A Massive Ant Terrarium "Hacienda Del Dorado"

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A huge war between The Golden Empire (Yellow Crazy Ants) and mites has been underway and we initially hoped exposing the ants to lemons would help rid them of their mites. However, 4 weeks later the mites have persisted and after speaking with some biologists we learned that the ants needed to be moved out of their home asap. By popular vote, the Golden Empire's new home was going to be a huge planted terrarium, one we call the Hacienda Del Dorado. Watch the drama unfold as the ants continue forward against this epic war vs mites.
Thank you to Dr. Brian Fisher of Antweb.org, Dr. Kaitlin Campbell, and Raymond Mendez for the helpful info on the ant mites. Thank you Andrew Smith of Formiculture.com for the photo of the phoretic mites.
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[@AntsCanada]

Ant love forever! Greetings, AC Family! Happy you're joining us again this week for another ant video. So, what do you guys think? Will this help resolve our mite problem? Hope you can give the video a THUMBS UP if you liked it and SUBSCRIBE to the channel. We upload ever Saturday morning 8AM EST. #LongLiveTheGoldenEmpire

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[@katepfeifer9742]

AntsCanada Hi. You are awesome. I think it probably will work. I looked at your other channel. You are hilarious.

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Build a wall and make the mites pay for it.

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[@Helveteshit]

@AntsCanada - Suggestion, use your Aquarium Tank water to water your Terrarium plants. Plenty of nutrients in that water. A simple drop on those air plants and bit more by the trees/ferns. Will do them great in providing certain nutrients Fish Water produce.

[@AntsCanada]

Oh is that so?!!!

[@aprilmayfleming4757]

They are right. Fish tank water is a great fertilizer without the stink. That's why when I change the water in my tank I dump it on the fruit trees.

[@katepfeifer9742]

I think that will work, because the water has feces, fish food, which is probably good for plants.

[@Helveteshit]

Filtered water which you do have in Tank water. Tends to contain lot of nutrients which is good for plants. That is why Aquaponics is a thing. Plants grow really well in such nutrient rich water.

[@kevinnguyen3585]

Helveteshit M

[@Kevinofrepublic]

Rewatching video just for the parts where the Queens move into the new nests. I feel privileged for having seeing them. Theyre like ant celebrities

[@tinymushroomite1606]

It's funny how you, being hundreds of times larger than the ants, is privileged to see an ant! I like the enthusiasm!

[@CreeperUniverseTV]

Ikr!

[@CreeperUniverseTV]

+Tiny Mushroomite thousands*

[@storeboughtramonaflowers]

i had never seen an ant queen before this despite having read and learned about ants so deeply as a child. i audibly gasped when i saw how huge they were in comparison! so cool

[@jasencheatham7976]

Kevinofrepublic I'm your 69th like!

[@toastytoast3271]

16:45 " A setup that lets them show natural behaviors" *ANT FALLS OFF A LEAF*

[@mikelee158]

I went to see this scene and outwardly laughed watching it. Like a full guffaw. Thanks for the timestamp!

[@Gemoroda]

honestly, i have absolutely nothing to do with ants. but somehow, i find myself watching all 4 of your colonies for like 5 days now. and subscribed. awesome

[@AntsCanada]

Thank you! Ant love forever!

[@minart_animates6567]

Same! But I got ants but there 99% dead cos of MITES (my mortal enemy)

[@kzterminator]

Just a suggestion, build a miniature city for the ants so that when you film them, they look like giant monster invading a city :D

[@dorothyellen4140]

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[@channel_._.]

That’d be awesome :D

[@haylnacres227]

50 yrs later "hey I bought the moon so my fire ant collection can grow"

[@starassassin203]

Hayln Acres lol

[@CreeperUniverseTV]

Nope. The queen would be dead by then :)

[@NixMaster3k]

Creeper Universe but when one dies two take its place

[@videowatcher5385]

NixMaster 3000 fire ants do not have the ability to do that as they can't replace their queen

[@Honky-c9k]

Hayln Acres "Ready AC family?! I'm about to connect the tubes from earth to the moon!"

