BREEDING ANTS!

Is It Possible To Breed Ants? I've Wondered If It's Even Possible. In This Week's Episode, We Experiment To See If It Is Possible Or Just A Fantasy!
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[@cavalierhunter5605]

Pretty cool how you managed to create captivity breeding with your own colonies, never seen it before

[@TheAntKeeper]

Thanks! I'm pretty impressed with myself too! I'm so pleased with how it worked out

[@australianpolyrhachis]

Well done on breeding them! Its normally very hard to breed them in captivity. Keep up the good work!

[@TheAntKeeper]

Thanks so much! Maybe a bit of luck was at play here! Can't wait to share an update!

[@A-Gutierreeezz]

That's so cool! I'm new to ant keeping ( only a year of ant keeping) and I have never seen anything like that before! Well done!

[@TheAntKeeper]

Thanks so much!

[@dipping9432]

That queen that laid eggs was normal, I had many times where a queen laid eggs while I were transporting her or something.

[@TheAntKeeper]

Wow interesting!

[@jimmytennANTextra]

I've been looking for these species for months they are truely fascinating aren't they. If I catch a queen it's cuz of you.

[@TheAntKeeper]

That would be amazing! Thanks xtenxtyshorts!

[@justarandomdude339]

some colony's will produce one type of alate to prevent inbereding queens with wings still can give you a colony

[@TheAntKeeper]

That makes sense. Thank you for explaining for us!

[@spqr-wu2rd]

Love your channel and videos, I'm a new ant keeper and love everyone in the community 😁. Great eccentric people like myself

[@ThisGuy327]

It is always an amazing day when you upload I love your videos so much. You are my forever ant KZbinr. AN UR FROM AUSTRALIA :)

[@TheAntKeeper]

You're the best!

[@Ant392]

Always a good day when you upload

[@Requi3m_]

I tried it and turned out both were male 💀💀💀💀

[@TheAntKeeper]

Ahaha! Nooo

[@TheSevenboy127]

Females are alot bigger brother !

[@richardarmin3758]

Ayoooo😂

[@EliteEpicGaming376]

LOL

[@Iclipdoesstuff]

😂

[@Mikeal_Totten]

At 3:03 You asked why only plates on one colony and only drones on the other. I don't know for sure but I think its because Alates and drones don't get their own food. And that means they don't do much for the colony so they produce less so they take up less food and the other colony with the drones can mate with the colony with drones. Ty for reading this :D

[@TheAntKeeper]

Yeah could be! Thanks Mikeal Totten!!

[@MistaGSpecialEducation]

@@TheAntKeeperactually its an evolutionary tactic where one colony would ONLY produce one type of alate. Its to discourage inbreeding, as inbreeding is catastrophic. Hope this helps!

[@FullmetalAngyl]

This is a wonderful experiment. I think there's a fertile queen for every drone if not more since I don't know if drones mate more than once. Next time you do this try a separate group of more queens than drones. Maybe 1 drone and 6 "princesses". Possibly even setting up a time-lapse to try catch a male mating with multiple females. As far as surviving goes, a lot of queens get eaten and this takes survival of the fittest out of the equation so who knows where this could lead. It would be interesting if in the far future we have domesticated ants that can only survive with human aid and present no invasion risk. It's a very young hobby so who knows what's on the horizon.

[@TheAntKeeper]

Interesting concept. You're right, there is so much more to discover in this hobby. Personally I find that so exciting!

[@FullmetalAngyl]

@@TheAntKeeper Odd thought, what about placing a bunch of little hides? Could be clear with the red film so it'll feel dark to them but you'll be able to see them. Then as the ants mate off the queens can go hide in their own little crevice out of the bright lights. To reduce stress. Also stress might have caused her to pop out those eggs a little early so I'm not surprised that she had eggs under less than ideal conditions. It's like humans. I would possibly be trying to find a way to reduce the stress of the situation since stress might also be affecting their attempts to mate.

[@thea-train851]

Calmly filming a queen carrying a batch of eggs while males casually die in agony lol

[@TheAntKeeper]

Odd isn't it

[@EliteExoticsBp]

I’m new to ant keeping , found an ant with wings 2 weeks ago, she hasn’t lost her wings & today i excited to hunt for another,about 20 feet from where I caught the first one I rolled a big log and found a single ant on a small clutch of eggs., I caught her and put her in a glass tube , just got to wait and hope for the best 🤞

[@TheAntKeeper]

Oh that's awesome! Good Luck!

