My Queen Ants Formed a "Mean Girls" Club | The Queen Ant Sorority
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- Опубликовано: 16 июн 2023
- I created a sorority of several queen yellow crazy ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes) and watched how they would react to living together in a group all raising their eggs together. The social structure of pleometrotic ants was staggering and I was shocked to see the queens form a 'Mean Girls' gang. The whole situation took me back to some traumatic times in high school. Hope you enjoy and learn a few things from this week's episode. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.
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Greetings AC Family & fellow ant lovers everywhere! I can't believe I was seeing ant clique culture in this queen sorority! Whatever the case, I am so happy to bring Yellow Crazy Ants back to the Antiverse. I have missed the OG G.E.! Hope the queens continue to get along despite what we've seen thus far. Go Queen Amy!!! ✊️🐜🌟
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So, about what I asked at the end of the video: Taking name suggestions now!
I think The Golden Royales would be a good name for the sorority
Wow
If I was you I would send a dead one to doctor general
Or something
Yes Golden Royales fit the sorority
I have a couple names for these ants :
- "The Radiant Horde"
- "Yellow Madness"
- "Golden Swarm"
- "Solar Sorority"
- "The Yellow Cohort"
#antname #colonyname #name @AntsCanada
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solar sorotity is a fire name
Golden swarm looks like a nice one
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Mikey, if there are more queens being "exiled", will you set up a second nest? One for the "mean girls" and one for the "sweet nerds"? Good luck with whatever you decide to do!
Yes, if oligogyny continues to happen I will definitely have to give them a bigger setup so the queens don't have to be near each other.
seems like they have been taking Amy's brood and attacking her. . . she's missing a front leg and seems very skittish whenever another queen enters her chamber
@@quillclock yeah 100%. i don't see the "rosy" friendship he sees
@@pandammonia234 I see what you mean. Maybe the two visiting queens are just sent out to check for brood. But then again, Queen Amy hasn't yet shed her wings. She could be thinking about nesting far away from the bossy queens as someone suffering from school bullies would want to get away and have some peace. I think we should separate the Queen Amy before she's killed. Then again, she may have been injured before released into the set up.
Why can't needs be mean?
Not Mikey exposing his friends' face but not his own 😂😂😂😂
I realized that Queen Amy is actually missing part of her leg. She may have moved away from the group due to the other queens attacking her. Let's hope that Queen Amy will be safe, and not dead. Also, I have a name suggestion for them:
-The Golden Flare
Seems like 'the golden girls' would be fitting. Thank you for all your positivity Mikey! You've come a long way and have made it large in life but staying true to your humble and gentle nature. As always a pleasure watching your videos. Ant love forever!
When The colony matures, This name will be very bad to say
@@pallavighosh3399how?
yep
@@pallavighosh3399no it wont bruh
@pallavighosh3399 actually, the name refers to an old sitcom called the golden girls, featuring a group of elderly ladies, so I guess it would be even more fitting as the colony would nature 😉
If this colony survives they will be absolutely massive! I cant wait for future updates. I am still so happy we have the new AC home so we can have projects like this.
When will he make a video of his new weaver ant queen he said it on the last video
You can, and most importantly you will, wait.
hacienda del renacido dorado
(translated using SpanishDict idk the accuracy but it's just "estate of the new golden" in english)
Ooohhhh I can't wait for the colony to become a super massive colony! Let's hope they don't have as tough a time as the Golden Empire from back in the day. Ant love forever!
“Empire of the Sun” they are radiant.
Tbh, I find it most likely Amy is infertile along with the other dead queens you removed. It's also possible the surviving queens determined there wasn't enough space or resources to support more than those they have left. I also find it more lively the 2 queens "checking" on Amy are more likely making sure she hasn't moved since the last time they checked her and that she was likely dragged into that spot by the others. Survival of the new colony is paramount to them all at this point and an infertile queen would only be a hindrance and burden. Just a different possible perspective on it though.
Your storytelling is second to none, and your positivity is as refreshing and life-giving as the rain is to the earth. Love it!
We call those three 'The Plastics'. They're shiny, fake, and hard
The ant/mean girls crossover I didn't know I needed
Interestingly enough, some ant species, like Myrmecocystus mexicanus, do form queen sororities during the colony founding period, but with those species this sorority is short lived and one queen (usually the original inhabitant of the claustral chamber) will start killing the others until she is only one left
Isn't pleometrosis savage?! Formica are notorious for doing this, as well.
