Starting a New Ant Colony | Birth of the Carpenter Ants
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- Birth of the CARPENTER ANTS: After the beautiful rise to glory of my fire ant colony, the Phoenix Empire, I sought out a brand new starting carpenter ant colony to begin a new story of ant wonder. In this episode we meet our young carpenter ant queen and her brood, and have a look at all the unique jobs already taking place within the colony's test tube setup. The footage captured in this video is truly cute, eye-opening, and magical all at once. Hope you enjoy the humble beginnings of an ant colony, as we welcome them to our growing Antiverse. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution. #CarpenterAnts #QueenAnt #AntColony
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I just noticed the white thing on one of their heads from your recent post :/
The white death is lame
I am soo happy I have be soooo lost
Remember this episode?
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NAME: "The Legionnaires" The Romans were renowned for there prowess in construction!
Def
This...this would be cool
Good one
Yes
Yes
I never knew watching ants would be so satisfying-
welp now you know why some people love ants
;-; yup found another loop hole of me watching bugs again. First spiders and now ants (i really should just stop right here for bugs cause i still get uncomfortable by watching videos like these. But i like it!)
@@lilacsanctuary3323 hey you are like me but now I don't hate ants and spider but I still hate those annoying hard to kill cockroaches
SAME
I
LOVE
ANTS!!
Same
I just listened to a person call an ant beautiful
That is why I’m subbed to this channel
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hearing antscanada say "the antiverse" warms my heart since i havnt heard it it in a while👁💧👄💧👁
Same:,)
So what should we name them? Go!!! (NOTE: TH-cam only allows 500 replies, so leave your suggestions in the main comment section)
Ant love forever! xo
OMG hi I am So EARLY
:D
Ant
@@AntsCanada I agree
The colony should be called “The Lumberjacks” and the queen should be called “Queen Redwood”
Yes!
Yes
That really cool name my guy
Yes
Da. The Soviet Union approves this.
11:52 face hugger mite on the major
What a wholesome episode :D
I am very excited to follow the journey of another addition to the Antiverse :D
Here's hoping for a potential future addition of those meranoplus bicolor to the Antiverse at some point :)
Bow
Bow?
bow maybe?
Oh yeah! I'm definitely keeping my eye open for a M. bicolor queen!
Bow
Try to start a colony with the Meranoplus Bicolor, those ants are so docile and cute.
When the impostor is sus
Yes i agree he should start Meranoplus Bicolor colony
Yes do it
And good to eat
Yes I agree
AC: the ants are feeding the young
My brain: There getting rid of the competition
Lol
Lol
I don’t get it
Euh
God i laughed so hard
I think that the queen should be called “Amber” because the color looks like amber from trees, and the colony can be named “The Spruce tribe”
M I N E C R A F T
I agree
Yes
yes
yeeees
They have mites! The major at 10:27 has a large white mite on the underside of her head!! 😱
I just paused the vid cuz I saw the same thing. That mite is huge! 10:29
Pretty sure at that size of the colony it isn't a threat at all, they get rid of it themself.
@@cH4iN123 the Golden Empire was a colony of millions of ants that was felled by a plague of mites. All it takes is one.
I had those and they were safe in my c. irritans
The effort that this guy puts for this channel is amazing..
He literally have almost 100 ant colonies that he always need to feed and manage plus his feeders and also his other pets such as lizards, tarantula's and birds.. Not only that.. he also manage his lands and the future antiverse that is currently underconstruction. Plus he also edits and spends hours and hours filming and writing scripts and everything!
You also forgot he is an entertainer as well. Yes Mikey is a busy man.
Wow, you are so right
you know it takes like 30 mins a day to feed those 100 colonies and he doesn't edit his vids, he has an editor that does that. Plus he entertains because he says basic and normal things as it's something incredible so you think that he really did something incredible and it entertains you
Ikr!! He deserves his 4m supporters!!
@@aleeguy EWWWWW PARTY POOPER!!!
My daughter said the “Carpenter Crew” should be the colony name.
This ant progect is going to be so COOL
10:27 - There's what looks like a mite, on the underside of that super-major's head. Is it harmless??
