I could have missed it.
And I’m open for the next video like this, just message me😉
:)
I just noticed but every single one of your ant colonies( i think) had a pointy abdomen. Are all your colonies with pointy abdomens
The only ones with really pointy abdomens are my Acrobat ants, but the others could be pointed because they’re full of liquids
Ah! Didn’t go over that, guess that will be saved for the future 🤫
Your test tube Amazon joke really cracked me up man! Also just in general keep up the good work! Love your videos and hope to see more soon!
thank you and i’m glad to read this! scheduling shorts every week for a bit before i upload another long video since i’ll be on a trip.
really hoping to make videos again this time around because of comments like these :D
@@EnderAnts awesome man! I cant wait!
Brove! Great video! I love the featuring different ant keeper thing👌
Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏 Definitely going to do more like these
Well done on including others in this. It's refreshing to see the ant keeping community.
wow ill definitely use most of these tips
im going to set up a light and a blanket outside in my backyard and catch queens like that because i cant go out lol
That’s what I’ve been doing on my Instagram for the past week too :D Haven’t seen any drones or queens yet, but I’ve noticed wasps last night. Hopefully queens are flying next!
@@EnderAnts yeah im gonna do it this night. wish me luck! :D
@@g-ants7547 Bestest of luck!
Loved it ❤️ great video man
Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
I've honestly learned more about ant keeping from this channel than I have from any other. Thanks Ender!
Glad you've been able to learn lots, np np :D
I switched my pogos over to an Ender style cubes and tubes just last week. Lol! Great setup and easy to feed!
I live in lousiana when do you think i could catch a queen for the past couple days i've been looking on my trails and the woods and i have had no luck i've seen a lot of fire ants tho and one had wings but it was on top of another nest
I made a video on how to catch a queen ant where i cover all of my tips and findings
Itsjusta Hemi I live around bossier
I really enjoy this video i found it helpful and I thought it is really cool how you had your followers/subscribers. In the video keep up the great work and to everyone keep loving and appreciating ants.
Glad you did, thank you for watching :D
Hey Ender Ants love your vid it was amazing. I just got my first worker yesterday and was really excited :)
Thank you, and great! What kind of species is it?
Hello! I just want to let you know I have a UA-cam channel I just started about ants and it’s all because of you, my content is great now because I have learned much from you! Thanks so much for inspiring me to create my own awesome UA-cam channel, your the best!
Thank you, it means a lot to me to hear that from you, and that I inspired someone. Don’t let me down and bestest of luck with your channel! 🥺🙏🙏
ll Ender Ants ll thanks bro can’t wait for your newest upload, there the best!!!!
Thank you, hopefully coming soon! I make some behind the scenes too and update frequently on my instagram too :D
ll Ender Ants ll oh nice! I’ll check out your insta
Hey, Elder ants! I finally caught a queen! I put her in a minihearth and she created two clutches that have hatched into larvae. I'm soooooo excited! You're also one of my favorite ant keepers, Post more videos!!
Congratulations, and thank you! It really means a lot when you say that. More videos coming soon!!
Awesome video. I hope i knew that when i was new in the hobby :D.
What microphone are you using btw?
Before I was using an Xbox 360 gaming headset, but now I’m using a Blue Yeti microphone :D
@@EnderAnts Thank you!
Awesome both of you rock!!
Thank you! :D
I live in Europe and I have a lasius queen which I caught last year, september.She was hibernating until the end of february, and then she laid her eggs.My question is:Normally how much time does it take for nanitic workers to arrive?I only see small larvae although more than 2 months passed.
Nándor Sarkadi I would say it takes about a month or 2. She should be able to get workers soon as this species is fairly quick at growing
@@EnderAnts Alright!Thanks for the answer.
@@nandorsarkadi2938 how is it going?
Man I live this channel you help me so much!
Glad I could help, thank you for watching :D 🙏
ll Ender Ants ll your videos are great keep it up, I love the editing.
Thank you, working more on quality from now on, and other styles 😌😌
Recently, I be been taking walks everyday to find queen ants and all of the sudden a massive swarm of Queens appeared in my front yard unexpectedly, so always have your test tubes ready!