Yup and this style of colony founding is depicted in the documentary Empire of the desert ants, highly recommended
@@kevinpoe8137 is the tank going to be desert
Ah, so that is the species I was searching for.
@@AntsCanadaYes, it certainly is savage. Does Camponotus queens form short-lived sororities and start killing each other until one queen remains?
That final minute was super inspirational . Thank you for being a positive influence on us all and opening up about your struggles with high school.
Mikey, the messages in your videos are truly special. I am glad that you have kept in touch with the friends that helped you through.
This week, I was studying at my pool when I saw a large trail of black ants near my feet. When a mosquito landed on me, I killed it and placed it in the trail. The mosquito was immediately transported back to the nest.
I just can’t get over the beauty of those queens
Right?! 😍😍😍
Same here!!!
Same here.
Yes
Yup
I'm so glad you make videos about these wonderful creatures. So many people think ants are just annoying bugs, but they are so much more than that!
Agreed! Ant love forever! ❤️🐜
i dont like ants because i dont want to do something bad but they literally are everywhere and place their nest entrances in areas where i could just accidently step on it blocking it off and making them angry. like yeah they are interesting and dont do anything bad but do they really have to be in those exact spots they are?
@@Dave0439im an ant lover, but i dont like ant nests in my home either
I don't think they are annoying and I definitely respect their necessity in nature but I am a bit scared of ants because. Still I won't hurt them when I find them, I just leave them be and let them be ants in my yard. We use temperature to discourage them from moving in.
@@AntsCanada#antloveforever
That’s a beautiful ending Mikey. Brought tears to my eyes. You really have a talent for narrating and story telling. Aside from your singing and writing parodies talent. ❤❤❤
in spirit i am picking up queen amy and wrapping her in a teeny tiny blanket. i love her and i hope the other queens don't hurt her
10:00. Lol Mikey...how are you going to cover yourself up in the highschool pic but put your boys, Lawrence and Byron, on full blast...with their 90's haircuts. 😂😂😂
What a kind, beautiful, and motivational message towards the end of the of the video! I'm sorry that you got bullied, but I'm happy that you had true friends to support and care for you. I'm rooting for Queen Amy!
How does he make a video about ants into something inspirational. This man is living the dream life, earning money (assumably good money) from his hobby and passion. Massive respect
The part when Queen Bridgette and Bella conforting Queen Amy brought me tear, i never thought nature can brought emotions too. It was nice Amy still has her 2 best friends. Such a nice creature
If this colony succeeds it will be MASSIVE! In our new ant house we could build a massive terrarium for them. I am very impressed by your videos and thank you for putting all the work into posting videos every Saturday. I Recently caught 2 carpenter ant queens (Camponotus Pennsyvanicus), one of them has a large brood pile with eggs, larvae, and soon to come cocoons! Thank you for inspiring me and the others to keep ants on this channel. Antloveforever!
Awesome! Good luck! Ant love forever!
I feel bad for you when you remember such bad memories from high school, I had tough time in high school controlling my emotions and thankfully I now have better control of my emotions
You'll Never Walk Alone, Mikey ❤️ Thanks for another great video
Best ant keeper videos
We should call them THE GOLDEN GIRLS!!
You may have been bullied in the past, but you pulled through and it appears you have leveraged your passion into great success. I applaud your creativity and efforts in making these videos. Keep up the great work!
Aye bro you have built yourself a very beautiful home. With all the work you have put in over all those years you have earned every little part of this. Thanks for providing so much for entertainment purposes as well as research
Maybe they could be called "the Golden Council" or sth in that direction
Love your videos
I wake up for these videos. Bullies are everywhere. It's how you handle it and move forward with yourself. Anything is possible with the proper attitude and determination. You all have what it takes to make yourself everything YOU want to be. With that said AC family, let's watch these ants grow into what they are supposed to be! Great videos as always 👌 👏 👍. Cheers yall!
I absolutely love that you can say ants have friends, prove it, and show the world love in "simple bugs"!!
Never thought an inspiring speech would be in an ant video
Hi Antscanada I love watching your videos. Got me though some difficult times during the pendamic.