I don’t know if I saw correctly but it looked like the majors had mites attached to their heads starting at 10:25
A large white tick like thing under the ants jaw.
I saw one on the queen
@@TheMdduran me too!
Oh noo that's huge!
Me too.
10:25 you can see here that that major has the mite and rewatching this video after the newer ones I just noticed this
The colony should be called “The Lumberjacks” and the queen should be called “Queen Redwood”
^^ credit to beast tales for the idea, just reposting it so Mike can see it lol
I just feel kinda,bad for the termites. They seem to be in alot of pain but 3 words:
1. Circle
2. Of
3. Life
The circle of POG
It aint if someone literally put them there when by nature those sane exact ones werent gonna be in the tube to begin with
The circle of pain, life, and reality
1. Savagely
2. crushed
3. necks
@@von8357 its still the circle of life
This channel is making me realize that ants might be smarter then we think.
I mean, they build buildings, raise “cattle,” farm, and communicate with each other.
I know! I usually we think of ants as one solitary ant, which is basically helpless, but a colony is very smart, advanced, and sophisticated.
They're aliens.
Lol.
...but seriously..
Ants have just managed to evolve at a size relative to the rest of the animal kingdom that allows them to grow as a colony very quickly. Most larger creatures barely pay ants any mind and there's so much untouched earth that ants have had plenty of space to thrive. They've had over 140 million years of development.
I was just thinking that, especially when you compare it to most primates who don’t have a sense of poop=bad/gross. They don’t have a designated area to get rid of waste.... but ants do! It’s really fascinating.
I can totally see them in a freshwater beach world with waves and a bunch of driftwood! They could then be called the way finders
This series will help me since, I am starting a Florida Carpenter ant colony.
9:58
Ant: My leg!!
Termite: You get what you f-ing deserve
Lol
Probably name them like "The Woodland Warriors"
Edit: Holy shoot 100 likes? HOW TwT
Welp thanks for the likes :)-
Good name.
Yeah woodland warriors dude amazing!
Yes
Nice name
That sounds really cool
Name the colony "the woodland guardians" and the queen "galadriel"
I never thought watching videos of ants would be so interesting and i would be addicted to it 😅😅😅
I can't wait for the ants to move out of the test tube setup!
Bow.
Bow
BOW
b o w
bow.
I want an update of the Pheonix ang golden empire. Its been a while since i saw them.
When the impostor is sus
i just wanted to say thank you. i've been subscribed to your channel for about 5 years now and last summer i found my first queen ant and now she has 5 workers (2 generations) and this week i caught 2 prenolepis queens and i merged them. it is a amazing hobby that i started by watching your videos. my friends think i'm weird for keeping ants but that's okay 😂
I was an ant keepers back then when i was in college. Due to changes in hobbies and lifestyle, i quitted ant keeping. Today, this video rejuvenate my ant keeping hobby again by ALOT. Carpenter Ants are my very first species i kept. I just can't wait to catch queen ants again. Thank you for this special video. I'm from Singapore btw.
You got me In to animals, and now I’m getting a 100gallon fish tank ready
Also I know the name for their nest hasn’t been voted on yet but I really think it’s name should be The Builder Hut
Get a angelfish. And name it fin-nly (you will see why ÙwÚ)
@@kaes9846 I have one named Gill and another with no name I think imma name him fin-le instead but I love the suggestion
@@brettlanigan hello ants are insect not animals
I'd really like to see a more detailed video on things like how to make prepare a test tube setup, and how to get feeder bugs like termite nymphs into the setup, and what to do about liquids. Temps and lighting, and any other tips and tricks on test tubes or first farms.
Andy, you can find everything about your doubts in the previous old tutorial videos on this channel 😉
I’m thinking “the mighty ironwoods” and for the queen “ironclad”
ooo another name for the queen could be iron maiden
@@amaelislol the band?
Omg these are my favorite videos. New colony starts and rehoming colonies are the best. And this video in particular is a great reset for new viewers.
Man I missed these type of videos, thanks for trusting us with your plans on your home and owned terrains.
Lucky you
Hope you do well with them, I live where I can have a fire ant colony
@@arlenewhite156 that's great, keep the fire repellent at the ready.
