Great video! Love the setup 👌

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude! :D Hope you didnt think ill of my copy of your lid mechanism haha

@kemchausalandyalvarez779

4 жыл бұрын

@@AntsScandinavia lol

@chatipati7970

4 жыл бұрын

Ants Scandinavia can you do another giveaway for 7.5k subs

@thedish7969

4 жыл бұрын

@@AntsScandinavia cananry seeds dude there realy cheap from pet stores

@Wokkero

4 жыл бұрын

Ants Australia somebody hit pubertyyy

My colony love dandelion seeds and grass seeds collected locally, quinoa, linseed, canary seed. I buy from organic growers on E-Bay, most offer free postage.

@LightsCameraAnts

4 жыл бұрын

Lord NarcoWookie yes. Canary seeds not only make a great food source but also have a shiny outer coating and it’s rather aesthetically appealing when they group them up in their storages.

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will take notes of this! :D Awesome!

@alexm9443

4 жыл бұрын

My messor structor colony eats dandelion seeds first, and all the other types second. Poppy seeds are also quite popular.

A website called wakooshi sell large, mixed quantities of seeds for ants

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Eyy, thank you!

@konstantinfischer8180

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks I needed that

You motivate me to take care of the planet and appreciate the little creatures in life! :D xD

Im a Sparky (Electrician) im constantly grabbing 20mm white stuffing glands out the van 😂, thats what the white cable thing is btw if you remove the rubber inside and use a cone drill bit to open it up a little, you can fit a test tube in the 20mm stuffing gland perfectly drill a 20mm hole in any container and just screw it on 👌🏼

@avanti488

Ай бұрын

Sounds like a cool idea sparko

Love the scaping for the new outworld. I would be interested in seeing the ventilation you've added to your tubing.

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you :D. Check Instagram for that ;)

ABOUT SEEDS U can buy large quantities of canary bird seed witch is a mix of seeds for canary birds that all messor ants take, they are a lot cheaper and are the same seeds u would buy for the ants, just all mixed up! Nice vid keep up the good work!

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude! And I will look that up :)

Perfect video at the perfect time. I'm about to set up a Messor Barbarus tank and needed some infos

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Eyyy, Glad I could help! Send me a DM with pics!!

Great video and new nest, enjoyed watching 🐜👍🏼

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you m8!

Nice Video, i love you Thumbnails :D

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Eyy, Thank you! :P

Sick video dude 😃 I can’t wait to see them boom into 10,000 workers 😉

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Me neither :P

Awesome video!!! I love your videos!

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much :D

Nice video m8😉 Great job

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :D

Happy 10k

magnificent. I also have a beautiful messor colonies but in a vertical nest 😍

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

Dandelion seeds all the way...They are a top favourite. Grab corn or wheat heads from fields...Poppy heads before they open..Dry them indoors before feeding. X love this.

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Wiill try! :D

great video!

9:02 I believe the nest is upside down. 🤔 Nice video, thank you.

Nice!!! I can't wait to get Messor myself!!!

@user-yj4qz5lo6k

4 жыл бұрын

AntsFinland where you getting from?

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

They are aweeeesome! :D

@antsfinland2760

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-yj4qz5lo6k His name is @ants_portugal on Instagram

Super cool 🐜

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Thaaank! :D

Ur vids are awesome!

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! :D

finally back from dead great colony i like it

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha, Back from dead? I take that as a compliment :P

@nlgameguy174

4 жыл бұрын

@@AntsScandinavia it is a compliment and i hoped that u would see it as a compliment cuz i love your videos

You can find the seeds in pet stores by the parot section and try grain sunflower nuts and I see weet basil and a tiny sunflower seed species

Wow good videos keep going AS

Nice! Hope I will have a volony of that size soon

@gustavnilsson7664

4 жыл бұрын

Ants SEA Hey! I just recently got my own messor barbarus colony. How fast is the colony supposed to grow? They have a good food source of seeds and water. Should i get them a heat mat to speed the process up?

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

You probably will :P

My Messor Barbarus love the seed called Amaranth, it is popular as seed drink and can be easily bought in large quantities as bio product so you can be sure no pesticides are in it. my Messor love them as they are very small and even small ants can chew them. They also look very nice in the storage, as they are tiny and regular seed

Since live in Brazil the only seed eater i found was pheidole. They love getting some sunflower seeds from my Hamster food mix

@Sauv_27

4 жыл бұрын

That encourages me to keep phiedole 😊

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, thats awesome! I will try feeding my pheidole seeds too!