[@maarten_burger]

Imagine waking up to hundreds of Fire Ant alates flying in your room. I love ants but that might be a step too far.

[@simplesnail6311]

Maarten Burger to be honest if i were him id be so happy as your new setup just killed fire alates that could've meant hell

[@Tabbimura]

I still feel sad for the elates. They saw a new Land to take over and found death.

[@rillafy7966]

Maarten Burger instead of a fire extinguisher of course you gotta have a flamethrower incasenof these situation

[@pyrosnake346]

that happened to my niece :/

[@kingrednax6000]

your niece got eaten by yellow crazy ants?

[@johnpontzer3546]

What if you made webcams that enabled anybody to watch the ants at anytime

[@triorgamer1987]

Aipom Schnitzenwhitzle great idea

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Aipom Schnitzenwhitzle YESS

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Yes! He should put tiny cameras inside nests!

[@weirdtaco8810]

or he could put one on the actual ants 😂 that would be amazing

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[@lelevi3764]

Third Ant Queen: Ugh.... he found me again.... why does he find me every time?!

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It's going to be a hell of a lot harder to find her now.

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True

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i cant believe i have so many likes....

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LBoxhoorn - Gestopt He should name the third ant queen Waldo/Wally

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these ants have a better home than me...

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Savage...

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do this ants fight mites

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[@AntsCanada]

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[@LordMayorOfDairyBell]

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[@SailorJenova]

The shot of the lone ant next to the flower made me smile! : )

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[@29dejesusjoshuaemmanuelle57]

Noice

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its ok if someone wants to donate money. for me it cost alot. paying for online database. electric bill. Etc.

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[@AntsCanada]

+MAACotton thanks so much! I appreciate the support and encouragement! Ant love forever!

[@bradleyabel1130]

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[@tokojose8774]

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Like the Alates?

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[@tonguyen4958]

i've killed countless ants bc they like to crawl on me and sting me there was this one time when i woke up and felt itchy turns out A BUNCH OF FUCKING ANTS CRAWLED ON MY BED AND STUNG ME IN MY SLEEP WHEN I GOT UP I IMMEDIATELY GOT STUNG OVER AND OVER AND OVER so i had to take my shirt of WHICH IS FILLED WITH THOSE FUCKERS

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Thank you ants Canada! It's because of you that I turned from not caring to loving ants!!! I'm trying to convince my parents to help me build a ant colony, I have been watching your videos to learn more about ants and how to care for them. Thank you and continue making such great and educational videos for ant fans 🐜👍👍👍

[@kawaiinekogamer387]

I have an idea, worktogether with Coyote Peterson from Brave Wilderness, and build a Bullet Ant colony, then he can stick his hand inside it.

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Kawaii Neko Gamer When Coyote could just go search for a nest in the wilderness....

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[@CreeperUniverseTV]

They aren't native! You can't just do anything you want! Please use some common sense!

[@whiteyexotics]

The production values on your channel are fantastic, something to aspire to, it is like a TV show, one day I would like a Leaf cutter ant colony.

[@sedona81]

16:48 an ant fell out of the flower

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jackam chang x'D *R.I.P ANT*

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I saw that!!!!

[@HenningAndersen]

The way you narrate the story of these ants really gives them character and makes the videos much more interesting! Gratz on the new terrarium!

[@TheRealMajesticFilms]

@Antscanada Mite Life Cycle Stages Egg Instar nymph/larvae 6 legs Protonymph 8 legs Deutonymph/hypopus 8 legs Tritonymph 8 legs Then adult male or female. Takes about 10 or so days for mites to go through the life cycle and become adults.

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GWcs-Skillz is the gender decided in adult stage? and are they genderless before they are adults?

[@hjuvidgravelson5432]

Try crossbreeding some fire ants and yellow crazy ants to make some pyromaniac ants If it's posible

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Toad arrow lol

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10/10 Would raze again.

[@Thlormby]

Considering the current public relations after the two Fire Ants were assassinated and eaten, I don't see that happening. "When they find that body, all of Fire Nation will cry for war..."

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Toad arrow best idea of 2017

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:D Bad idea!

[@tangerinacat2409]

16:47 that ant was like "yo this view is so good...and check these leav- OOOOOOOOOOO SHIIIIIIIIIIIIII...