@@luisemoralesfalcon4716 yepe
From his past videos, like building an ant mansion, buying a forest, and creating a literal Jurassic park for ants, it's easy to forget that this guy lives in an apartment
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True
Ikr
Thanks to make me remember
One of those major's has a tick. Love Carpenter and Messor ants. Mainly down to their size especially the major's. Watching this colony grow going to be awesome.
Congratulations AntsCanada !!!! You and your ants have become my favorite youtuber of the year 2021 :) keep it up and I'm looking forward to see the Carpenter Ants new home
Its insane that Out of one Queen and a few workers can grow a Giant ant Empire
If your suprised by that you still havent seen anything yet. AntsCanada has a super colony, it has multiple queens. Around 3-6 queens. Imagine how big that would be.
@@albert9348 yeah i knew that but i didnt thoughth about that and it wouldnt Sound so good with multible queens
@[] like your name the best name ever... Love you!
@@albert9348 Also the golden empire has 20+ queens!!!!! Its HUGEEEE!
If the fire nation became the biggest colony with one queen. Imagine if they had alot of queens instead of just one. It would be a super massive colony.
I love it when he goes back to the basics
You have convinced me to try to get my mother to get me a queen ant and start an ant colony
My very first ant queen has just hatched her first daughter. I am so excited.
That's so exciting! Take care of your new colony!
@@moved4169 thank you. I will try, im excited but also nervous, but like a good nervous.
How goes the colony?
@@shrektheeverchosen6457 slowly, because of how cold it is right now. So my queen is taking her time and that's okay, I'm not a fan of the cold either. Lol.
Is it just me or is his voice very calming
I agree
I agree
@SPUD why?
I don’t know 🤷♀️
if you go back to 2016 not rlly calming anymore
Everyone is fed, no one is left hungry or forgotten
that's the power of the Carpentering Comrades, let's name them that
NANI?!?!
aMaRaCa HaHa fUnNy NaMbOr OnE oThEr CoNtRe BaD 🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷
BEST KORIA COMERADE
“Nobody is left hungry or forgotten”
Not in your country they aren’t
@@GreyBoiTheTrue bro... that’s the Liberian flag lmao
I have been loving the antopia videos recently but I have to admit, it was so nice to watch a good old fashion antscanda Colony again!
This is oddly enough, the best TH-cam channel ever. Why is it so entertaining. I love the hosts passion and music selection. Great work!
After out the forest so much, it was good to see he record at home
Due to ECQ.. we need to stay home for a month. :)
Name them the daughters of soteria
Soteria is the goddess of safety
And the ants would do anything to keep they're colony safe ❤️
When the impostor is sus
That is really a very very good name
I’d perfer the lumberjacks but that’s good too
A good queen name I think
Lol wrong video alexander
I loved this video! All the information about the carpenter ants was so information, and I feel that your voice is very charismatic and easy to listen to! Really cool to learn about Repletes as living ant food silos, and I think you should try out to be the next commentator for Planet Earth!
Finaly caught my frist carptern ant qeen and she has laid her first brood super exciting thanks ant canada for all the inspration
How about for the queen we can call her Queen Juniper. Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Juniperus /dʒuːˈnɪpərəs/[1] of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on taxonomic viewpoint, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from the Arctic, south to tropical Africa, from Ziarat, Pakistan, east to eastern Tibet in the Old World, and in the mountains of Central America. The highest-known juniper forest occurs at an altitude of 16,000 ft (4,900 m) in southeastern Tibet and the northern Himalayas, creating one of the highest tree-lines on earth. Yes that is copy pasted from the Wikipedia page.
Huh? Simplify please?
what the…
DUDE YOU STILL DIDN’T GIVE A REASON AS TO WHT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO NAME THEM THAT
chane fourie it's a tree they are carpenter ants didn't think I would need to specify
Juniper
THE GREEN CAT
Uhh... anyone else notice that the colony also has a serious mite problem? There is one on the bottom of one of the heads (see 10:26 for an example). There is a baby hanging out on the queen in one shot.
you're right! missed that when I first watched the video
Caught my first Camponotus on May 7th, and she just laid two eggs today! So stoked!