Thank you Mike ❤️
Should name them the Golden Girls. Sophia was epic at insults! 😂
i think that ''Golden Councill'' will be a perfect name for theese yellow crazy ant queens :) #AntLoveForever
Woah! THAT'S SO SAD!!! I feel so bad for you!
I relate to queen Amy, I have always been the weird kid in school and I would get bullied frequently. I’m autistic and I have been finding it increasingly difficult to socialise with people irl due to how so many people have been treating me poorly. Luckily I have just left high school so I’m hoping that things will get better from now on. I also have a small friend group who were the only people I felt truly comfortable with in my school as they are very nice to me and have been through tough times themselves so we are all there for each other. It’s unfortunate that you had to go through bullying too, but look at you now! You have an entire building full of ants and almost 5 million subscribers. Thank you for making great content, you are truly inspirational.
Hang in there lovely. You deserve kind people, and once you get out of school people start to chill out and be nicer. You enjoy the friends you have; here’s wishing you more! xxx
What's up with the termites? Did they ever grow the fungus combs to large structures? Did you create a new case for them? We want an update!!!
That I'm wondering too and I hope those termites thrive.
He has got all the ogs back like crimson knights for fire nation that new black crazy ants for dark knights and this colony for golden empire
We also have the new trapjaws like the OG Jaw-breakers, and the Leviathans like the OG Titans. Am I missing any other OG's? We even have dracula ants like the OG Blood Legion. Not sure if I consider the Emerald Empire OG's, but they're still missing in the new Antiverse.
I'am so excited! The golden empire was my favorite ant colony😍
Rest In Peace Queen.
🕊️rest in peace🕊️
Great message, Mikey. I can't say I've ever been one to put up with being bullied. I would fight over something like that. That said, I urge my son to be nice to everyone and never be a bully. I sort of have the recollection of having done my share of bullying. Maybe it's just how I view myself, or maybe it's true. It's been too long to even tell. That said, I don't have any victims who would remember me as such, so maybe it's a me thing because I wasn't afraid to fight people and some people were scared as a result of that. The kid that kicked your ass laughing at you for talking crap then getting beat up can feel like a bully at times, I guess. School is weird. That said, I'm glad you chose to show some love to the weak kids that get bullied. That sounds mean, but it's just very matter of fact. Be strong, kids. Be williinf to fight if need be. Mikey's right though. It's gonna get better.
Didn't realize I was watching here for half a decade now. Well done Mikey, your series is never not entertaining.
I think the Solar Soroity like someone said, would be an awesome name.👍🏿
Outstanding episode, it’s always interesting to see how other species on the planet function, and how in some cases are not all that different from humans.
Or how humans are not that different from animals. Reminds me of human bullying from an evolutionary perspective: ruclips.net/video/BolREAEKAXQ/видео.html .
AntsCanada... I am rooting for Amy and her 2 friends. If the driving off behavior is truly occurring I hope the more dominant queens drive off Amy's 2 friends and then Amy and her friends start a colony together. As mean as that may sound it would offer the 3 most kind queens a greater chance to thrive.
I don't think they'll go anywhere. By the sounds of it, they drive them to another part of the nest, and once antscanada moves them to a proper terrarium there will be no shot of distinguishing them from other queens, so if the alpha queens want those ones dead, they will be. Careful what you wish for haha. It's not like they're in the ground and can just leave and make a new colony, that's make believe xD
@Tri7on it's funny as hell you don't think that if the other two girls are driven off that our boi won't separate the 3 from the more dominant queens so they can form their own colony together. It's a huge wait and see type of thing and I hope they do drive Amy's friends from their group so they can join her instead. The 3 seem to like each other and if the two friends are driven from the dominant queens' group and join Amy to make a colony together then I have no doubt they would be successful together. I don't think AntsCanada is that unbelievably heartless towards Amy and eventually her friends. He'll most likely rig a separate setup for the 3 dociles.
Also... ants are far smarter than you realize. They will be able to tell the 3 apart from their little group purely by smell alone. Each queen carries the smell of their own original nest. This makes each one extremely distinctive from the others. So no. They're gonna end up with separate terrariums most likely so the more dominant queens don't harm the kinder ones.