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Tangerina Cat LOL

[@StoutShako]

Tangerina Cat *WASTED*

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Tangerina Cat R.I.P little ant

[@heavyrain3397]

I never thought I'd be watching a video series about ants. The quality of the videos, the interesting ways that nature works, and your passion for what you do. It all drew me in and I can't stop watching.

[@equarg]

I wonder if the Fire Nation and the Dark Knights are going to get jealous!

[@equarg]

Well the Fire Nation was at least.......... Get a lid on that tote!

[@isaacstraughan8614]

equarg idk..mabye the dark knights will..the only interesting thing bout their ant farm is the range they have(2 floors)but the fire nation have an ant hill complex going on..so I think they're fine

[@Thlormby]

The Fire Nation is probably going to raid their nest.

[@GeeaRCee]

IDK. I think it was all fair for the three colonies. All of them just had their nests upgraded. Bigger one for the fire nation. Longer one for the dark knights. More natural one for the golden empire. They all had different needs and the upgrades were appropriate.

[@zacowen3260]

:O

[@gabrielsmania4458]

3 years later : *okay guys i buyed two planets for our ants*

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gabriel smania "buyed"

[@jakk8218]

gabriel smania "Yeras"

[@gabrielsmania4458]

SORRY I AM SPANISH :P

[@centipedesandcigarettes]

gabriel smania do you mean your Mexican?

[@gabrielsmania4458]

no i am from argentina :V

[@theldraspneumonoultramicro405]

what will you do when/if they outgrow your new habitat? regarding the other ants, maybe build a big acrylic glass haditat, drill a few holes to allow future expansions.

[@darcgibson5099]

yeah, I didn't understand why he did this, either. They'll just travel with them. They might suffer a little in that the other ones who aren't attached to the ants might be left behind, but it won't take long for them to start up again, surely? Needs to somehow disinfect them before moving them. I read somewhere that using another insect to kill the mites could be a good idea...

[@Phoenix-fk6kt]

Darc Gibson I'm not sure but I think the reason behind the large terrarium was that they can move to other places in the terrarium to rid themselves of the mites.

[@chilimanzargamingtheoriesa3219]

The plants, Bonzai trees, the bush, vines, driftwood. Most of them don't require soil or water so the mites can't feed on them. There is good nesting spots to defend the ants. The mites will grow into adult mites that help the ants because they are feeding on the bonzais.

[@TheDiamondInvader]

All I hope is that after a year or two when there is no more room for the ants he let some of them fight for the remaining space.

[@meghan143x]

I'm from the future and he turned his Golden Play button into an expansion for their habitat. He simply put a tube through the top of the aquarium.

[@advancetotabletop5328]

This is the most *entertaining* animal documentary I have *ever* seen. Okay, so I'm curious about mites as pests, but you've done a great job with this video. Part action, part drama, part education, and mostly saga! Glad to hear the deuter... er, riding stage isn't bad for the ants! (:

[@advancetotabletop5328]

ps. Also, I didn't know even ants had their own scavengers!

[@RobertCaradain]

I can't be the only person seeing the evil face in the main driftwood piece, its like Groot was very very upset.

[@AntsCanada]

+Robert Caradain Haha yeah I saw it too!

[@wolfpupx6054]

Its the guardian of the ants lol

[@an-akwardperson9219]

i would not be surprised if one day you have a ant Museum of your own one day

[@amusingkiwi9586]

This has aged well

[@NunyaMcBusiness]

Like fine wine.

[@williambarnes5023]

I'm not sure where I read this, so please forgive me if this information is inaccurate. I think you should add some small chunks of raw amber to the nest. Ants use amber for disinfectant. Drop some chunks in and see if they take them down to the brood chamber to rub on the larvae and pupae. Put a big piece and see if they rub on it. You can hide the amber somewhere in the enclosure if you think it's unsightly.

[@ryansfavoritesvandyke8005]

Also mites have very short life spans and lay only a handful of eggs in their lifetime(which is between one-several days). But that also means mites can evolve and reproduce very fast. Mites don't have eyes but navigate with their sense of smell. Which is lemon juice is inaffected after the first few days or weeks.