Great video! Is olive oil really effective, it makes the surface slippery or super gluey? I use baby powder but it can get messy and sometimes some ants manage to climb it (especially the smaller ones)

Hey, the black seeds in the seed mix looks like poppy seeds or valmuefrø as we say in norway.

Cool video

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

Love it

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :D

Seeds seem to be a variety of bird seeds. Barley, wheat, Rye, oat, imillet, niger, red millet, cracked corn, brown rice, poppy, sunflower and safflower seeds. You could also try hulled or shelled pine nuts, pistachio nuts, walnuts and pecans, peanuts, dried legumes like peas, various dried beans, and lentils. You could also try various wild flower and wild grass seeds. As for their new outworld, I would add some dried leaves, elder cones, damp sphagnum moss, and some coconut fiber powder, then add in some springtails, and even some of the BioDude's Bioshot, a mix of fungi and bacteria that break down and eat animal waste. You can find his YT channel on YT and his store online from there. Good quality plants and mosses as well as terrarium/vivarium soil mixes.

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! That was a very thurrough (I think thats how it is spelled xd) Answer! Will check all those out! :D

cool vid :)

Don’t use IG so I’ll say it here. I feed my messor colony seeds labeled as canary food. I can find it in most larger stores and in all pet shops here. Maybe you have some friends that keep birds so ask them for samples. I just took my seeds that they like to the pet shop and found a mix that matched the best.

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

No worries, thanks for the tip :)

Did you ever found out where to get some good seeds for the Messor Barbarus? I have a couple of colonies and would really like to know. Tack.

@kwxl

3 жыл бұрын

@Itsjusta Hemi Thanks

@kwxl

3 жыл бұрын

@Itsjusta Hemi Thank you. Will do. :)

Great video mate! Imu win the 10k one too ;)

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Hehehe, no you will be banned O_O........... Jk xd. U guys where so damn fast last time!

i work in a hardware store and take home about 40-100kg of damaged bags of bird seeds every year. my messors love it

GREAT

started with messor barbarus at instagram: Ants.Army : Nice vlog Ants Scandinavia. I love Scandinavia

Loved the video, reminder from what people said in the chat use birdfeed, they really will like it (:

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, not all birdseeds tho :/. Canary seeds is what everyone is talking about! Will check that out!

Amazing vid! Btw what is the best temp for hibernation for Formica and Lasius?

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Depends on where you got them from. Never below 4*c tho. So 8 maybie :)

@antswashington

4 жыл бұрын

@@AntsScandinavia ok thx!

I like it

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

I like it alot

congrats ya got a sub (:

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, thaaaanks :P

@ethantorres4061

4 жыл бұрын

@@AntsScandinavia np (:

La arena que le has puesto tiene mezcla con arcilla?... o es solo arena. Gracias

Messor ants love poppy seeds

Heck ya

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Heck yeee

@jaywilliams7029

4 жыл бұрын

@@AntsScandinavia now I'm gonna message you the same thing I do to the other ant channels a watch. More ant vids more ant vids more ant vids more ant vids!!!!!!! #antlove

Awesome video m8! Your colony looks really good, they should fill the nest next year ;D The seeds my Messor love are linseeds, quinoa and poppy seeds. I buy them in an organic supermarket in big packages, like 1kg. I've noticed that they are less interested in seeds if you feed them the same kind everytime. Do you have any idea how i can get airflow in my formicarium? My Messor start to nest in the foraging arena xD I have 30x30x10 Antstore arenas with the aluminium&glass lids. Do you have any idea how i can prevent them from doing this? Have a nice day ^-°

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Hej! I will look for those! Thanks for the different seed tip, I have noticed the same. With them nesting in the outworld, DM me on instagram how the setup looks :D

oof mate!! i'm very VERY jealous about your setups!!!!

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Heheheee, I take that as a compliment :P

You should get some messor cephalotes

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Why? 🤔

@kire5991

4 жыл бұрын

cuz they look cool

I feed my Messor structor colony using store - bought food for small parrots and canaries. I supplement their diet by including some wheat grains, linseed, sunflower seeds, pieces of walnut, hazelnut and peanut. Also my ants love pistachios :) When they need proteins, and i don't have any insects on hand, i'm giving them small pieces of boiled yolk or raw pork. Surprisingly, my Messors do not like chicken and turkey meat. My colony is about 15 years old now, and still going strong - IMO Messor ants are one of the best species for ant keeper that doesn't have much space, or time, to care for multiple colonies. If only they'd stop smearing poop on the tank walls... :(

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Ey awesome info! Ye... the poop smearing... fkn hate it XD

You can buy exotic bird seed they really like it!