This was really mesmerizing , thank you for such a magical experience
"It's nuptial flight season"
Me running around with a torch to kill termites flying around the house : Huh.. didn't notice...
This made me burst out laughing.
I just imagined you accidentally killing a rare colony or a new species in the proccess. Wonder what ants they were if they were ants.
Yeah I would also have done that
@@albert9348 I won't say I probably did but probably did, those things bite man... they bite and that goes too far.
They do hurt.
I am a little concerned by the mites, but this is such a wholesome video!!!!
same, wanted to know if that's okay or what
@Bian hang I made $ 6,500 profit just within 14 days of my Investment with an initial amount of $ 2000 all with the help of Mr James
@Mary Jane + 1 7 8 5 6 1 5 0 5 2 7
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Your videos are never boring bro hello from 🇺🇸 Pennsylvania
THIS HELPED MORE THEN YOU CAN IMAGINE!!! I got a new colony and was worried cause I thought the queen died when I put it in here new ant home and 7 days went by and I only saw one ant but today I woke up and saw them munching on the new cricket I put in there and it make me so happy
How about the Woodcutting Guild? A colony named after something in Old School Runescape would be pretty cool! Or The Lumberjacks? I mean you ARE AntsCanada, Lumberjacks is more fitting
As for the queen's name, Lumberjill? That's the term for a female lumberjack. Or Madera, which is Spanish for wood, I think it sounds pretty for the name of a queen
Maybe “The Great Wood Order” or TGWR
Woodcutter's Guild sounds better in my opinion.
I say Woodcutter’s Guild. Madeira is good for the queen too.
ya i like that
You are everywhere!
It appears the antopia saga has ended for now...
And a new tale has begun...
I like seeing new ants
@@official0162 Who doesnt?
@@TaiTaiTT yeeep
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo
yes finally!
Congrats on the discoveries! And on everything else you've got going for you these days!!!
Since i seen this channel i now love ants
Since I can’t keep my own colony due to not enough space in my crammed house, I’m just gonna try to find a pregnant ant, feed it a bit, and release it in an area where I’ll monitor it and donate food to it.
Thats what I did and now I feed it crushed Spiders and boiled lizards and some Sweets and now they have super majors
@@JXLYY nice these are great ideas.
@Rōnin just don't overdo it with food and put it a little far away from your house. And because I used to have a house I don't think I feed the ants but they never overgrew or attack the house. But I remember my first time picking up an ant it was a little worker ant and it bits me lol:( : ").
@Rōnin hahaha yeah. Oh yeah you're welcome?
You should name them The Meliae. Based off the Greek myth of The Silver Wives. They were powerful nymphs that nursed their sons on the honey-sap of their ash trees, and armed them with spears crafted from the wood of their trees.
That's awesome!
That's a great name!
Im getting so much nostalgia from the Phoenix Empire
Idk why this channel popped up in my recommended, but now I’m subscribed and this is the best channel I’ve found yet
Just wanted to say thank you so much. Your channel puts many smiles on faces. Stay safe. :)
This is just beautiful and this is why I love this channel
When the impostor is sus
@@alexanderriley_ *intense sweating* "red sus"
Same
Fun fact: humans do actually expel meconium, or the first bowl movement. It just happens after their born, so they also have months of waste built up from being fed in the womb but not going #2. So cool this is a common occurrence across species! Thanks for the great videos!
I’m just getting into this I don’t have a queen yet but when I do get one I think I will be able to carry my ants to greatness because of you and your great tips I’m glad you do this stuff
10:28
Is that a mite on the underside of the upper majors head? It doesn’t look like the bloodsuckers on the golden empire though, so it might not be a problem, but idk.
OMG I actually don't know... Going to check the raw footage right now...
There's a second shot of the mite at 11:54 too
Oo no God
not again now!
@@remanjecarter2787
Yes, and also in 3:26 a small one on the thorax of the queen.
A replete is a kind of ant, that fills their social stomach larger than other ants. Replete are walking Food carriages. :D
Me hungry
*sees repletes* ooh grapes
Chomp
I said that 3 dyas ago-
So... walking Samsung smart fridges?