Well. My only queen died so like... but very helpful to new people. Nice job dude! Also this was posted at 2 A.M. for me.
Don’t worry, hopefully you’ll find queens this nuptial season! Thank you :D
Hi. I got my first ant queen today, and I was wandering if you could help me find out what it's called. PS I am from Minnesota
First off, congrats! You can contact me through email, Instagram, or Discord if you want me to help identify it. You can also go on ant forums for more help too :D
@@EnderAnts I also message by email
Really cool vid, keep it up!
Thank you thank you!
very informative video keep it up! 🐜❤
Thank you, and I will!
how about this, for example i have a ant colony in a medium formicarium, does the population of the ants keep on growing? do i have or does it a must have to add more nesting site? or is ok to not expand?
The colony will keep on growing depending on how much food you give them. If you want them to not outgrow their formicarium, you can limit the amount of protein you give them.
@@EnderAnts ow thats great thanks bro.
Love it i hope you make more!!
I will, thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Is fire ant are easy to keep
I have a Fire Queen Ant and like about 1-2 days she laid a lot of eggs and after 3-4 weeks she ate her larvae
yes, they are quick to grow. Limit checking on her as she could be getting stressed.
I wish i could tell more questions😢
Why does my ants larvae turns into like gray like color
If you mean entirely grey, i’m not sure, could be they are dying, their natural color, or are changing into a pupae/cocoon.
Awesome video buddy!:)
Thank you! Will you ever return to UA-cam since we're in quarantine?
@@EnderAnts yes for sure i will but now i have some big things going on i need to focus on :)👍🏾🐜
Does you're carpenter ants require substrates to spin cocoon???
I’ve seen them use the substrate to spin cocoons, but not a lot.
Nice bro 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you! 🙏
@@EnderAnts Your welcome
Hey what camera do you use for your video?
For this video I used a Canon SL2 (200D) with extension tubes :D
ll Ender Ants ll thx for the reply
:D
I found a queen ant and it’s back legs are like paralyzed what should I do
I’d recommend to keep her in the dark and not disturb her. Then wait.
ll Ender Ants ll ok that is what I dod
ll Ender Ants ll sadly she passed away but I found 5 queens within the past 2 days
Nice video!
Thank you!
Hello!
Minute 10. What is that formicarium? Is it a Mini Earth?
Yes, a Mini Heart from
Tarheelants
I found you of tiktok and I don’t Regret it 🥰
Thank you for checking out my channel! :D
bro im getting ants soon but all of the contanors are expensv can u give me a link to one cheaper the 20?
Wow great content if only I'd found your channel sooner
The sad thing is you didn't mention much about semi claustral queens unless I missed it because I'm just scouring the internet for Myrmica Rubra info and I was hoping that some info would be great for my 2 new queens but this was still very useful because I have only been keeping ants for around a year so I'm still learning from my mistakes of ant keeping but I always try my best and I just don't like how people cast molten metal on ant colony's and call it art it just hurts me so much well good luck on your anting season and to all my fellow ant keeper's the same #AntsAreAwsome
I mentioned it in my “How To Raise an Ant Colony” video :D For those queens, feed them honey, and insect legs and you should be good. The molten metal casted in the nests are kinda good though, because he casts them into Imported fire ant nests.
@@EnderAnts you may be right but still it still hurts me to think about the death of many ants
Hey Ender Ants Great Video You Mentioned Great Tips On Starting An Ant Colony, But I Was Wondering If You Could Show Us When Queens Fly In United States And EU
They’re flying right now, since its already Spring and Summer in the Northern Hemisphere. I also have a video last year of how I looked for queen ants.
@@EnderAnts In United States? Because I Haven't Seen Much Queen Ants Where I Live (California)
Love the content bro
Thank you man! 🙏🙏
Any tips on how to catch a queen during the quarantine
There was a massive swarm of queen carpenter ants in my front yard. So just wait?
