My Pet Ants Discovered Agriculture 

I never knew that mealybugs were also a source of honeydew for ants. I've always herd (get it) of ants farming aphids, but never mealybugs. In fact this is the first I've heard of them. That being said literally all the info was new and fascinating to me. The millions of years of symbiosis, to the face that males and females take on such different forms.

The next one is going to be "HELP! My ants discovered fire!"

Day 1- ants move in Day2- Discover agriculture Day 3 - Make fire Day 10 - colonize other terrarium Day 19- Tame spiders Day 35 discover space travel

Y'all ever wonder if they'll just build a tiny ant church one day praying to a picture of a giant hand?

"My Pet Ants Discovered Nuclear Energy"

Next thing you’ll know, they’ll discover archery and mining and pottery and the wheel and eventually particle physics and nanotechnology, giving them all the space ship parts they need to leave this world and win a science victory

Up Next : *Oh my God ! My ants discovered weapons of mass destruction !*

This time on ants Canada: My ants learned how to make an airplane to leave the nest

Wow... I honestly didn't think these would be the type of videos I'd enjoy (no offense or anything, I had just never thought of it) but it's SO WELL DONE. The narration and cinematography is incredible and very entertaining. Keep making awesome content!

It's very rare to find a decent sized channel with very little toxicity in the comments

“And that’s when I saw it -“ *AD PLAYS “God damnit youtube”

As someone that grows succulents this episode had me in horror the whole time. I've been fighting a mealybug infestation for about 2 months now.

And now there’s business, money, power, laws..... SOCIETYYYY COMING TO A DANK ANT FARM NEAR YOU

All in favour of calling the Mealybug Colony the BUBBLE BUTTS say "I"! If not, what should we name them?

Are you guys liking this 4K Ultra HD video footage? Do you notice the upgrade in clarity compared to our videos from say two months ago? Do any of you guys watch these ant videos on a television screen? Would love to hear your feedback! Ant love forever! Thank you for watching, guys!

Do you know what I truly love?- The respect and devotion you give to your ants. Your presentation, the whole script and filming, the setup and all the displays. You have such a good-tempered and natural speaking voice. It is very young and friendly and so pleasant to listen to. Watching a video of yours is like going over to my friend's house who has the greatest collection of ants who he loves very much and loves to show off.

im just waiting for the ants to discover ant memes

As someone who has professional greenhouse experience, I thought thought I'd give you a little disclaimer . Mealy bugs are notoriously good a spreading and their presence can cause a whole host of problems in your plants. We had an outbreak of them one year and the majority of the garden annuals developed dwarfed or sickly. And the next year even after a through check and sanitization by hand of all plants they still came back. All I'm saying is to watch them and maybe get a head of them so this doesn't happen to any of the other colonies.

Next: Ants assemble with cockroach shells to form Antatron

*Jesus christ they're evolving*

It’s rare for me to like videos but I’ll make an exception to this channel

I think that the ants are actually massaging the bugs with their antennae, since this likely increases their honeydew production. Dairy farmers have also realized that this works with cows, and so many of them have giant, spinning brushes installed in their barns, so the cows can just walk up and get a massage wherever they feel like it. Apparently, it can increase milk production by up to 25%!

When ants take over the world it is your fault

But how are the plants gonna live if the mealy bugs proliferated and the plant dies

“Every single worker counts, right?” - Comrade AntsSiberia

Bobblehead: "Gimme de sweet nectar and we will protec" Mealybug: "Ok"

Please show us the termites! I don’t care if they haven’t changed yet I just wanna see them, maybe a quick update at the end of a video?

Ant 1: look, I found these weird bugs Ant 2: wow cool dude Ant 1: eww they have this weird liquid on them Ant 2: drink it Ant 1: what Ant 2: what - a few year later, at ant school - Ant teacher: and that is how we started farming mealybugs Ant students: eww gross lol

"Aren't they just cute AC Family?" *Sees dead cockroach skin*

Year 2027: OMG, AC family, my ants have discovered space travel!

