ALL MY ANT COLONIES | End 2021 - Ant Holleufer

[@antsandpets]

I love your messor barbarus colony

[@AntHolleufer]

Haha yeah they are amazing 🤩

[@denkitney8865]

Well, what can I say Alex, you have got some great set ups, you must be doing something right! As with every hobby you will get setbacks. That said, don't be beating yourself up over any set back, if you take 10 steps forward and 8 back, you are still making progress. Great to see all your set ups, keep up the great work on your vidios.

[@AntHolleufer]

Thank you for the kind words ❤️❤️ must say I can’t wait for hibernation to get a bit of rest with maintenance. That being said I’m not seeing my videos stop any time soon ❤️ thanks for the support 🙌🏻

[@denkitney8865]

@@AntHolleufer your welcome 😉

[@c1ck3n20]

11:35 an ant falls from the nest ceiling

[@AntHolleufer]

😪

[@antsandpets]

I think the camponotus herculeanus will be fine, I think the others are probably right about the summer brake then hibernation

[@AntHolleufer]

Yeah that’s what I hope 🤔

[@antsofnorway7437]

I really like this kind of videos, where we can see all the beautiful colonies, and your nice setups! Keep it up😁

[@AntHolleufer]

Thank you 😄 really happy with the video although the video type can’t be made to often so why not try to make it a bit special when I make it 😄😄

[@belogic5347]

Im exited for this video

[@AntHolleufer]

😄🙌🏻

[@Shadow-qj4no]

Great lot of ant colonies.

[@AntHolleufer]

Haha yeah 😆😄

[@EstheticAnts]

Very nice shots, you have SO many colonies lol, great to see them all.

[@AntHolleufer]

Ha yeah I wanted to use a bit more time in getting some more fun shots. Can’t wait to see all of your ante 👀👀

[@antsandpets]

sorry for being late watching the video, I've been very busy

[@AntHolleufer]

It’s okay that how it is sometimes ☺️

[@KingsAquariumsAndAntWorld]

Keep up the good work! Love seeing all your colonies! 😁

[@AntHolleufer]

Thank you 🙏🏻😄

[@c1ck3n20]

I think the campanotous nicobarensis (sorry for spelling) has 25 individuals

[@AntHolleufer]

Try I see me newest video and look at the nicos today 😳

[@airsoftworld08]

That queen you don’t know it is a lasius bummbratus

[@airsoftworld08]

I think

[@AntHolleufer]

It looks like it’s just flavus 😕 the yellow workers have now enclosed

[@Fabey93]

So funny, that your colony went exactly like my colony of Novomessor 😀

[@AntHolleufer]

They also had a bad time or?🤔👀

[@Fabey93]

@@AntHolleufer Got them on 17th September 2020 (my 27th Birthday^^) and they were 4 workers with 2 pupae. Then they were 6, but 2 workers died within a week. Then one or two larvae grew to workers, but some workers died one after another. So at least around New Year's eve they were just one worker and the queen. And I literally changed nothing but a small heating underneath their outworld. But somehow they felt well with it. Now they're around 250 to 350 workers xD

[@Fabey93]

I think, they could have been pushed by the shop

[@stansants5816]

first time watching a video with the little icon by my name 😜

[@AntHolleufer]

🤩😆🤩

[@wackyantman5893]

Since you’ve got Myrmica Rubra you should get Myrmica ruginodis much more docile and mine never stop eating 😂

[@AntHolleufer]

Hmm maybe 👀🤔😄

[@jeromedavis4527]

Lasius neoniger could be

[@AntHolleufer]

It was just a regular flavus 😞 so nothing special

[@antsjunior6715]

I’ve been waiting for this !!

[@AntHolleufer]

🤩🙌🏻😄

[@cursedofxd4054]

And me

[@ItsK1to]

Can't wait!!!😃

[@AntHolleufer]

😄😄🙌🏻

[@alfredwagtberg2905]

fancy start

[@AntHolleufer]

😆😄

[@venomradar]

Really want to see this!!!, cant wait to see 3A

[@AntHolleufer]

😄🤩 heads up. They are now just called Lasius Niger 2020

[@venomradar]

@@AntHolleufer Ok thanks for letting me know😅😆😆😆😆😁

[@Fabey93]

@@AntHolleufer they are so boring, but at home I keep them as possible host for parasitic Lasius ;-)

[@TheUrbanAntKeeper]

I have those exact shelves lol

[@AntHolleufer]

😆

[@FizzleFX]

Are you a murderer?? CHECK YOUR FOOD SOURCES.... Check everything twice or replace it by chance!

[@brycehodge2891]

Oooo this is amazing

[@AntHolleufer]

🤩🙌🏻😄

[@HuffleflufferOfficial]

🤯🤯🤯

[@AntHolleufer]

🐜🐜🐜

[@sujalmaharjan911]

Also i want to ask for some advice to hibernate my polyrhacis sp the tempreature will get up to -5 C shpuld i hibernate them??

[@AntHolleufer]

Well ants die when it’s under 0 so I will always recommend keeping them at 5-10 in winter unless they are tropical

[@sujalmaharjan911]

@@AntHolleufer are polyrhacis tropical??

[@TermitesInternational2006]

Wow nice 🙂

[@AntHolleufer]

😄🙌🏻😄

[@PoffHistory]

Ey Ant Holleufer i have an question! Im going to buy a big Messor Barbarus colony (60-70 workers) and im curious what type of liquid feeder should i use? The one you use with a cotton ball for the entrance or one where the ants crawl into somesort of hole and drink it (the one im looking for has an testube and is from antheap). Which one is the best?

[@AntHolleufer]

If you have room in the outworld for a test tube it’s always the better option in my opinion ☺️

[@PoffHistory]

@@AntHolleufer Okay! Good to know! But you also mean a liquid feeder attached to a testtube? Because the liquid feeder has the testtube as the bassin where you put in the stuff in. Otherwise I’m probably gonna use a normal testtube as water resource

[@AntHolleufer]

Well like I said before it’s always an easier option to just give them a test tube as a water source

[@PoffHistory]

@@AntHolleufer Well good to know then! I shall use an testtube as waterresource and a liquid feeder for honey water or sugar water, thx for the advice 😊

[@AntHolleufer]

No problem 😄

[@wackyantman5893]

What temperature do u keep ur messor barbarus at?

[@AntHolleufer]

Summer time I hear 3 of the 5 nest to 30 degrees and the two other nest are at 22 winter I will turn of the heat and I will try to get the temperature a bit down

[@jesseklinkenberg9072]

Ok

[@RandomCelebClips]

um no that's not true at all. the pheidole workers pick out of all of them queens that were in that test tube, they picked that 1 pheidole queen cause she dominated out of all the queens in that test tube, they not going to kill her at all they chose her for a reason ants is very intelligent so trust behavior and how the operate! I have been caring for ants for years now.

[@AntHolleufer]

Well I hope you are right but only time will tell 🤔

[@RandomCelebClips]

@@AntHolleufer I am right I have experience with pheidoles but yes u will see

[@AntHolleufer]

🤔😄

[@jesseklinkenberg9072]

Lol

[@AntHolleufer]

Keep

[@Raven-zr3nd]

Oi

[@jesseklinkenberg9072]

Lk

[@jesseklinkenberg9072]

Ok