Since we can't really go out, I would suggest black-lighting if you have a blacklight. If you don't have one, I highly recommend it! If not, then I would say just look around the sidewalk near you, and not be too close to people.
What do you have for a camera?
Sry i'm from germany.😁😬
I use a Canon SL2 (200D) in other countries :D
Yess do it again
Will see about it in the future then :D
Love this channel(:
Thank you!! 🙏
Sweet job on the editing.
Thank you!
Hey dude what camera's do you use
I use a Canon SL2, also known as a Canon 200D
@@EnderAnts Thanks Keep Up the good work love the videos
and are
Yellow Meadow Ants
easy to to keep or no i just went to know so i get em
Proexid they are Lasius flavus so yess
Another thing people often seem to mess up, sugar water is not a replacement to regular water!
the amount of colonies I have heard die because they didn't get normal water is too high!
Oh wow, never heard of that before. Gotta keep your colonies hydrated at all costs and not have them turn out as most of mine 😔😔
Enjoyed
Thank you!
Hibernation in Europe is vital for ants, not hibernating ants can bring to premature queen deaths, some queen may die during this process but this cases mean that those queens weren’t strong enough to have a healthy colony. This said, I live in Italy and found loads of Camponotus vagus and Camponotus lateralis queens
nice Video :D how much colonies you have ?
I have 10 different colonies, but 6 different species :D How about you?
I found 3 queens that were all living in this tiny branch there extremely tiny almost half an inch I have no Idea what species they are can I send you a picture of them?
Yes, you can send me a photo on Instagram, Discord, or email, all found in the description :D
I just caught 4 camponotus lateralis queen in my yard just by luck :) one of the male just flew on my window and i noticed they were having a nuptial flight. I could just keep picking queens but i think 4 is just enough and more would have been harder for me to handle ! anyway i hope they will lay eggs soon, i let them rest in a dark place and i surrounded the test tubes with red transparent plastic so they have less stress ^^ i'm very happy now
Very nice! That species has a really nice color, so update me on how they do :D
I have been keeping ant for 11 years
Nice bro AWSEOME, so cool, Ur amazing😅🤣😆😁
Thank you Basso! 🙏🙏
Very stupid question, but if ants can't see red light, why not place red see-trough foil over the test tube and we can see them (more or less), but they can't see us and so the queen is not disturbed?
ALL my tubes are wrapped in red foil - of course im not a photographer who has a youtube channel either ;)
Hi ender ants I am another fellow ant keeper I would like to be featured in the next video I have some very good tips for ant keeping it would be good if you made another one like this.Thanks!I am also a subscriber
Be sure to contact me on Discord or Instagram! It might be a while until I have another one of these.
ll Ender Ants ll thanks but I have neither
I could contact by sending a video
ll Ender Ants ll I could message you a video I do not show my face but I can give you a voiceover video
ll Ender Ants ll I have discord
Yes a new video🙏👍🔥
Finally uploaded 😌
The two start ants that ant_UK talks about, I swear I have both around my house and one comes out at night and the black one comes out in the day...
yo! how do you make your thumbnails
I use Adobe Photoshop :D
Have you ever thought about making a dicord server?
Its crossed my mind before, but I don’t want to make one because it takes a lot of time to take care of in the beginning. Might have to wait until my audience is larger before making one!
@@EnderAnts That is a very good reason
Make sure to keep Hydrated, Safe, Full And happy!
Couldn’t have said it better!
Finally
Thank you for being patient :D 🙌🙏
got a tip: if you have a lot of vibrations in your house then put foam underneath your colony
I should try this out with my setups on my desk, thank you for the tip!
Guess who just got a double queen camponotus vicinus colony!
THE DAILY TOASTTTTT!!!
@@EnderAnts that's me!
A better method I have found is to place her in a small Tupperware box half full of coco fibre with a small rock or section of branch laid across the soil to nest under
Great vid but you should also boil the insects because a found a cricket and fed it to my ants but they died of parasites but if you boil it it will kill all parasites
Ah yes, boiling and freezing insects are a must when feeding wild insects.
