I Put 10,000 Carpenter Ants In A Wooden Nest - Here Is What Happened...

[@pizzy]

I think its safe to say that you now belong in the category of the best ant youtubers out there due to the amazing cinematography improvements. Awesome video as always 👍

[@AntHolleufer]

Wow, thank you for the kind words man!!!! ❤️😄

[@AntsCzech]

True dat

[@fascinatingants7503]

"Warning this may get...disgusting". Haha. The clips of them feeding on sugar were amazing! Loved the video!

[@AntHolleufer]

Glad you enjoyed!😄😄

[@CamponicoAnts]

The amount of time involved for editing! Impressive once again! Looking very solid

[@antsjunior6715]

Bro , this video was great ! Thanks 🙏

[@annmarie8414]

Omg I really wanted to know how they escaped...gonna have to wait until next video

[@aritra792]

Came here after seeing your Instagram and these videos are great. Love the videos

[@TankieBoi]

BRO I NEED TO GET ONE OF THESE FOR MY CAMPONOTUS NOVAEBORACENSIS SOME DAY

[@Kgopas]

Loving the wooden nest from South Africa🇿🇦... Would be a nice display on my living room wall.👍🏽

[@AntHolleufer]

That would be very cool!!

[@Ninuturu]

nicobarensis are actually more sugar ants than that they are carpenter ants :D Tho both Carpenter ant, sugar ant, and giant ant are the common names for "Camponotus" niconbarensis can actually be translated multiple ways, "of Nicobar" "Nicobar's sword" "nico bar sword", pretty interesting if you ask me Loved the video once again, keep up the good work!

[@AntHolleufer]

Haha always coming and fixing my wrong saying 😆

[@AntsCzech]

My words, also they seem to have been first found on Nicobar Island

[@kidgrebo1]

If they're going to share the sugar anyways, why do they trample themselves to get it?

[@AntsSingapore]

Wow, they are getting massive!

[@zaynedurrant7984]

Pure gold Holleufer this video was fantastic all around

[@emilyk5718]

Cool video and very generous of foranto to send that huge expensive nest. I just wish you showed how it got from the empty new wood nest to a completely populated nest, interested in seeing the moving process

[@m.andants3468]

Again a very impressing professional looking video! Great work

[@AntHolleufer]

Thank you very much!❤️

[@randomworld891]

This is really good editing! Keep it up

[@theelijahperspective1610]

your Camra shots make it feel like I'm an ant in the nest!

[@Chance_077]

This is my favourite carpenter ant video

[@mannekakker123]

Does anyone know when a Lasius Niger colony produces alates?

[@kychu1445]

Is this size of nest capable of fully holding the maximum colony size of camponotus novaeboracensis? I also see that not that whole nest is occupied? How small could i go?

[@MotivationVidesO]

Super dynamic and exciting video, this is a new level :)

[@AntHolleufer]

Thank you! Tried a bit of a new style yet again but I’m glad you like it!!

[@TheAntChannel.]

Nice colony you got there 🐜👍

[@annmarie8414]

Giggles...Queen Anne , Same name as me adorable

[@SouthAfricanantguy2653]

Please do a lasius flaves i dont know how to spell it sorry but can you do an update on them please

[@nieksel]

Wow, great video! Very engaging. You can really see the effort you put in it.

[@AntHolleufer]

Thank you for the kind words man!! Yeah I really tried to do a bit extra this time!!!❤️😄

[@nieksel]

@@AntHolleufer You're welcome. A well deserved compliment! You can really see the extra effort. P.s. I'm one of those rare female antkeepers ;)

[@francislemire5850]

Awesome video and editing, well done :) If it's not a secret can i ask for your sugar water recipe? I have been keeping Campo Penn and Nova for the past 5 years and i am always looking for new recipes :) Thank you in advance.

[@antbay3498]

so suspenseful! so epic! so awesome! love it! xD

[@HabeoFormicae]

WHAT. I joined at around 5k subs and in 6 months you have more than doubled, you are exploding. Amazing videos, it looks like the quality of your videos has also doubled. I also can't belive that suddenly, out of the blue, you have got a Myrmecia and some trapjaws. The trapjaw colony is huge. Amazing work, someday you will be like lights camera ants or even ants Canada, as long as you don't quit.

[@AntsCzech]

It will be sad if Holleufer ends up like LCA or AC

[@HabeoFormicae]

@@AntsCzech ik but it would be cool for his cannel to be their size, not like their channels, that was what I was trying to say.

[@AntHolleufer]

Ahh thank for subscribing for so long! I’m currently more motivated then ever trying to make every video more unique! It is hard and the main videos can’t come as often but the shorts make up for the time in between! Thanks for following!❤️

[@HabeoFormicae]

@@AntHolleufer Well your videos ceirtanly are more unique! And the waiting times just makes them more special.

