Hello ant lovers! Thanks for all the comments. Just want to announce that we have a new faster, user friendly website that just went live last night, with much more affordable shipping rates! Yes, we heard your pleas! Check us out and keep us in mind for Christmas coming up!
+Kevin Tan sorry but at the moment it is a max 2 day wait time. I answer almost 100 emails a day. Promise to get back to you soon. We are also hiring staff to help handle the info emails.
Hey any Canada I've got a question for you :D. And hello I'm Justin and I'm a subscriber of yours and I highly injoy you content and I really like studying social insects. Unfortunately I primarily study and love termites ( sorry about that. I guess that makes us enemy's XD ) my question is are there any ant species that co exist with termites? Becuse I would live to have a giant enclosure where they get along. Ps I live in Canada!!!! :D
+Justin Glowala I believe there are. On a recent trip to Borneo, I opened a rotting log and found ants and termites in the same log. Not sure what species they are but it was interesting to see tbem share the same niche so close together.
Justin Glowala All of his products work for termites. I have seen video's of people who raise termites in his stuff but most of them raise them as feeder insects to feed to ants.
Just got this older video in my recommended, and I wanna say, after many years of watching you I credit you with rekindling a love of insects and ants in particular that I had as a child. You've expanded my knowledge and I am thankful for all the work you've put in over the years, making content the way you do that really communicates your passion and love for ants and spreading it to others. I'm looking forward to watching along with your journey for many more years to come and very excited for your ant house to come to fruition and see all the amazing large scale projects it will enable. Cheers Mikey, ant love forever bro.
These ants are literally me! They are in my profile picture, they’re lazy, they have great personalities, they love the air conditioning, and you can technically dye them! These are perfect for me! Only one problem: it’s the middle of summer and they’re nuptial flights are in late winter- early spring and I don’t like winter. But that would give me something to do during winter... plus I have a lot of stuff going on during summer. THESE ANTS ARE *PERFECT!*
+AntsCanada TBH I sit in my backyard watching the small critters in my fountain/stream/pond... and I find myself building ant bridges across them. My local botanical gardens just added an awesome leaf cutter exhibit, with a hanging path over head, and I accidentally spent a hour there lol. I love seeing people make money off what they love btw.
+Trueno Ong Yay another 13:23 minute video with only 4 minutes with actual footage of ants and the rest is just advertising and talking about test tubes! I am really I happy I waited a month for this.
this species is perfect for me! my mom will only allow them to be housed in our shed , they are okay and like cold tempetures they are not adgressive and they are layed back and they grow slowly so I can Have time to desighn there new setups when they grow out of the old ones! (im getting a False Honeypot queen next week!)
It's was very interesting here in north Texas this year. We got a heat wave sending is from 45 degrees to 80-90 degrees for a few days in JANUARY. The local species began to fly and I caught up wards of 10-15 solenopsis invicta queens.
I have a false honeypot ant colony. I found a queen in the middle of June! I am pretty sure that the colony is a winter ant colony because the queen and the workers looks identical to the winter ant. For some bizarre reason, the queen and the workers are really active even in the summer. Maybe I discovered a new species of winter ants.
I love how a lot of the video is product placement and demonstration. Worst thing is, I think it's really cool and gets me excited for it xD Probably the only commercial in the world that will do that for me xP
man 5 years since this vid and look how far you have come AC and AC fam. The ant care products are even better this year in 2020 and we AC Fam have grown so huge. Hugs for all from TheDarkJeri Fam And #AntLoveForever.
This was very interesting. I have tons of these in my backyard. I'm in California outside of SF. They are always trying to get into my hummingbird feeder! I discovered a huge colony while digging into the hillside and have been fascinated with them ever since.