This channel basically replacing animal planet for me

When he was talking about how (eficiant) ants are unlike humans i imagined hundreds of people screaming at ear aother when it rains

I love how you made Avista look like! And the bobble heads are also so cool looking on this island.

No naming of the mealybugs ? :( I'ld suggest the Happy Meals :D

This is great news. I've heard Phediole can do this and are even sometimes considered a type of harvester ant. I've been wanting you to feed them seeds for awhile for this very reason and others. But I wasn't expecting a video like this on them so soon after you introduced them. I have to admit, I love this genus of ant.

I LOVE the perspective that you bring to farming, etc, because so few humans think in such a way without intensively observing nature! You're wonderful and I think everyone should watch this channel!!

Does this mean that the ants will follow the DOA's (Department of Agriculture) Rules?

The Tree of Wisdom implanted the seed of Agriculture into the ants' heads! I mean, it is a tree of Wisdom.

those top leaves on the bonsai suggest your light may not be powerful enough.

I wonder if there is some way to make enough honeydew that I could get ants to become my traveling companions while I roam around in my yard to. They could keep gnats away from me while I am in the yard. I wish my eyesight wasn't going bad. I finally find something so great and educational as this channel and now astigmatism decides to show up. I spent the first half of my life with nearsightedness and now I can't see anything without holding it at arm's length, except on my TV screen. I have my computer hooked up to the TV screen and now in UHD. I absolutely love your videos now being in UHD. I am going to keep watching them as long as you keep making them or as long as I can still see, and maybe even just listen and imagine after. I still want to learn more about ants and your enthusiasm is infectious, in a good way. Have you ever tried or thought about beekeeping? I find them fascinating as well. Their social systems seem very similar in a lot of cases. I would love to learn how similar their matriarchal systems really are and how those systems differ, at least overall. I know there are so many species of both that there will be big differences in some cases. Depending on the species of each, I'm sure any comparison would be as far apart as apples to oranges. Or would it? I wish I had had this channel when I was a kid and constantly asking questions no one knew the answer to. They always just said kill whatever I was fascinated with in the insect world. Nope. Not if I can help it. They are far too entertaining to kill them just for being there.

*i just noticed that mealybugs look much cuter in this video than the actual images*