[@sjoervanderploeg4340]

I caught eight queens this week and two of them had a clutch of eggs within 24 hours!

[@antsofsydney]

I reckon that queen with eggs is gonna be a really productive one. Good luck with them!

[@TheAntKeeper]

I love those types of queens! She is doing well!

[@vera6393]

I have been trying to do this, so I'm very excited to see what happens!

[@TheAntKeeper]

Oooh What species? I'd love to know how you go!

[@TheSevenboy127]

How did it turn out 4 you did it work?

[@HoraceZeng]

Very cool but did it actually work? Did the new queens produce workers? (by now you should see worker pupae at least I think)

[@TheAntKeeper]

Yes, a few have colonies now. Update coming soon!

[@JumpcutJams40]

I can't belive you actually bred them amaizing

[@richboihawj]

this is cool, could you cross breed ants? Or, could you have a different colony raise another species of ants by transplanting eggs/larva?

[@jaydonschaumuller2285]

Man, cant wait untill the next video update! Do you could make a business by selling the queen ants you breed?

[@TheAntKeeper]

I could, although I prefer to give them away or let them go :)

[@jonathanthompson4734]

You may have realised this but if you got the two original colonies close together, then there is an increased chance of inbreeding between the drones and queens shown, which may or may not hamper fertility when they attempt to found a colony.

[@TheAntKeeper]

Defiantly. These 2 colonies are from different states in Australia. So they're distance cousins :)

[@squisher_of_noggins]

​@@TheAntKeepersweeeet hooome alabama

[@Novathelioness3]

Oh lol I thought you were ants Canada then I heard your voice and got confused😅 but that is really interesting 🤔

[@TheAntKeeper]

Haha! I'm glad you stopped by Nova the lioness, see you next time!

[@Novathelioness3]

@@TheAntKeeper hey,sorry but I just found a queen ant and I think she's fertile,idk if I should let her go or start a colony with her,thoughts?

[@dukeofkeredon3109]

Yeah it is possible for queen ants to Lay eggs while in a crowded space.

[@TheSevenboy127]

No update sounds kinda suspicious 🤔 i dont think anything actually came from this!

[@TheAntKeeper]

Either that or I just haven't uploaded much lately

[@shauryagupta9934]

The females are often called Princesses of that colony.

[@TheAntKeeper]

That makes sense!

[@RazorBoy22402]

One of the best videos I've seen. Why do you feed the queens? I thought they do not need food until the nanitic ants arrive .... thanks

[@TheAntKeeper]

Hey glad to hear! And great Questions B G, Semi-Clustral queens need food straight away. Whereas claustral queens do not.

[@Evokedbeast]

I like how you paused when saying females😂

[@simplyants8727]

It isnt too hard to breed ants. Tho if you do this too many times they will become genetically related and wont mate anymore

[@TheAntKeeper]

your right, the concept is super straight forward. This will be the one and only time these 2 colonies breed together.

[@thea-train851]

Your videos are very interesting and you have a soothing voice love your vids 👍

[@TheAntKeeper]

Thank you very much!

[@joylperinchery2460]

i have always thought of that too

[@matiascardona6533]

The queen that was holding that white stuff laid her first batch of eggs in those two days

[@TheAntKeeper]

Crazy right! Check out part 2! She has done really well since then!

[@matiascardona6533]

@@TheAntKeeper I saw part 2 and it was amazing

[@rouxcool1227]

Very interesting

[@rouxcool1227]

passionating is that an actual word?

[@TheAntKeeper]

It is now!

[@jinyooljoo5532]

ak colony, ac family i love them both

[@stijncroon9287]

very curious to see the results

[@TheAntKeeper]

I'll make a update sooner then!

[@AntsCzech]

Just a small correction: Fertile is an ant (or an organism) that is capable of reproduction (ie laying eggs). Which usually queens and workers are capable of. Some of them might be infertile, their reproductive organs don't work and they die soon (in case of queens and males probably as well). What you are actually talking about is if the queens are fertilised or unfertilised by the males = if they mated and have sperm in their spermathecae (sperm sack) or not

[@TheAntKeeper]

Thank you for the correction. Your exactly right!

[@scpenjoyer6391]

Did the queens lay eggs? I haven’t found an update on these ants so I was wondering.