Living vicariously through all you guys, can't keep ants as of right now but I am defiantly looking forward to it in the future, Learning about all this and watching "cities" grow
i seriously cant WAIT to get my disability so i can start an ant colony your my new fav youtuber seriously you bring me so much joy i used to collect antd when i was a kid and no idea you could actually do it out side of like college and classrooms but i have always ALWAYS wanted to do what you do and i cant wait tell i have the money to do so since its hard for me to go out side and to have any joy well i have fibromyalgia and all the rest of the problems that come with it so it would be nice to have something to watch and try to help my self by carrying for ants since its hard to find someone who cares about me
You seem like you have a passion for ants, wish you could adopt my winter ants. They've been plagueing my house for 5 long goddamn years, it's a neverending battle. Gallons of Terro by now
i do the reverse hibernation thing (i overheat easily and when i do i get very very grumpy and stop working and groan about the heat) it can happen to me in 72-74 degrees F
HEY THANKS FOR YOUR HELP BRO YOU MADE ME A ANT LOVER YOU INSPIRED ME. THANKS I GOT ALL THE INFORMATION I NEED ABOUT MY PRENOLEPIS QUEEN ANT I GOT HER UNDER THE AC NOW SEEMS LIKE SHE WAS SLOWING DOWN BECAUSE I HAD HER IN THE CLOSET AND ITS SUMMER TIME. CANT BELIEVE I HAVE A PRENOLEPIS ANT AT THIS TIME OF YEAR GOT HER ON JULY SHE WAS ABOUT TO DIG HER WAY DOWN. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP BRO. IM FROM NEW YORK CITY BRONX.
Man I have school in the morning but I love ants I'm going to make a colony soon for the first time I'm going to look for a queen in the morning but I doubt I'll get one this time of year when it's winter here in Canada I plan on looking for winter ants I want them so bad.
You should make a ant colony that is on a clear stand and its a ball that can be removed and attached to others and has a dome feeder anyone who likes this idea like and post it around so it gets noticed
Hey, I'm thinking about getting ants in a few years time and I was thinking what if the colony gets too big and I'm overwhelmed with ants, what would I do?
Will a single nest fly on multiple days? I believe I got one fertile Queen today but I have two nest at opposite ends of my house both covered with elites. That flew to the other nests and was swarmed by a male. The rest are still there and returning to the nest because it's getting late.
Yeah I thought so, I just thought that having a colony in the fridge would be very interesting. Maybe that would allow them to perform optimally without any changing of temperature really.
I have them in my front yard I just need to get them to come out would I be able to attach a tube and dark ant nest thing over there nest to have them migrate?
the whole reason youtube is a thing is because YOU get to CHOOSE what to watch, you think their are too many adds..... watch something else.. I happen to want to know more about ant products on an ant channel , really not a far fetched concept and you need anger management.
I am curious if the Winter Ants would do well in Minnesota? I mean the coldest place in the US happens to be a city/town in Minnesota... so would it be a good ant colony to have in a colder state like Minnesota? If so it would be my first ant colony and I would just love to have an ant colony period! :P
Watching this so many years later, I realize how much you’ve revolutionized ant keeping
ikr
Hello ant lovers! Thanks for all the comments. Just want to announce that we have a new faster, user friendly website that just went live last night, with much more affordable shipping rates! Yes, we heard your pleas! Check us out and keep us in mind for Christmas coming up!
+AntsCanada is there any other way to contact you bro? the email replies are REALLY REALLY slow
+Kevin Tan sorry but at the moment it is a max 2 day wait time. I answer almost 100 emails a day. Promise to get back to you soon. We are also hiring staff to help handle the info emails.
alright thanks bro
+AntsCanada will you have a black friday sale???
+AntsCanada Do you find these ant in Austraila
FYI - Prenolepis imparis queens now flying in North America for the next month and a half. Good luck!
This breed would be perfect for my first farm i hope... I need a cold loving species... I hope i can find one here in virginia.
Hey any Canada I've got a question for you :D. And hello I'm Justin and I'm a subscriber of yours and I highly injoy you content and I really like studying social insects. Unfortunately I primarily study and love termites ( sorry about that. I guess that makes us enemy's XD ) my question is are there any ant species that co exist with termites? Becuse I would live to have a giant enclosure where they get along. Ps I live in Canada!!!! :D
+Justin Glowala I believe there are. On a recent trip to Borneo, I opened a rotting log and found ants and termites in the same log. Not sure what species they are but it was interesting to see tbem share the same niche so close together.