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Will try!

How long does the olive oil last before you need to reapply

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, like 2 weeks ish :P

INSTANT REPLAY!! lolol

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Ye, I just love how....stupid XD one single ant can be, like why did she go back, just to go back back, and walk 2 CM more? XD

At some point they gonna bite through the ytong like they did with the t-connector, first they gonna go for hydration chambers. My Messor did that.

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Oooof rip, well, I will tackle that problem when it comes...

No saying negatively I love ants😁

How did you get like the dept for your glass nice and even on your ytong nest? I want to do this 2 but i dont know how to. :)

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Look up tutorials online :P

They should like grass seeds.

One of the favorite seeds for my messor barbarus colony is chia seeds

@bolt1437

4 жыл бұрын

They are particularly good for smaller colonies.

@JaccoJohansson

4 жыл бұрын

@@bolt1437 exactly. Easier to break down smaller seeds for smaller colonies.

Does the messor also eat insects that fall in thier enclosure

im raising a camponautos queen with just tiny brood have any tips or hints?

This is the first video I’ve seen by this channel but do you get ideas from Ants Canada? At all something’s seem very simulated..

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

No, not really....What seems similar? The channel name?

Hello any tips for keeping these ants and making them grow fast?

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Give them seeds they like, and some heat gradiant :)

@edgarasedgaras7896

3 жыл бұрын

More food, space, heat (not to much), and water

For the seeds u can buy canary food

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I will try that!

How old is that colony and how often do you feed your colonies ant the beginning, when the colony has 5-20 workers?

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

I feed all my colonies, once a week, no matter size... :P This colony is.... 1.5 years old from single queen lol

How maximum can a messor structor colony size be? Like how many members.

Do giveaway of your used formacarium!! :)

What are you gonna do for hibernation?

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Very good question... I think the best sulotion now is to dissconnect the nest :)

I have only 10mm wide tubes so they do not nest in it.

Why olive oil on rocks?

Can any help me with my messor barbucus colony all the workers died and there's only 1 soldier ant left and the queen I gave them loads of seeds and plenty of fresh water through there drinking station

@harveyisleng2344

4 жыл бұрын

Have you been disturbing them if so that's why the workers died happened to me lol

Saw canary seeds

Why there is no connection between all ants channel to ants cannada as there are connection with Ants scandinavia to Ants Australia and etc?

What country you are from i am finland

Where do you buy your honey from?

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

I try to get Swedish "Summer honey" from large super markets who tends to sell that :)

canary seed, rapeseed, flaxseed, oat, hemp seeds and cereals.

Decimeters no way!!!

Where is the tutorial on how to make the ytong nest?

How do you get the colony so large?

@j7...

Жыл бұрын

I think that was the queen, the owner just offers options and possibilities 😂

They can eat oreos right?

Try getting some seed bird food

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Did that, they didnt like it XD

looks like they are picking the grain seeds

Canarie/grass seeds

Are you from scandinavia? Im from sweden

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Hell ye Jag är Svensk :P

@lottalandinrobertsson5547

4 жыл бұрын

:D

Give a lot insechts

Pretty sure those seeds are sold as bird feed bro

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Ye, I cant find them in any store tho lmao

@jaimedelgado7529

4 жыл бұрын

@@AntsScandinavia my local supermarket has them. However if u go to a pet store I'll find em for sure

Афигенный канал, иии я один здесь русский?

try bird seed

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

I will :)

1:20 where is the poll

Like 👍🇪🇸🐜 my colony META MESSOR BARBARUS ♥️

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

:D

Chia seed from ants davey

try birdseeds

🙂👍🐜🐜🐜

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

🐜🐜🙂🐜🐜

That is canary seeds

Är du från sverige

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Ja, jag är Svensk! :P Hörs det på hur jag pratar eller? XD

The black ones kinda look like chia seeds

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, no its not chia.... Tried those aaaand they didnt like XD

Make more videos

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

I take that as a compliment haha

@trickfam2777

4 жыл бұрын

Yes completely

mybe canary seeds

thought it cost 10 million for a second

Are you Swedish?

I hope i win 😂😂😂

@AntsScandinavia

4 жыл бұрын

:P