[@TheAntKeeper]

Great Question, I'll make a update on these soon!

[@seangere9698]

Hours and hours for a single queen!?!? Outside my work, there are thousands of delates each day for the last two weeks. Nothing special, really, just pavement ants. We just had a flight of what i believe are Ancorn ants all around my neighborhood. I must have saved a few hundred from my kids' pool. I have set out a few hundred shelled and cleaned out wallnuts and glued back together to try to get some new colonies going. But it will be a couple of months before i check them to see if any became homes for new colonies.

[@witherpig3970]

I saw an alate queen taking off its wings it my garden today

[@alansants4262]

Awesome video! 1:21 Females are called Females 😆👍

[@TheAntKeeper]

Glad you got the joke! I think my sense of humour is too dry!!

[@flovd77]

Many smaller colonies devote a year to create only one type of alate.

[@bcjflorr]

I'm not sure what I should put my new carpenter ant queen in she has medium sized larvae and has a good chance to get to a normal colony so I'm thinking what king of small nest is good for just a like 10 worker colony

[@rachain9705]

Hurrray, 😁that's so cool That's nice

[@TheAntKeeper]

Thanks! 😃

[@Ant392]

How many queens does the bigger golden ant colony have. I heard they can have many queens? Also I love these ants to. I just caught a queen of this 2 weeks ago :D

[@TheAntKeeper]

Great Question, I've only seen these Polyrachis sp colonies having 1 fertile queen and often many reproductive alates. That being said, I saw a wild colony of a different species (same genus) with 8 queens.

[@Ant392]

@@TheAntKeeper cool

[@Kio_vidz]

if u can breed ants in captivity, my dream came real now i have to realise it.

[@caelan13win48]

Amazing I've Never Seen It in Captivity and There Probably Fertile Many Queens Don't Drop Their Wings Even If Mated 🐜

[@EvilPeppermintHelix]

"You're a Wizard Harry!"

[@antsandrandom6795]

cool great vid😄😁

[@thea-train851]

I NEED one now 😭😭😱

[@Toxin1xx]

where do you get those mini containers for the outworlds from?

[@TheAntKeeper]

Great question! Local supermarket, they're sauce containers. They can crack easy when making the hole, so buy extras!

[@Toxin1xx]

@@TheAntKeeper how do you make the holes I try to use a hot glue gun, but it takes a long time

[@Tri-Ant]

I'll be asking me if that also works by Lasius, Serviformica and Temnothorax?

[@TheAntKeeper]

I think it would work for most ants out there.

[@Valhalla1987]

Could it be pheromones that caused the all queen/ all done production? They all know when to fly, so why not know what to produce. Would ensure survival of the species, or well, give the best odds at least.

[@TheAntKeeper]

I think you're probably right, there would have to be some level of instinct that automatically guides the section process. It all sounds pretty mysterious when I ponder over it!

[@anonymusanonymus3343]

coooool

[@TheAntKeeper]

Cool cool cool

[@chrisrusso4512]

And the drones can feed other colonies

[@AntsMichigan]

We're any of them fertile? And did any form colonies? I would love to know!

[@TheAntKeeper]

Update video coming soon!

[@AntsMichigan]

@@TheAntKeeper Got it!

[@MRFOX291]

I love ants I know so much about ants its never dyeing love I have

[@TheAntKeeper]

Me too!

[@Stripez517]

What was that light you had that attracted all the ants and other insects

[@HaganAnderson]

black lights

[@Michi_Famoso]

Hi, do you know what other species of ants can be breed this way? I was told only ants that mated on the ground could be mated this way, but can you give me more information about it?

[@TheAntKeeper]

I would think most ants would breed this way. In Australia, virtually all ants mate with this method.

[@Michi_Famoso]

@@TheAntKeeper Thanks for the info

[@southernants]

Yessss!

[@TheAntKeeper]

Heck Yeah!

[@VrpersonL862]

Cool

[@patrickandrews4503]

its like youre a australian ants canada also good info

[@TheAntKeeper]

Oh thank you so much!

[@therm_isthebest]

Also what kind of ants are those???

[@TheAntKeeper]

hey! They're Polyrhachis aurea

[@roseutchay2711]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@Macncheese919]

these ants look beautiful! what type are they?

