Pet Ant Colonies!!! My Daily Morning Ant Routine

[MrEyeopener100]

how do you keep them from comming out?

[basekiddz]

that'd suck if they ever broke out

[iTzTrAx1]

its interesting.. but i dont think i could do this.. i have a phobia of all bugs.. when i was young i stepped on a wasp hive by accident .. bad memory, so i dont like much bugs..

[dapoopta]

what do you smear around the top of the aquariums to keep them from crawling out?

[AmericasAntNest]

@dapoopta Some use Fluon, Talcum Powder, PTFE, but most use Vaseline.

[Arcfighterwar]

@AntsCanada what was that white bowl habitat

[grlomrocks]

LOL 06:52 xD FAIL ahahha

[amarnamriju]

I want an ant colony but I live at one place during the week and elsewhere during the weekends. Will my unavailability for 2 days a week be a serious problem for the ants? Can they survive without hydration/food renewal for 2 days? Can I pump in extra water/food to last longer?

[AmericasAntNest]

@amarnamriju No, ants should be just fine if left for a few days. Just make sure they enough water. Whatever setup you have should be able to be kept moist enough for two days.

[HordeFTL]

Woah never seen someone so passionate about Ants, I've kept numerous reptiles however ants are something i've always found amazing but never bothered to keep them myself, maybe someday

[DanishnSonic]

i feed my first successful colony with a small cricket or small insects.i always weakend them by hitting them a few times(not very rough).the food is moving ad they love it

[beradmatthew]

Shouldnt You cover the Outworld so that the ants wouldnt come out?

[snakeman9090]

@beradmatthew he uses vaseline to keep them in

[hetujm]

i have the same micro mini tank but mine has no plants and sand mine has nothing i just yous that as a ant farm lasius niger in it and i got micro tank at dollerstore

[Antsyokosuka]

This vid really helped now I know what I should do to keep my ants living for a long time

[jaesong]

I noticed that some of the outworlds don't have lids. Don't the ants crawl out?

[caitlin7xxx]

you have alot of ants i raise butterflys and cattarpillers

[ClassicAnts]

on 1:45 what size is that nest ?

[skatingrules123]

do the ants die if i dont have a queen i am sure my ants are brown tree ants i live in uk

[DanishnSonic]

@skatingrules123 really? i thought they were protected species i think.but when your ant farm is small don';t have but if is a large then thats better

[OPxNxB]

I'm sure you're the canadian idol Mikey Bustos!! I'm a filipino and im a fan of your filipino tutorial vids!!

[hatsumisensi]

how the hell do you keep the ants in those cheap insect plastice containers..id always thought theyd just fit through the holes...any ideas is this possible with lasius niger??

[dinosaurman1000]

so do u put the ants in the nest first or the out world please resopnd?

[cartmanfatass]

HAhaha, so funny. "Never have to buy new ones". BAM, SHIT.

[Atoker94]

your ants dont escape and run around your house?

[tanya9nithreus]

WOWWW =D i have never seen anyone take such good care of their ants!! this is simply incredible xP. the ants probably can't even really tell the difference from nature and their ant-farm-homes at your place haha.

And LMAO at the part where you accidentally throw the worm box to the ground XD ahahahaha!! i guess thats part of the risk of ant-farming eh? XD.

much love, keep taking awesome care of your ants!! =D ^^

[asiax123]

that room would be ants world war 1 if there was an earthquake.

[MikeyBustosVideos]

@asiax123 Surprisingly later that year, Toronto did have an earthquake while I was out of the country, and the formicaria were fine! :D yay!

[broadude]

How do u make outworlds and attach that to the colony? And how do u make the ants make a colony inside the tunnels etc, rather than in the outworld?

[PreppyPoser1]

This video makes me hungry :D

[MrBferg21]

make a vidoe on ur wasp and why u have wasp collection food for ants what if they escape ???? infestation stings damage fear plz post a vidoe on ur wasp and mention my name that i requested it ur vids are awsome and bye the way ive cuaght 5 queens in my life lasius sniger and they all laid egg had first workers and died and i did the exact same thing as u do for ur mornin routine to them plz help me nad wasp vidoe ...??? :)

[tenerifextresure]

Hey watching the video I wasnt sure how you hidrated the antfarms... You see I just got a really big ant farm made for me, and Im really excited, I have just brought some white sand, and Im going to buy some Lasius Niger and a queen, but if the tunnels were to cave, it would be hard to recover from as its a really big farm... So im not sure how I would go about wetting it without drownng the ants?... To give you an idea its like a window the size... Any advice would be apriciated

[sh0tgun4]

meal worm fail just like the test tube fail

[packleader1215]

What's the song here?

[AntsCanada]

@packleader1215 My girls, the Pussycat Dolls "Bottle Pop"

[Thunt9]

This is my favorite video of yours so far. Awesome stuff!

[ctarshis01]

You should make a video about your wasp.

[hog389914]

why wont the ants escape when you leave the jar open?

[AntsCanada]

@hog389914 Vaseline works wonders!

[Geronamid]

@AntsCanada looooooooooooooooooooooooooool I'm laughing so hard right now at the vaseline comment.

[Th3KidVick]

@AntsCanada i dont get the whole vaseline thing

[kaioh6]

Major FAIL!!!! Lol it was funny how you kept repeating it......

[XDigdug45X]

You also do wasp? LOL and i love all your habitats you have alot of colony's! Over the weekend when i was on a Civil War Reenactment i saw some ants with wings on them..but idk if they where queens or not..my friend said they were termites

[D4rkNemesis]

wow, the lasius colony have to travel half the world to get their food 

[thatfishbreeder]

Nice video!! I have a question though...my mealworm colony has been going on for a couple of months and all of my mealworms have become beatles. But I haven't seen a single mealworm baby. I don't know why they are not reproducing. Please help!!!!

[mightyniall]

do you have any tips on keeping mealworms? the ones i feed to my lasius niger aren't doing well and i recently had to clear out loads of mites because it got damp in their home

[AntsCanada]

@Smartster621atzcmd60 Thanks for letting us know, Smartster! Please write to customer service about this at antscanada[at]yahoo[dot]com and they will tell you what to do.

[ieatlotz]

At about 9:05 there was an ant on your finger! lol

[AntsCanada]

@ieatlotz Haha good eye! Yeah, I noticed it afterwards and I placed it (a Myrmica ant) back into its appropriate outworld. I picked it up accidentally with the garbage LOL!

[bentleyboy72]

How exactly can I start my own meal worm farm? And can't the adult beetles fly? I tried to start a millipede farm, but they all died :/ I'm also trying to breed crickets, not working tho.

[Mozers05]

@bentleyboy72 I also breed mealworms and now came the 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation offspring of the original mealworms that I brought at the pet center

the trick is I keep them under the drawer to provide heat and everyday I always put veggies and pick the old ones because they might smell.

do this and in 8 moths u have trice the number of the original mealworms you brought 

[bentleyboy72]

Dude! I love the nest and tubing on the walls!!! Awesome!

[nanoguy4098]

I'm very glad you'll be offering the film soon, I can't find the stuff anywhere in FL and I need it terribly. Once again, amazing nests!

LOA

[carpetbeetle98]

He he nice

mike

[D35troy3r199]

Would using water ive boiled vegtables in be beter for the ants if I boil their food in it?

[AntsCanada]

@D35troy3r199 That sounds like a neat idea, but the only drawback I see in that is it would likely cause mold to grow easier. If you try it let me know how effective it is!