[@THEWILDMARTIN]

Although we are not keeping the same species, mine did end up chewing their nest from inside out. If I recall, it took them like 1 year or so to do it. But I am interested to know how or what urs will do 😁 cheers

[@AntsCzech]

The GOAT himself replied 😂

[@AntHolleufer]

Oh my don’t say that 💀😅 will be interesting to follow for sure! I don’t think they will be that escape interested before the nest is completely full but I guess we will see 💀😅

[@Viesta_YT]

what camera do you use?

[@osiskars]

Do they need the red cover sheet or are these ants ok with being exposed to daylight (and other light) like this all the time ? Or have you removed protection just for the video ?

[@cindyzhou6397]

How do you not have millions of subs

[@GraysonXD]

Underrated

[@AntsCzech]

Very cool that you can keep nicos in a wooden nest. How much water do they drink and disperse inside the nest? How about the heating? Did you put a heat cable behind the nest or is your room set to a temperature? (They do well even in 22-24 °C) Also, did you measure the majors yet? If not, try to measure the big ones, I'm interested in the length they can grow up to. Then I'll update my Species Profile for them 👍

[@AntHolleufer]

They have two anty matters liquid feeders in the outworld. The room is 24 degrees but I’ve also put a heat cable going back and forward on the pack side of the nest for extra heat 😄

[@AntHolleufer]

And no I have not measured the majors yet 😅😆

[@AntsCzech]

@@AntHolleufer how often do you need to refill them?

[@belogic5347]

Good video! 👍

[@AntHolleufer]

Thanks! 👍

[@AntsCali]

Nice video

[@AntHolleufer]

Thank you!!

[@electrician_25]

Epic video 🎉

[@mayprince1101]

Thank you

[@AntHolleufer]

You're welcome!

[@frostygardens]

Bout damn time, we need more videos.

[@AntHolleufer]

Sorry 😆😭 goal is once every 3 weeks but this one went long 😅

[@frostygardens]

@Ant Holleufer Thanks for your work. I never even knew this was something I'm interested in but super cool. Could you bumb that up to every 2 weeks 😆

[@annmarie8414]

Demanding little ants lol

[@RonnieHerriot]

I am thinking about getting another ant colony what ants do u recommend and btw I loved the video

[@rosyvision]

They are so cute!

[@smallcalfsyndrome06]

isnt the nest abit too big for the ants??

[@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique]

A shame what happened. That nest was huge. But there was no way to get water and food. They all starved and died 🤷

[@amberant]

Hi i am from India i live ur videos but i have problem there are no Indian dealers of ant formicarium

[@AntHolleufer]

Oh well I know most European stores ship worldwide but yeah that is quite annoying!😕

[@Custom_Tripods98]

Sound light form garden of banban 2 0:59

[@thecreeperking.]

Are carpenter ants hard to keep because I'm trying to keep ants Please see this

[@AntHolleufer]

Most carpenter ants are considered beginner friendly so they are definitely good to start with! Their species name is camponotus (the one in this video camponotus nicobarensis)

[@thecreeperking.]

​ok ty so much

[@arnauguillaumes8287]

Good job, but there are defenetlly no 10.000 ants, im not even shure there are 1000

[@AntHolleufer]

If you count then I fix the title!

[@arnauguillaumes8287]

@@AntHolleufer Assuming 1 ant per cm^2 (which is a realistic number considering they are campouts and there isn't a very high density of chambers in the nest), and I think you have like 1 or 2 dm^2 of nest in use, there are definitely no more than 2,000 ants in the nest. I would say between 1000 and 1500 workers is a fairly realistic approximation

[@arnauguillaumes8287]

@@AntHolleufer Apart from that, awesome video! I hope you will reach 10.000 in a short time

[@connorrobson9431]

Jesus christ that best with the 10 percent discount is 483 pounds im sorry but my parents will defo say no to a nest like that

[@Manue449]

Danm there big

[@formica2210]

Hey where are you?

[@AntHolleufer]

I’m in Denmark where are you?

[@formica2210]

I am from Türkiye

[@formica2210]

@@AntHolleufer you have camponotus sanctus, camponotus nylanderi orr messor cephalotes?

[@HabeoFormicae]

@@formica2210 i dont think he has them, he features most of his new species on his extra channel or in yt shorts

[@annmarie8414]

Omg poor little ants died

[@Custom_Tripods98]

I'm don't have ant :(

[@nebcornhusker2448]

❤

[@thormartinez9955]

Du er dansk, er du ikke det? 😊

[@AntHolleufer]

Jo☺️

[@zandertrustrupsvenson3120]

Hej

[@AntHolleufer]

Heyo!

[@Custom_Tripods98]

:O

[@itsbubba]

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