[@TheAntKeeper]

Hey! They're a Polyrachis aurea

[@Antron_Edition]

Infinite queen glitch

[@hughjanis3787]

Hey antkeeper, I'd love to see a multi queen colony with like 5-10 queens in it, and they're from the same colony and fertile of course 😄. But that's a lot of queens, surely a give away 😁. But yeah give the Queen thing a go, I've got a 8 queen meat ant colony, 2 months in and they have over 200 workers for sure😅, anyways congrats, love your work, see you in the next one👍

[@TheAntKeeper]

Noted!

[@_Radiator_]

i caught 6 alates and 9 males from a nuptial flight, all the males died eventually and i hope the alates are fertile

[@antshubindia316]

The females are called queens

[@orkweirdboy6776]

I WANT CROSS-BREEDS

[@Ant392]

Did you know I can got to Australia soon. I really want to see the bull ants. Where do you recommend to see lots of ants in Australia

[@ThisGuy327]

What State

[@Ant392]

@@ThisGuy327 I dunno mom didn’t tell me where

[@hughjanis3787]

@@Ant392 best chances mate, they're in these states: SA, VIC, NSW, TAS, so you're bound to find them, just not alot in QLD and NT. Mate they hate the heat😅 but the bull ant capital of Australia has got to be Sydney😅 in total, 9 bull ant species are found there. Good luck mate, happy ant hunting 👍

[@Ant392]

@@hughjanis3787 ohhhh ok so they hate heat?

[@Ant392]

@@hughjanis3787 thanks 🙏 imma go in spring

[@chocolatex3984]

When the queen is not fertalize and lays a egg the egg will be a male

[@therm_isthebest]

Hello! me and my friend think we got a queen Argentine ant but are not sure if its a male, alate or a queen because it has wings. please respond! thank you.

[@TheAntKeeper]

Join my discord server and post a picture in the general thread. Someone will be able to help you for sure!

[@phoenixfeather2640]

1:18 the drones are actully called male alates due to that only bees and wasps have drones they are just winged male ants

[@TheAntKeeper]

I've heard someone tell me that before, I entomologist I know say's they're called drones, maybe the understanding on the wording varies from country to country?

[@phoenixfeather2640]

@@TheAntKeeper maybe but i like to call them male alates

[@TheSevenboy127]

Im doing this as we speak with honeypot ants i hope it works out for me how did it work out for you brother

[@Michi_Famoso]

Did it worked?

[@TheSevenboy127]

@@Michi_Famoso yes i have videos of the queens now with eggs

[@Michi_Famoso]

@@TheSevenboy127 If you are going to inbreed them again, can you make a full video of it?

[@TheSevenboy127]

@@Michi_Famoso wasnt inbreeding them have multiple colonies i filmed via go pro i wont be posting in footage tho as i have bigger endeavors ahead with this breeding thing i was only successful with honey pots havent tryd it with any other types of ants at the moment im working on a M.MENDAX crossed with M.placodops only did it with a single mendax queen and red head M.placodops males dopeed wings already but no eggs as of yet

[@Michi_Famoso]

@@TheSevenboy127 I was told only ants that mated on the ground can mate this way, that’s why I’m so curious, do you have more information about this?

[@Progamerlollllllll]

What if theres 47 ak?

[@jackson21231]

How do you kill them

[@putrii1st796]

is they still alive and make some egg??

[@TheAntKeeper]

Yes! Update coming soon!

[@venkataadityasripada4618]

Is there a king ant

[@TheAntKeeper]

Sort of. The males are called Drones. They have a tiny head and don't do much other than fertilising the queen alates.

[@daibyajyatirabha3372]

😂😂😂😂

[@ClaudiaLovenfosse-io8yc]

Erste kolonie mit Drohnen war nicht befrucchret

[@manuorenstein3088]

☺️

[@TheAntKeeper]

:D

[@MrMasharfahmi]

i like the ants,...

[@JumpcutJams40]

I am the first person to like too

[@slayervictor]

audio is only in right ear. rip

[@TheAntKeeper]

Are they all like this?

[@squisher_of_noggins]

​@TheAntKeeper yes, noticed how your voice is louder in my right ear. I don't mind it

[@ashtonjewell4816]

First

[@birdantics2053]

First!

[@JumpcutJams40]

No i am first it saud no views

[@birdantics2053]

@@JumpcutJams40 ok and

[@HaloWE200]

Pls can I have an ant

[@JumpcutJams40]

First veiwer

[@Ant392]

No

[@francismaylon3901]

Not gay ants dude