Hey Mikey! I have suggestions. Maybe you should have us an Antiverse Map where you have each Kingdoms and its inhabitants labeled for us to be easily updated. If you can make it like the GoT intro animation, then that would be awesome. If someone who can create such animation, then that would be highly possible. Current Antiverse Worlds: The Fire Nation: Fire Ants (Solenopsis geminata) Territory: La Selva De Fuego (South American River Biotope Paludarium) Landmarks: - La Selva De Fuego - The Fire Falls - [Desolated] The Eye of Solis Desolated Territories: - Fire Ant Mountain (Field and Forest Biome Faux Terrarium) - Solenopsis Hill (Field and Forest Biome Faux Terrarium) - The Offering Temple (Time Lapse Videos Venue Outworld) - The Hydrocombs (Water Reservoir Outworld) - The Fire Jungle (Rainforest Biome Outworld) - The Tropic of Pyro (Rainforest Biome Outworld) - The Badlands (Field and Forest Biome Outworld) - The Pyre (Desert and Oasis Biome Outworld) - The Antagon (Network of Tubing) - Geminata Pass (Tubing between Outworlds) - The Fire Palace (Giant Rubbermaid Bin Soil Nest) Co-inhabitants: - The Spring Cleaners: Springtails - The White Tigers: Albino Corydoras Catfish - [_unnamed_]: Macrobrachium Shrimps - [Deceased] The Guppy Gang: Black-Eared Panda Guppies - [Deceased] Romeo and Juliet: Golden Ram Cichlid Pair - [_unnamed/status unknown_]: Assassin Snail The Golden Empire: Yellow Crazy Ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes) Territory: Hacienda Del Dorado (Semi-open Concept Multi-level Paludarium) Landmarks: - The Golden Springs - The Golden Rock Co-inhabitants: - The Spring Cleaners: Springtails - Emperor Sapphire: Blue Crayfish - [_status unknown_] The Millitary: Giant Millipedes - [_unnamed/relocated_]: Praying Mantis - [_unnamed/status unknown_]: Aphids The Dark Knights: Black Crazy Ants (Paratrechina longicornis) Territories: - Tour Des Fleurs (African-European Faux Terrarium) - Zen Jardim (Asian-South American Faux Terrarium) - Billabong Hills (North American-Australian Faux Terrarium) - The Dragon's Stairway (Tubing beside [Deceased] Bearded Dragon's Terrarium) - The AC Plateau (Tubing above AC unit) - The DK Bridge (Tubing above sprinkler) - The Cavern of Darkness (Tubing through drywall) - The Wooden Cliffs (Tubing above door jamb) - The Knight's Drop (Tubing beside door jamb) - The Silver Rock Canyon (Tubing along the Silver Play Button) - The Silver Glacier (Faux Terrarium above refrigerator) - Uncle Milton Ant Farm Desolated Territories: - [_unnamed_] (Rooster Plant Pot inside the Rubbermaid Bin) - The Crystal Mansion (Rubbermaid Bin with Nest Gear Pack and Test Tubes) Co-inhabitants: - The Spring Cleaners: Springtails The Platinum Dragons: Lesser Weaver Ants (Polyrhachis sp.) _Former Ruler_: [Escaped] The Black Dragons: Lesser Weaver Ants (Polyrhachis semiinermis) Territory: El Dragon Island (Asian Biotope Moated Paludarium) Landmarks: - The River of Dragon's Tears - The Dragon Skull Co-inhabitants: - The Spring Cleaners: Springtails - The Leviathans: Amano Shrimps/Cherry Shrimps (Goldenback Yellow, Orange, and Blue) - [_unnamed_]: Mosquito Rasbora Fish The Black Panthers: Asian Bullet Ants/Bornean Queenless Ants (Diacamma rugosum) Territory: The Shire (Terrarium) Landmarks: - [_unnamed_]: The Great Rock Rampart Co-inhabitants: - The Spring Cleaners: Springtails [_still unnamed_]: Carpenter Ants (Camponotus sp.) Territory: The Grove (Terrarium) Landmarks: - [_unnamed_]: The Red Rock Cliff - [_unnamed_]: The Hollow Bamboo Co-inhabitants: - The Spring Cleaners: Springtails The Bobble Heads: Big-Headed Ants (Pheidole sp.) Territory: The Floating Island of Avista (Open Concept Terrarium) Landmarks: - [_unnamed_]: The Great Tree of Wisdom (Sumo Bonsai Banyan Tree) Co-inhabitants: - The Spring Cleaners: Springtails - [_unnamed_]: Mealybugs The Jawbreakers: Trap-Jaw Ants (Odontomachus