And if what I think is going to happen does indeed happen and the 3 girls are driven off then I know he will put the 3 kinder queens into a separate starting setup. They are basically proven to be able to work together with each other. That and those two girls and AntsCanada are sympathetic to Amy and her plight. That and he pays such close attention to his setups that I can promise you he will not let Amy and the 2 other docile queens be killed if they get driven out and manage to flee without dying as Amy did. If this happens he'll probably transfer the three from the section Amy is residing in and swap it for a replacement section and put on a new feeder slot for Amy and her friends.
@@fallenarchangelgaming3621 did you watch the video? Because when I say 'driven off' I just meant to another part of the colony. You also inferred alot of things off what I was saying. He even said it's a bit of a social experiment on what will happen. They've likely killed 3 queens already, I just dont think it's likely he will be able to seperate them before any more of nature takes over once they're in an actual terrarium. Because sending them off to another part of the terrarium is normal for these ants.
@Tri7on to me driving off means to basically force them to leave the main area. This could either occur through murdering them or chasing them out. I also didn't 'infer' anything. You did that on your own bud. I didn't do any 'fantasy' scenario. I simply considered possible scenarios that may actually truly happen. Again. Our boi keeps a remarkably close eye on his founder colonies.
And yes. I watched the entire video.
@@fallenarchangelgaming3621Welp.. if you saw the newer video, the guy you were attacking for no reason was actually right and you were wrong.. 2 of the 3 "nice" queens are dead lol
Yay! I’m so glad we have Yellow Crazy Ants back on the channel!!
Me, too!
your video's always keep me itching for next weeks videos, thanks for the wonderful channel antscanada!
So far this was my favorite video you made thank you so much ❤ love to the ac family 😊
Ant love forever! ❤️🐜
Why was the baby ant so confused?
Because all his uncles were ants.
Lollll
These yellow crazy ant queens put fear in my heart. They remind me far too much of yellow jackets
Good luck with starting your new Yellow Crazy Ant colony! Hope all the remaining queen ants live peacefully together!
Ant love forever!🐜
Keep up the good and honest work man!! You got me into antkeeping :)) got my own small colony of lasius niger now
Awesome! Congrats! Ant love forever!
"So what did she say?"
"She's not coming. I think she's traumatized."
😭
This was really an emotional video. Hopefully queen Amy joins the new girls club. WE should name the sorority after Amy. Maybe Amyntopia. Your vids are great. Keep up the good work.
You should call them The Black Stripes as a reference to their stripes and the band The White Stripes. Keep up the great work AntsCanada!❤❤❤
They should be called "The Golden Coven" :D
thanks man. look forward to your content every week. thank you for making my day a bit better. would love an update on the fungus farming termites if you ever get time
Hi AC, keep up the good work!
R.I.P random queen ants, hope they get mentioned some other time
Btw you should definitely name them ‘the Golden order’ it’s just fitting.
the music make me cry it so sweet that queen briget and queen amey
Not the Liquid Ant Bait commercial 😂 before starting the video 😂
We've seen the golden empire, and now we will see THE GOLDEN REPUBLIC
I think having so many queen ants with the small space of a test tube i think you should have them in seperate test tubes and limit 2-3 of them per test tube
He is studying them to see what happens in the wild. No one separates a group of queen ants in the wild. Mikey wants to know how a colony sorts out who lives and who dies. The why would be nice to figure out.
Nature produces an abundance of genetic material then allows "pruning". This is much death. I think this is to get a few to function well with the least disease.
Great video. Especially the last message. I like the name the Golden Dawn.
I love this man's speech
It would be nice if he found a colony of ghost ants they accept a lot of queens and can grow a lot
Please name them "Sun's Warriors"
When i heard the crickets at minute 5 i imedietly knew how hot it was and I could almost feel the warmth
Insightful and creative. Nice work, Mikey!
I just don't know the reason why I enjoy watching these Stuffs 😹😹
Call them the Golden Girls
Also I love ur videos they are so cool to watch!❤
Can we also get an update on the fire ants?
I was thinking of the “Dawn Empire.” All the names I’m coming up with are related to the sun but I liked this one best.
Excited for the set up you are gonna make
Very inspirational video this week 😁
Also I love how everything is coming back like how it was I. The old anti verse but bigger and stronger than ever 😎.