Iv been watching these videos for a while but I live in Africa
Hope you’ve been able to find some neat ants out there!
Is anyone here from Ireland? I can n͟e͟v͟e͟r find any queens around.
Would appreciate some tips for finding them around here.
Ireland has a pretty cold climate, so it can be hard to find queens at times. Maybe try during the hottest days and look at parks, sidewalks, and trails
Thanks!
Man it needs to be native since if it escapes well rip that ecpsystem
Tommorow i get my ants
I get my ants tommorow*
Hope they arrive safely :D
Remember me redOG from Tik tok
How could I forget, thanks for checking my video :D
Where are u from
USA USA USA!
I have a feeling that one kid hasn’t been ant keeping for 10 years LOL
I don't think he is even 10 years old
i was thinking the whole time "this sounds like a parent doing a video about his kids report"
Are you in America?
Yes I am 😌
@@EnderAnts ok so it is safe to assum when you go ant queen hunting i can also start also do you have a discord server?
9:04 was funny
heheh, thank you for watching that far into the video :D
the six dislikes are the people who wanted to be in the video but couldnt get in
Please make a catching ant vidio
I’m probably going to have one out in August, as it’ll be my full experience catching queen ants this year :D
Now this is GOOD UNIQUE CONTENT. 9/10. But the girl from the UK should maybe have wrote her lines down... obviously. 😬
Thank you thank you! i think she wrote down her lines, and we have to give them credit as they most likely aren’t used to recording audio :D
Hi I’m @oreocookiekatt3 on insta! Thank you for helping me get rid of the vampiric mites of my pheidole ant colony! I gave them a cotton ball drenched in lemon juice (I don’t have fresh lemons bcuz quarantining and all that stuff) and the next day they were scratching off the mites on the cotton ball, and dead mites on the ground. Most of them seem to be mite-free now. Thanks a lot!
Yup yup, glad to see that it worked! If you ever have any other problems or questions, feel free to always ask :D
Honestly I prefer antscanada even though you didnt ask in the video but on instagram. Mostly bc antscanada Autually uploads and makes longer content.
Ah I was confused at first, did you mean my poll question? If so, then yes I can see your point, I believe that both of them have their own positive impact on the ant-keeping community
I agree, all channels have their pros and cons :D
Hey bro wants you discord?
My discord is in the description :D
ll Ender Ants ll I don’t think it’s in there I couldn’t find it lol😅
ah sorry, i forgot i took it out of my description, here it is: Ender Ants#7161
ll Ender Ants ll thanks bro
Regarding heating.
USE A THERMOSTAT FOR GODS SAKES.
There are stories of reptiles with completely burned up undersides from poorly regulated heating.
Yup, and what’s even worse is that if you have a lot of colonies on the heating pad, they all could end up overheating 😔
@@EnderAnts Yeah you should also regulate what part of it the heating covers.
IIRC ants like to move pupae to the warmth and Larvae to the moist areas.
So it lets them have a gradiant and also means that they could possibly escape if an accident happened and tempratures started rising.
69th like baby!
Nooooo i didn't make in the video
Its alright, there’s always next time!
Someone comments something, (inside Ender Ants head, hmm this is a good comment let me do this : ❤️)
Gotta show love all around 😌
darn...I really should of responded to your insta story
Don’t worry, there’s always next time 🤫
Hiiiiii
Yoooo, thank you again for being in the video :D
ll Ender Ants ll no problem any time:)
Hi Ender, I'm from tik tok. My username was eilmanrayyankr
THANK YOU FOR VISITING MY CHANNEL!!
Ok who left the dislike
:( someone who doesn't like my videos. Its all good though, I know that at least 100 people like it :D
Too many ads christ
HEHEHEHEHE
Ender Ants gotta get that money homie
a bag is a bag 😌😌
Quick!
Im losing interest in the hobby over the winter right now!
HELP ME GET INSPIRED PLEASE!
If this is your first year into the hobby, its a good break for us ant keepers when our ants are hibernating. Always remember that when spring rolls around, you WILL find new queens and have more in your collection! Hope to see you back, and stay safe! :D