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Gypsum ant nest - Ameisen Gipsnest

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Uploaded by on Aug 4, 2008

Watering an ant nest made of plaster - see how quickly the plaster takes all that water!

Ein Ameisen-Gipsnest wird befeuchtet. Der Gips saugt das Wasser sehr schnell auf.

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  • how does the glass stay on the gypsum?

    does it need a clamp or something?

    cause the glass-lid looks like it can fall off really easily - which may result in ants escaping

  • Yes you need some clamps or rubber band to hold it in place. You can also drill holes and attach some turnable wood bars for easy locking/removing.

  • How do you use it after putting the queen inside it? How do you feed them after closing it with the glass? is there a hole where you can put food?

  • Queens I don't put in such a nest. I put them into a glass test tube with a micro climate (small water section, separated by cotton batting). Only when they are a bigger colony, they can go into a gypsum nest. I drill holes and use tubes. Feeding is outside the nest, e.g. at the end of a tube attached to the nest.

  • very nice plaster nest, did you made it youreself or you bought it?

  • thanks,I made it myself, in my other videos I show how to make such a nest. There is no sound or commentary on them by now, but I will add more such instruction videos soon when I have more time!

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  • i don't want him peeing at my place...

  • guys and girls WARNING I HAD JUST DONE A BIG MISTAKE ...the plaster dryes way too fast soo make it with plenty of water and ! if its big not small like this 1 then use a big bucket to mix all at once not like me ... i mixed pour mixed pour mixed pur and it was a complete failure =( imma re try hope i saved u guys time and effort

  • Do some ant farms need artificial airflow from a pump ? and how often do you need to water the nest ?

  • how long did that take to dry?

  • where did you buy that

  • where the ants

    

  • hey m8, what are the proportion water/gips did you use to make that gipsnest?

  • gigantisch

  • @xerke Hydrates the colony, they need moisture and water to live. 

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