***** ya I bet and it's ok if you don't know :D also go you know your wonder products work for termites? I'm just wondering :)
Justin Glowala All of his products work for termites. I have seen video's of people who raise termites in his stuff but most of them raise them as feeder insects to feed to ants.
Just got this older video in my recommended, and I wanna say, after many years of watching you I credit you with rekindling a love of insects and ants in particular that I had as a child. You've expanded my knowledge and I am thankful for all the work you've put in over the years, making content the way you do that really communicates your passion and love for ants and spreading it to others. I'm looking forward to watching along with your journey for many more years to come and very excited for your ant house to come to fruition and see all the amazing large scale projects it will enable. Cheers Mikey, ant love forever bro.
This is the perfect ant colony for me
Sister?
These ants are literally me! They are in my profile picture, they’re lazy, they have great personalities, they love the air conditioning, and you can technically dye them! These are perfect for me! Only one problem: it’s the middle of summer and they’re nuptial flights are in late winter- early spring and I don’t like winter. But that would give me something to do during winter... plus I have a lot of stuff going on during summer. THESE ANTS ARE *PERFECT!*
are u alive
this is my spirit species. lazy, slow growing, and loves the cold.
these ants would be perfect for me. i've always wanted to keep ants but the can't have AC going thing has always stopped me.
+got2strpk Yes, it is pretty convenient right?
why do i like this channel so much.... i dont even want ants... lol.
Thank you. You have ant love!
+AntsCanada TBH I sit in my backyard watching the small critters in my fountain/stream/pond... and I find myself building ant bridges across them. My local botanical gardens just added an awesome leaf cutter exhibit, with a hanging path over head, and I accidentally spent a hour there lol. I love seeing people make money off what they love btw.
Can these ants live in Sweden?
They may suffer heavy brain damage due to the locals. Other than that, I suppose it's possible.
+AntsCanada
Hey is it possible to catch these in Britain?
what's good: air condition
what's not good: you can't turn the air con off!!
Finally another video!
I'm not an ant keeper but I still love watching your videos anyways.
Support from Singapore!
Same here but from the uk
Same
+Trueno Ong Yay another 13:23 minute video with only 4 minutes with actual footage of ants and the rest is just advertising and talking about test tubes! I am really I happy I waited a month for this.
same
Same here but both UK and Singapore (my dad lives there, but we're fully British). I've accidentally eaten enough ants in my cereal over there :P!
I just collected my first ant colony today,and it is this species!
+Nathan Clem awesome!
hey, where did you catch them. Were they readily available on the sidewalk or did you go to the park?
Kinda a long time ago but how did they do?
Just found my favorite ant
Same
Cool
I did to
😁 :)
this species is perfect for me!
my mom will only allow them to be housed in our shed , they are okay and like cold tempetures
they are not adgressive
and
they are layed back
and they grow slowly so I can Have time to desighn there new setups when they grow out of the old ones!
(im getting a False Honeypot queen next week!)
How is the colony doing
Ur the one DOING ANTS CANAADA MIKEYYYYY!!!
It is kind of ironic that I saw an ad for an ant and roach killer.😂
Caught my very first queen. Got her right after she clipped her wings! And the best part is, its a queen winter ant!!
Give your ants something really sweet for Christmas as a present.
It's was very interesting here in north Texas this year. We got a heat wave sending is from 45 degrees to 80-90 degrees for a few days in JANUARY. The local species began to fly and I caught up wards of 10-15 solenopsis invicta queens.
I have a false honeypot ant colony. I found a queen in the middle of June! I am pretty sure that the colony is a winter ant colony because the queen and the workers looks identical to the winter ant. For some bizarre reason, the queen and the workers are really active even in the summer. Maybe I discovered a new species of winter ants.
Prenolepis Imparis are flying RIGHT NOW in Southern Ontario, so get out there and get some Queens!
I love how a lot of the video is product placement and demonstration.