But I do have one question, how are the termite colonies doing so far, it’s been a while since we have had an update.
I have a couple of ideas:
The Yellow Royals
The Golden Royals
Queens of Gold
The Golden Shadows
The Shining Queens
Shining Royals
Amber Swarm
Royal Treasures
Sunny Swarm
Coin Queens
The Wealthy Group
Golden Leaders
Here are a few more:
Ladies of Gold
Ladies of the Gold Lake
The Sorority of Gold
The Golden Sorority
The Golden Girls
You have to do a backyard tour!!!!! It is so pretty I would love to see it in depth
Keep up the good work
Those are some beautiful yellow crazy ants 🐜 💛! How about calling them the Golden Sisters 💛. Hopefully they can found an awesome colony of yellow crazy ants. Ant love forever! 👍💯✌🇨🇦🐜💛💛💛💛
I love how you relate real life to ant life and how you have such a positive vibe. Keep it up 💪🏽👌🏽👍🏽
I’m experiencing high school now and this is actually how it is.
You should name the new colony (the sun colony). Me and Amy and you i think we would be siblings because I can see my self in you two.
I got bullied a lot in my younger ages now I am 19 and about to do the exams to go to my dream university ( art university) from when i was 3 years old i lover art , Clay Art ,etc.
I would always get a lot of attention from the professors because of my talent .
I was an outcast from Kinder garden to even high school but now i have a lot of talented kids at my school and i am the leader of this grup and they are also my friends . From two friends that i was closer to to kdg to high school to now having an amaizing grup of people.
The 😢sad part is that i will miss them when that time will come to go to our universities and never see everyone ever again.
I'd like to suggest "Alpha Nu Tau" for the name of your new sorority of yellow crazy ants. Also, would've been a great opportunity to name this sorority of Mean Queens "Regina", "Cady", "Gretchen", and "Karen". 😅
Awesome & uplifting PSAs to wrap up the video with 👍🏻 👍🏻 👍🏻 Keep up the great work!
Love the message with this video!
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Hey!! Omg I’m so happy you’re still making content!! I use to binge your videos a few years ago and the algorithm has started showing me ant content so I wanted to see if you were still here! So excited to catch up!
It might be a good idea to make sure you have a final setup ready for them. With how fast they are going to brood up, it will be a pain to move them a couple times.
Great Video! And please hit the like button everyone. I got recommended last weeks video, so it really helps. It has been an amazing week digging into this channels amazing history!
Thank you! It sure does help! Ant love forever! Welcome to the Antiverse.
Welcome to the AC Family.
Welcome to the world of ANTS!!! ❤🐜
Have you started keeping bees? i would love to see the flowers and bees
Soon!!!
So cool how something small like this can reflect on our life.
Great video!
No one messing with Antscanada now, dude is jacked.
Pleometrosis rarely leads to poligyny. The reason for forming queen alliance is not to form a poliginic colony, but to provide as much workforce as possible during first year of the colony. After workers are hatched, most of the queens will probably be killed off.
Well, it depends on the species. Some species are very pleometrotic and don't fight at all into colony maturity, e.g. black crazy ants. I suspect yellow crazy ants are the same.
@@AntsCanada black crazy ants, as far as I know, don't have nuptial flights and form new colonies by division. So pleometrosis doesn't occur there at all. But as I said - pleometrosis RARELY leads to poliginic colony - that doesn't mean it's impossible and doesn't happen at all. Don't confuse pleometrosis with poliginy though. Poliginic colonies are usually formed by accepting extra queens by large colonies, not by pleometrosis (alliance of queens after nuptial flight).
Bro i need help i have a big black queen like the yellow crazy ant queen but black
I am raising them rn
And need expierience to do the job now what should i do. it have 7 worker 10-15 cocoon and alot of eggs
Name suggestions:
The yellow jackets,
The fellowship of the ants,
The brass kingdom,
The bronze union,
The sun queens.
Great message dude. You’re doing great work. Keep it up. ❤
I think you should name them, “The Yellow Marchers.” If you agree with this name
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Thanks for the advice at the end it was really helpful
The Golden Armada would be a cool name. Several large Capital "Ships" leading countless smaller "ships" to war. Pretty well fits the idea of the queens directing a near endless swarm to me.