sp.) Territory: The Plateaus of Gaia (Self-sustaining Multi-level Terrarium) Landmarks: - [_unnamed_]: The Three Plateaus Co-inhabitants: - The Spring Cleaners: Springtails [Deceased] The Titans: Asian Marauder Ants (Carebara diversa) Territory: Garden of Eden ([Deceased] Tarzan the Bearded Dragon's Former Terrarium) Co-inhabitants: - The Spring Cleaners: Springtails [Liberated] The Tomb Raiders: Pharaoh Ants (Monomorium pharaonis) Desolated Territories: - The Valley of the Kings (Lowlands of the West / Mini Terrarium) - Nefertiti's Tunnel (Climb to the Western Midlands / Tubing) - The Garden of Anubis (Lush Midland of the West / Mini Terrarium) - The Nubian Shelf (Western Midland Plateau / Tubing) - The Pyramids' Rise (Climb to the Western Highlands / Tubing) - The Rosetta Stone Desert (Desert of the Western Higlands / Mini Terrarium) - Cairo's Drop (Descent into the Alexandrian Lowlands / Tubing) - Club Oasis (The Colony's Hydrostation / Water Test Tube Setup) - The Garden of Alexandria (Station Prior to the Great Journey into the Sky / Mini Terrarium) - The Pharaoh's Rise (Ascent into the Skyway / Tubing) - The Bridge of Horus (Journey Across the Skyway / Tubing) - The Osiris Underpass (Passage Below the Eastern Plateau / Tubing) - Sphinx Staircase (Passage into the Eastern Higlands / Tubing) - Field of Aaru (Eastern Highlands / Mini Terrarium) Co-inhabitants: - The Spring Cleaners: Springtails Before The Antiverse [Liberated] [_unnamed_]: Asian Weaver Ants/Green Tree Ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) Territory: [_unnamed_] (Arboreal Mega Terrarium) Other Species: [_status unknown_] - Pavement Ants (Tetramorium sp.) - Cornfield Ants (Lasius neoniger) - Carpenter Ants (Camponotus noveboracensis & Camponotus maculatus) - Parrot Ants (Nylanderia sp.) - Common Black Ants (Formica fusca) - Common Red Ants (Myrmica rubra) - Acrobat Ants (Crematogaster cerasi) Parallel Antiverse Worlds The Roachella: Dubia Roaches (Blaptica dubia) Territory: [_unnamed_] (Terrarium/Blattocomposter) Landmarks: - The Dubian Dome [_unnamed/status unknown_]: Termite Pair Territory: N/A [Deceased] Tarzan: Bearded Dragon Territory: The Garden of Eden (Terrarium) [_unnamed/status unknown_]: Bird-Eating Tarantula Territory: [_unnamed_] (Terrarium) Requests, Suggestions, & Ideas: - Please name all unnamed species, co-inhabitants, territories, and landmarks - Antiverse Map - Ant Flags with real mini flags in the terrariums - Please fix each species playlist - Superworm Blattocomposter - Resurrect all of your previous colonies specially Oecophylla - Keep an Endemic Species - Shared Terrariums divided by water - Ant Condominium for Small Colonies. Different species per floor. - Hang the Island of Avista. - More Ant Bite Wednesdays - More Species (Ghost Ants, Destructor Ants, Harvester Ants, etc). AC Council should decide what to keep first. - Completely Transparent Soilless Nest (with just coverings for the ants convenience). Species should be easy to keep in captivity. - Have one those mini models of houses or condos which is covered in glass. Modify it by adding a layer of soil under it. Make sure that the surface of the setup is soilless to make it look like ants replaced humans. Just leave a place where soil is exposed for food, water, sanitation, and cleaning. - Underwater setup. With a little island as access for food and everything. The ant nest underwater should not be filled with soil. An ant terrarium underwater. - Framed Colony. Have a closed setup of glass terrarium filled with soil with very thin sides so that you can hang it to the wall like a very large portrait with only 1 tube connected to an outworld for food and cleaning. Make sure the setup is made sturdy to hold the weight of the soil. Put also an opening for soil hydration. You can cover it with something like Ant Flags Poster or the Ant Map for the ants convenience.