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I was watching Bravest Warriors. How did I end up here?!?!?! ....... *precedes to subscribe and binge watch*

[@AntsCanada]

+Celi Pop the ants chose you! Ant love forever!

[@roboninjasaur6729]

you know i just relised something... The Golden Empire with their forest terrerium are like elves The Fire Nation wit their digging medium are like dwarfs The Dark Knights are i guess the human eqivilant of this world and the feral ants are like a goblins! this is a cool little universe! makes me think of Lord Of The Rings!

[@AntsCanada]

+roboninja saur OMG YOU ARE RIGHT?!!!

[@hub.c22]

Well now he has a mite outworld basically. Well done AC, well done.

[@flyinfdonkey1563]

This seem like it was only a short while ago been watching every weekend for years

[@disneyboi5625]

Did this make anyone else itch?

[@kawaiinekogamer387]

Jack Edge yerp

[@AnomalousZoologist]

Will this fix the issue? I ANT say... It mite...

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Izices Two years later and still the best joke I’ve ever read

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TechnoVision bruh you must’ve heard some really shitty jokes

[@goodpuppy23]

I have a question and maybe a possible video idea. How do you manage all of your ant colonies? For me when I watch your videos each colony seems to have a different need and care that they require. How do you keep up with the cleaning, feeding, and maintenance of each one? Even back when you used to have your dragon and bird, so many lives to take care of and millions of mouths to feed. What is a "day-in-the-life" of taking care or your ants from getting the feeders (maintaining your feeder colonies, something I will also like to learn more about) to cleaning to everything in between like planning the new homes for your ants and treating them when something like mites appears or this "mysterious" fungus (very interested in knowing what that is). Generally, what is your schedule for your ants? Does this change when you travel? TL;DR: HOW DO YOU KEEP UP WITH IT ALL? Sorry for the long question I really love your channel!

[@indigozo12]

I'm new to the channel and seeing the start of the golden empires legacy was an amazing experience

[@henrikkygames1074]

I wanted you to make a Honeypot colony. Could you or are you prevented by law? I love the Honeypot ants. Another one I wanted to see is Atta Texana.

[@snowyaaron2592]

henrique Frutuoso cologne?

[@likky1]

henrique Frutuoso if their native he could but probably not and it's. colony not cologne that's a mans perfume/fragrance

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Thx, my google translater joke me. kkk Im from Brazil, sry my english XD

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+henrique Frutuoso try not to say kkk it's not a word that makes people happy

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Being ignorant towards other people's language doesn't make people happy either.

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Who else feels ants crawling all over them now.

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Who thinks ant Canada should up load Saturday and wensday like if you agree

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Its nice to know no matter what the subject or how vague there is a person somewhere who's an expert in it. Really a testament to the power of the internet's communication.

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Wtf am I watching. I really need to fall asleep.

[@8ballentertainment.885]

Cuz ants r boss

[@EnnTomi1]

same here wtf man

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The Federalist i should sleep

[@kyleritchie2369]

an update on the black nights would be awesome soon! how are they coping with the 2 story ant farm? any new updates coming?

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Im spanish and its really, REALLY funny hear you saying: "Hacienda del dorado" and btw, i think "Hacienda de el dorado" sounds better. Nice videos!

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Yes! And also He has to pronounce dorado like Doe ( deer) or Do from Do Re Mi.... DOErahdoe

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No one cares what you think Chinaman

[@Harry_110]

I have been whatching AntsCanada for so long you have rely enspired me to look after a colony of my own of yellow crazy ants thanks so much for these amazing educational videos #LongLiveTheGoldenEmpire 🐜🐜

[@hansb.jaeyni8230]

AntsCanada I saw your vido on weaver ants and the one on the Atta genus. I'm a plant nerd, so I was wondering if you have heard of “ant plants” or Myrmecophytes There are over 100 genera of plants that form mutualistic relationships with plants. The most interesting of these form either a caudex or a rhizome that ants inhabit. At least some of them actually form tunnels for the ants beforehand, kind of like the plant is growing it's own formicarium. Many species are also epiphytic, allowing ants that would normally live on the ground to have colonies far above the ground. Lecanopeteris, Hydnophytum and Myrmephytum live in your area. Lecanopeteris are “ant ferns”, and are not too hard to get and they can be grown in a house. Crematogasters and a few other genera will live in Lecanopeteris. There's also an ant species in Fiji that actually cultivates an ant plant, and they are totally dependant one one another, not unlike Attas and their fungus. Anyways, it would be really cool if you could do a video about them, because it's another really interesting form of symbiosis between ants and other species.