Worst thing is, I think it's really cool and gets me excited for it xD
Probably the only commercial in the world that will do that for me xP
man 5 years since this vid and look how far you have come AC and AC fam. The ant care products are even better this year in 2020 and we AC Fam have grown so huge. Hugs for all from TheDarkJeri Fam And #AntLoveForever.
This was very interesting. I have tons of these in my backyard. I'm in California outside of SF. They are always trying to get into my hummingbird feeder! I discovered a huge colony while digging into the hillside and have been fascinated with them ever since.
at first I used to love ants then I didn't don't know why but after watching your videos I got my ant love back
I finally found a queen of this species this year. They are my dream species.
Hi I am from England I am only ten but your vids have inspired me to buy my first ant kit
My favorite native ant species! Im hoping to be able to start a colony of these soon. Thanks for the videos! You made me obsessed with ants.
Idk why but i find these vids very fun to watch
I caught a predispose impairs queen 4 actually and they were the first ants I have ever found
Living vicariously through all you guys, can't keep ants as of right now but I am defiantly looking forward to it in the future, Learning about all this and watching "cities" grow
He's not extremely handsome but he's really charismatic and cute looking... I am strangely attracted...
WTH?
JamswithStyle I dunno... :/ I'm in too deep.
LOL
Adam FromFin I'm sorry
Adam FromFin you're weird.
I caught 50 of these in toledo ohio the last week September and they swarmed in thousands of mated queens in have 16 and they doing amazing
Its because of you Mikey! now that you encouraged us to still find for queens when false alarms occur, now I have a real one! my first step is done!
"do you want ants!? because ants candida is how you get ants!" new slogan
also, is 20 queens overkill?
What, for winter ants?
Andre Lin yeah they’re highly polygenus
the tiny starter formicarium is soooo cool
Just started a small 2 queen colony of these guys :)
Bernie Sanders me too!
this surprises me so much
this is what I need the ants and the nest
Can't believe he's been doing this soooo long
Great timing, just as I was catching up on your last 2 videos. Good stuff!
Just caught myself my first queen ever and shes a prenolepis imparis!!
i seriously cant WAIT to get my disability so i can start an ant colony your my new fav youtuber seriously you bring me so much joy i used to collect antd when i was a kid and no idea you could actually do it out side of like college and classrooms but i have always ALWAYS wanted to do what you do and i cant wait tell i have the money to do so since its hard for me to go out side and to have any joy well i have fibromyalgia and all the rest of the problems that come with it so it would be nice to have something to watch and try to help my self by carrying for ants since its hard to find someone who cares about me
You seem like you have a passion for ants, wish you could adopt my winter ants. They've been plagueing my house for 5 long goddamn years, it's a neverending battle. Gallons of Terro by now
i do the reverse hibernation thing (i overheat easily and when i do i get very very grumpy and stop working and groan about the heat) it can happen to me in 72-74 degrees F
Imagine my surprise when I go out today in the cold and at my feet is a queen 😂
hey antscanada if a queen is endangered and there are no workers aroun does the queen defend itself?
Stoked on the cheaper shipping for us here in the UK!!
HEY THANKS FOR YOUR HELP BRO YOU MADE ME A ANT LOVER YOU INSPIRED ME. THANKS I GOT ALL THE INFORMATION I NEED ABOUT MY PRENOLEPIS QUEEN ANT I GOT HER UNDER THE AC NOW SEEMS LIKE SHE WAS SLOWING DOWN BECAUSE I HAD HER IN THE CLOSET AND ITS SUMMER TIME. CANT BELIEVE I HAVE A PRENOLEPIS ANT AT THIS TIME OF YEAR GOT HER ON JULY SHE WAS ABOUT TO DIG HER WAY DOWN. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP BRO. IM FROM NEW YORK CITY BRONX.
So I believe I may have found one of these ants today, I'm excited to watch my queen start her colony
AT LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAST a new video! the wait was so long.. I almost lost hope.
I caught a queen about a month ago, and after watching this video, I think that this is the species of ants that I have!
it's almost winter ant nuptial flight again!
so that's what's been infesting my garage.