@@texasmama3084 YES AHAHA
I can't believe I sat here for 15 minutes watching this. Great narration and very entertaining. I won't be starting an ant colony any time soon (or ever) but cool video and very informative.
I'm waiting for the day you start a Meranoplus bicolor colony. Ant 555 would be amazing in a nice setup.
*Bro you gotta give a shout out to the tiny camera man that crawls in there and films these things!*
@Matthew Wu it’s a joke😐
@Matthew Wu @youmissedthejoke
@Matthew Wu
r/woooosh
Include me in the screenshot guys.
@Matthew Wu R/whooosh
I love this New Colony! they are so interasting and love to See them grow just like the phoenix empire
PS sorry for the not so perfekt englisch i come from Europe
@Kaiser Von Bahr yes
First episode I'm watching here. I love this❤️
Name bog bears, I already have a final home suggestion, a swamp with small trees open at the top and big enough to fit two test tubes standing on top of each other
When he was talking about food storage, I thought "So ants can't get to it" and then I realized
is it just me or is it like really exiting when he gets a new ant colony.
Answer for the ac questions :
Repletes is like an ant living fridge, that store all the colony food in their social stomach, so when the colony didn't get food, it's their job to regurgitate it to all members of the colony, so the colony grow doesn't slow down when food is hard to find.
I learn more from you than school.
I have a question :
if an ant finds a sugar cube, they go to tell the rest of the colony right? so what happens if we take the sugar cube?
if the ants arrive does the informative ant look like a liar or can they smell the sugar cube that was once there?
ps: really love your channel :D
I'd love to see him run a little experiment like that lol. Would be cool to see
Yeah
@@JacobE-23 Its like the story of when the boy lied and told the village that a wolf was going to eat his cattle. Then the villagers didnt believe him when a wolf did come.
@@acidic_7 you mean the boy who cried wolf?
Its 7 00 a.m and im supposed to be getting ready but insgead im watching Ants Canada.
Same
Ditto (same)
But isnt it a saturday?
@@jacksonsmith1823 i didnt say i was getting ready for school
@@jacksonsmith1823 us grown folks still got to work
Idk how i stumbled on this channel but im grateful! This channel rocks
Dude sick! Carpenter ants are HUGE! At my work I had to love these barrels and they were swarming underneath and those guys were like an inch and a half long. Massive guys
Hi AntsCanada. I wanted to let you know we started an ant interest group in school :D. And we observe and collect ants. I can't collect as I'm not allowed but I hope I can soon! Also most of us there are huge fans of you. Just reminded them you uploaded. #AntLoveForever
Edit: PLS LIKE SO HE WILL NOTICE
By the way, why aren’t you allowed to collect?
@@asher-360 My mom lmao
@@sshaa115 my mom too doesn’t want, she fears that they’ll escape.
@@TacticalAnt420 ah same as well
All the new scientific discoveries Mikey is making is stunning! Our boy is making history! :D
I am sure a few others noticed but it seems this new colony is not alone, there seem to be mites and some of them quite large attached to the ants, one even looked like an engorged tick! Hopefully being moved into their new setup the ants can rid themselves of these pests.
I have an idea for the name for the queen naming "Mrs Woodland" ruler of the forest.Ant Love Forever
I like the name
Thanks
AntsCanada u might wanna be careful, some of the workers have parasites on em(like so that he sees this) 10:26 11:41 11:53
Yeah, I noticed that too. Good eye.
bump
For us OG people this is a throwback episode.
Your videos never disappoint. Thank you for all your research work and your videos. I'm not going to keep ants but I can live vicariously through your videos.
damn watching the newer videos about these ants and going back to watch this you can actually see a facehugger at 11:54
dude im never gonna get used to phoenix empire i miss the fire nation
R.i.p Fire Nation
The way he explains every basics of ant keeping, huh lot of memories
Ikr????
@@jacksonsmith1823 I'm sorry what???
Lol
A replete is an ant whose job is to store food in it's gaster,kind of like a fridge.
I think we should call them "The Cabinet" and the queen should be "Queen Acacia"