[@hansb.jaeyni8230]

Actually, one of the most intriguing things about ant ferns is that ants store their larva in them, so it serves a very similar function to your hybrid nest sections.

[@awfrick2118]

Chill boi

[@Mantulisme]

16:47 rest in peace little ant died by slipping off a leaf :(

[@njm92495]

8-Bit Inferno they can die from falling, depending on what they fall on and how they impact the thing they fall on

[@hithere5553]

Astroxy they weight too little to die. They just float down

[@starcraftian5144]

He did not slip off.. He was pushed! *CSI: Hacienda del dorado*

[@keevomora]

Try falling on my mixtape, its lit af

[@StoutShako]

Daniel F *she

[@SkywatcherAnomalous89]

Antscanda! I have a cool idea for you to try put a tasty treat for the ants in a new area! after the first and visits and leaves, remove the treat! when the other ants come they will think the other ant is a lier! keep that ant and repeat the the test and see if the other ants fall for the trick again!

[@marcute5906]

Mr Anomalous That ant might be killed or slapped by other ants

[@anythingcrazy9582]

Mr Anomalous that's aint your idea though

[@alexrr9264]

Great idea!

[@Saphyu]

Watching your channel grow and grow is amazing

[@eleemm2638]

Just take each ant out and remove the mites lmao

[@EnchantedCutieAJ]

Pfft good luck

[@LumosVeil]

Rc Carrier Are you stupid?

[@tonguyen4958]

Rc Carrier yeah take a single ant out and clean the mites and then 9999 more to go

[@g1e625]

Fr 😂 this dude dumb af just take out each ant 😂😂

[@elisanchez4647]

ThatXoneXguy I like to see you try to remove each mite one ant at a time and still reproduceing

[@adventurerben9006]

Will you disconnect the old nest and flood it to kill the mites?

[@DumbArse]

AdventurerBen The Pro If his theory stands the mites will stay at the previous grabaging site eating the garbage away laying a few larvas and then slowly die out, then when ants fill it up with gqrbage again this process will repeat

[@lofichloe8844]

thats a good idea

[@darraghcummins1938]

p

[@iamcringblahblahblah3697]

so now both the yellow crazy ants and fire ants have big areas and the black crazy ants have long. wow that's actually really cool. then again this is coming g from some one who is terrified of ants and is most likely going to be an over looked comment

[@turtletown8122]

You are not over looked. Also your spaghetti makes me hungry 😋 sorry random thought

[@SHINjuju]

Came for ants, stayed for your enthusiastic narration and attractive accent. Love it~ Keep up the good work!

[@opgamer1707]

You can take the pipe where the mites are and clear it with hot water

[@whywhy8276]

AC Question Of The Week: Name the two life stages between which the deutonymph stage occurs in the Astigmatid mites found living among our golden empire.

[@whywhy8276]

Im not even gonna answer this

[@whywhy8276]

*Trent Robi* 17 minutes ago deutonymph mites are between protonymph and tritonymph

[@whywhy8276]

*James Tisajokt* 38 minutes ago AC Answer of the Week: The deutonymph stage occurs between the protonymph and tritonymph stages.

[@whywhy8276]

*Robert Junior* 47 minutes ago (edited) The life stages around deutonymph are protonymph and tritonymph the life stages go as follows: Larva, protonymph, deutonymph, tritonymph, full adult. #longlivethegoldenempire

[@whywhy8276]

*Faisal Al Balushi* 3 hours ago (edited) larva protonymph tritonimph adult special stage is deutonymph

[@vvingblade]

That third queen gets a kick out of hide and seek.