Would you please do a more detailed information video on winter ants care and diet
This might inspire me to go outside during winter XD
I think i have a backyard colony of these which just started getting active last month
It's getting close to spring. If you dont have one already, could you make a queen catching tutorial? :) Thanks!
can't wait for these items to come to the store :-) realy cool i'm going to start a colony myself next year and this will help a lot :-)
Man I have school in the morning but I love ants I'm going to make a colony soon for the first time I'm going to look for a queen in the morning but I doubt I'll get one this time of year when it's winter here in Canada I plan on looking for winter ants I want them so bad.
you should upload more about honeypot ants
If winter ants prefer colder conditions, should I keep the test tube setup in a dark, cold place instead of a dark, warm place?
Have you got bull ants
ive been watching these vids for a while now. love the Chanel. im considering creating my own colony
Thanks! Very nice informative demonstrative video! :D Great that these Winter Ants can live in air-conditioned rooms. :)
You should make a ant colony that is on a clear stand and its a ball that can be removed and attached to others and has a dome feeder anyone who likes this idea like and post it around so it gets noticed
damn, I live in Australia in the not so cold parts and these ants sound perfect for me. is there any ants that are like this?
I hope I can find one, I've never seen one here in Michigan but maybe I'll get lucky, I'll be keeping an eye out this month
Same here, never seen one in Michigan
I have a winter ant colony with 3 queens and 3 workers.
predation of ants for the inactivity during summer, perhaps?
So that means I will see a nuptial flight of ants
I put subtitles and it said instead of Prenolepis imparis ants, it said Penelope's in Paris Aunt's
I'm so exited I have two in 2018
I might make a ant farm for these guys :D
ants are cool/intresting creatures
Hey, I'm thinking about getting ants in a few years time and I was thinking what if the colony gets too big and I'm overwhelmed with ants, what would I do?
+Hollys imagination if you caught them in your area, you just let them go.
Will a single nest fly on multiple days? I believe I got one fertile Queen today but I have two nest at opposite ends of my house both covered with elites. That flew to the other nests and was swarmed by a male. The rest are still there and returning to the nest because it's getting late.
Cold temperatures and peaceful? Canadian ants!
So what did I take from this?
"just the tip"
and
"just big enough to just stick this in."
Yup.
xD
What if I put them in a refrigerator?
Yeah I thought so, I just thought that having a colony in the fridge would be very interesting. Maybe that would allow them to perform optimally without any changing of temperature really.
Complete Bagel ants are cold blooded. These ants enjoy *colder* temperatures but they don't enjoy temperatures that are almost freezing
ever found any cardiocondyla piratoar I think that would be a cool colony for you
Yes im sooo exited now
These ants are awesome
I have them in my front yard I just need to get them to come out would I be able to attach a tube and dark ant nest thing over there nest to have them migrate?
TeoballoArmy wow that is actually an interesting idea
You guy make nice products
can't the winter ants bite u when u touch them
this is a relatively non-aggressive species however, direct contact may result in a bite, yes.
honey bees on steroids
will they still work in the winter when you usually heat up your house not cool it down
I guess theres an ant for everyone
There is about EIGHT MINUTES OF ADVERTISEMENT OUT OF THIRTEEN MINUTES!
the whole reason youtube is a thing is because YOU get to CHOOSE what to watch, you think their are too many adds..... watch something else.. I happen to want to know more about ant products on an ant channel , really not a far fetched concept and you need anger management.
WOW i love ants, thanks for another great video!!!! Love from ICELAND!!!!!
i swear that this is not 30fps
What happens when the Queen needs to use the bathroom
brilliant video as always thankyou..so full of information!!
i love these ants
I am curious if the Winter Ants would do well in Minnesota? I mean the coldest place in the US happens to be a city/town in Minnesota... so would it be a good ant colony to have in a colder state like Minnesota? If so it would be my first ant colony and I would just love to have an ant colony period! :P
They do live in Minnesota.
Do you think you are good enough to take on the mighty bullet ant?
Just caught 1 queen walking my dog
if you buy a hybrid nest for these ants the heating cable hole will be useless