[@kellyfay6370]

I miss videos like these Mikey!

[@Ihvnoname]

300 years later: Hey guys i bought the entire United States also with the milkyway.

[@anearce4807]

😂😂😂😂

[@kanladasorrell]

Megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért mhm

[@grossio5564]

@@Yam-fj4mh Do you know that when a queen dies then two replace it?

[@lengovanatalia]

@@Yam-fj4mh its a joke, but yeah they are dead.

[@lengovanatalia]

@@grossio5564 yes, but they did die.

[@liamsmart2101]

Sooo, these mites to the ants are like feral ants to humans?

[@Dripshadow1]

im so sorry for the golden empire... they were like: there are mites... let ous out... you were like : hm let's See if lemons will help... they : ARE YOU KIDDING LEMONS ??? LET OUS OUUUT XD

[@hiimapop7755]

Man,you're really taking a big step in your ant setups! What a great start to this year! Keep up the good work. (Sorry,Im not up to date yet...)

[@SerHuntsReviews]

You need to get better cameras bro. Hard to see from all the out of focus footage you provided. When looking at ants, a 4k camera would be nice, they are relatively cheap these days, check out amazon's 4k go pro like cameras.

[@SeeMyEvil]

no mouth or butt. how did thay grow in number than so fast don't need no mass to make babys!?

[@AntsCanada]

Only the deutonymph stage has no mouth or butt. :) The other life stages have them. The deutonymph stage is specially designed for hitching a ride.

[@SeeMyEvil]

so their was one mixed in with the one that was not at the form.oh ok than.

[@filledvoid]

How is having a mouth and butt related to reproducing? lol

[@WhenVayne]

Mexxron Fidds are you fucking serious lol

[@SeeMyEvil]

if it cant eat it cant gather mass to evin create a baby. the only thing that come close to that is dark matter. not all of them were in that form so I understand know. but if thay all were at that stage than I be woundering how thay stay alive that it. :3 cant make something out of nothing

[@danijeltenji5229]

The Fire Nation got a better houseworming gift

[@atypicalNerd]

pun intended? houseWORMing?

[@keevomora]

HouseCHICKENing?

[@MaaRy10ii]

Natural and lifelike enclosures are the key to keeping animals at home. First priority is not the people having "a nice view" on the animals. First priority is to provide a place, in which the animals can feel at ease and live as if they would be in the wild. Great job. i'm glad you gave the ants this new tank. It looks awesome and they love it!

[@just.r1ce]

has the trap jaw queen lay any eggs?

[@skyjuan9827]

Brent Yun The colony died from some mites :/

[@drewblaz740]

Please post two videos a week😀

[@Coolkyleko]

LONG LIVE THE GOLEN EMPIRE!

[@FullmetalAngyl]

Wow, this video was 7 years ago.... I've been watching since long before Ants Canada left Canada.

[@abro1646]

nice video

[@max_000_]

Veyron dude the vid is 2 min onlinr the video is 20min how the fuck do you know if its a nice video

[@abro1646]

he makes only nice videos !!!

[@max_000_]

Veyron true

[@max_000_]

Hatt TheCat ?

[@potatojake197]

+veyron exactly

[@cathyyang978]

Another fantastic video again m8 :D

[@DerpyPannycake]

#50 in german trends No wonder these videos are the best :D Also how much money do u spend each week/month for the ants

[@CommissarMitch]

Third Queen be like "Why can't I be left alone for FIVE MINUTES?!?"

[@TheClongonaKiller]

Yo antscanada i found a black ant queen in my pool what should i do with it i dont rly want feral ants near my other ants

[@cj-3810]

TheClongonaKiller 2016 Let it go

[@tAbsinthe]

LET IT GOO!LET IT GO.. CANT HOILD IT BACK ANYMORE Ok,I'll go kill myself now

[@averyspicychannel4077]

Jeffthebird TURN AWAY AND SLAM DA DOOR

[@isaacstraughan8614]

I DON'T CARE.WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY!!

[@cj-3810]

ISAAC STRAUGHAN I regret everything

[@KeshAndrew]

Playing God with ants

[@dothemario44]

👀 👃 👅

[@nunyabidnissingle4866]

Kesh Andrew 👒 👀👂 👄 👗👜 👢

[@bigbandzalways9591]

🖕🏽

[@swahi2702]

Why?

[@galaxyhood4198]

😦

[@hieuphungminh6690]

connect the fire nation and the golden empire colonies together,i am sure the fire ants will help out these golden ants with their mites problem ;)

[@sansthesanster9072]

Dejarino Zhino They will fight To dead,And Mites will Insect Fire Nation,Winner will be Fire Nation cuz Mites will Itch Golden Empire

[@hieuphungminh6690]

Mark //Progamer0914 i mean it would be more fair if 50 fire ants vs 50 golden ants not just 1 or 2 vs an entire freaking nation :P

[@isaacstraughan8614]

well I don't know about that..but what if 2 of his colonies get to large and he isn't able to release them because of law restrictions so he needs to mix 2 of them to lower the numbers..I guess that will be a more natural way to get rid of them when they grow to large

[@dave6532]

Face palm

[@imblizzbac8453]

You dont know anything about ant keeping, Fuck off will you

[@shrimpyshrimp2243]

I love how much you care about your ants, as someone who loves bugs, I hate seeing people kill bugs, it makes me happy to know that someone loves ants as much as me!

[@MegalodonIsMid]

I'm not sure of these but it mite be a good idea

[@jace303]

Simply Anime your puns are dino"mite"

[@pantasticalcat]

You 'mite' be on to something...

[@paytonrex9634]

Simply Anime you mite be right

[@pantasticalcat]

Payton Rex mite me

[@paytonrex9634]

Yes u mite

[@BONERCRUSHER]

Is it weird I want to crush all of the mites in those little piles? Bc I really feel the need to.

[@frankiejohnson6799]

Old Yeller No Me Too I Want To Crush Them

[@carterf8785]

Old Yeller no, i felt the same

[@Adam-yo3bt]

Old Yeller kill em with fire

[@loctq2485]

The “mitety” hacienda del dorado

[@CammyWammy0313]

Man this is the first video of yours I've seen and I'm HOOKED! Super informative and entertaining! Fantastic job

[@jabroner111]

I went bake into footage and the mites where there before you moved the ants in

[@ThatGuy-cr1ly]

Are you ever going to place these ants in the wild?

[@calbanar]

They are his pets... Except if they become a colony too big to be taken care of, I doubt he'd "release" them into the wild. Plus, I doubt it's legal.

[@ariweaver1543]

Crispy Krill Actually, I believe it would be legal, since he only keeps ants that are native to his geographical region. I don't know if he would, and I am definitely not an expert on ant laws, but the impression I got was that ant colonies can be safely returned to the wild at any time, provided that thet are a native species in that region.

[@calbanar]

Perhaps, but apparently it depends on the country, since some prohibit the release of pet ants, even native species. That said, I have no idea how they deal with this subject in AC's country :/

[@ariweaver1543]

Crispy Krill Ah, I suppose it's really no surprise that something relating to laws is complicated and country- dependant. :)

[@calbanar]

Haha, you bet!

[@javiermon5412]

you could name the mites

[@aomafura3374]

I vote for this~~ The Golden Slaves.... Erm... the Golden Janitors!!

[@javiermon5412]

or the golden hounds

[@zedthefatone2864]

javier Mon the gold members

[@jakk8218]

The Goldern gits

[@herodium6875]

Golden little brats

[@emilielestrange42]

I don't even like ants but he's so excited and passionate about them, it makes it more interesting

[@blueknightthewhite9689]

OMG I found a blank queen ant in my shower

[@kaidoddk]

you can't find queen in your house -_-

[@penguins2333]

Julian Nelson it can get trapped

[@schlachtfilms7179]

ukui eksdee its totally possible Ants have already nested in my house

[@louisirvinelim]

why not give some lemons on the new terrarium?

[@cluhrinse]

louisil13 why use the old way to remove the mites when you could use the new and effective ways?

[@scottbridgeforth507]

Long Live the Golden Empire

[@radardog1]

You did a great job with this video, super informative and your passion for this is contagious. Thanks for sharing.