Gosh it’s cute to see mealybugs as “ant cows” but goddamn do I hate those things! They attack my orchids constantly no matter what I do and have killed quite a few of of my plants. Ugh. Glad to see someone can appreciate the horrible little beasties! Edit: make sure you keep them in check because they can do some serious, fatal damage to plants and once they get established it’s almost impossible to get rid of them completely. Luckily they’re easy to squish. I like to use a pokey stick dipped in alcohol, especially because they like to live in deep, hard to reach crevices. They turn a weird reddish brown as soon as the alcohol hits them. It’s really gross but satisfying to see them cease to be a threat! Eww.

That moment when you don't particularly care about ants but this dude's excitement is so heartwarming and sweet you enjoy it anyway.

Dang the excitement is infectious, I got fully invested even though insect crowds make me feel itchy. Such high production for such small creatures, what a great learning opportunity!

Its neat how this symbios is there all the way from back 15-20 million years.

I leave for 3 weeks and the ants discover agriculture?

I love the sound effect of the honeydew squirting lmao

Little fluffy bugs: time to release the honeydew ants: G i v e

I just want to say that unless it's just the lights, your banyan tree is lacking nutrients, likely phosphorus. Chlorosis, or yellowing of plant leaves, indicated a lack an essential nutrient, usually one that's involved in the production of chlorophyll. As it's the young leaves that are yellow, the nutrient that's lacking must be one that has low mobility. As the tree's being fed on, it'd be a good idea to give it regular small amounts of fertilizer just to keep it healthy.

*Anybody else realize when the first group of ant cows was being filmed their was another group on the base of the leaf an inch to the left?*

Next episode: HELP! MY ANTS GATHERED THE INFINITY STONES!

HELP! MY ANTS DISCOVERED THE SCP FOUNDATION! *The SCP Foundation is typing...* The SCP Foundation: *makes SCP-143, the smart ants.* Also SCP Foundation: What? Let’s make that an SCP.

I always thought that ants were smooth, but with the 4k camera you can see that they have tiny hairs.

this is so informative, i already knew about this "ant cows", but now understand when their guts full or no ant nearby, these cows just spray out drops elsewhere, just to attract ants towards that plant or tree for their protection, so technically they both know each other biologically, am i right?

You know that one day the tree is going to die cuz of those bugs •́ ‿ ,•̀

had mealybugs infestation of my cactus and succulents collection before... absolutely hate them >:l

I wonder if they know they’re living in a simulation

Instead of bottled water you could make a rain barrel to catch your own rain. It saves on plastic and most bottled water is just tap water.

These mealybugs looks and really acts like sea cucumbers when they poop those honeydews. A sea cucumber can squirt water just like the mealybugs when they're out of the water!

Will the ants be the first ones to land on venus? Find out in the next episode of AntsCanada

Some times I wonder if the ants see you as a omnibenevolent God. When I say that I don't mean do you count as their God, or whether you feel like a God, as in do the Ants even consider entertaining the thought that they should be grateful to you, or worship you. Do they run from your hand because they don't know that it only brings benefits, or do they fear you like the Greeks feared Zeus. Do they think you're just another predator or they see you as a higher, more worthy being. Has an ant ever tried to make a sacrifice to you, heck, has an ant ever tried to thank you with their pheromones. These are all questions that we may never know the answer to for no reason other than "because we can't talk to them", but with the thousands upon thousands of ants, you just gotta wonder, if one, just one, has called you God.

Play the AntsCanada drinking game: Do a shot every time he says "AC Family".

These ant stories alway get me...I wish I the gift of story telling. It's truly amazing what you film here. Thanks for the vids! Marty

Hey AntsCanada I'm a High school teacher from Indianapolis Indiana. We just got donated a pretty small aquarium and was looking for something interesting to put in it and ran across your channel and got addicted. I didn't know if you had a video on how to do a beginner terrarium and walk through how to build or common tips on how to manage it. Or if you have any resources that you use or know that educators could use to start a program? I look forward to hearing from the community and you. Thanks Matt

Welcome to the air condition family

Agriculture is when you sow the crops, this is more of livestock breeding ;)

Part 2: My Pet Ants Invented Democratic Government

*Year 2054* - So the new ant people have begun to take over the planet with their powers of agriculture.

AntsCanda uploads, Click with no regrets.

It is nature for them they evolved to do it a millions of years ago but amazing ants are known to bring aphids to leaves so they can produce more honeydew and protect them I am a gardener and they are attacking my lettuce. I had no idea they farmed other bugs

Omg! Your combo of pumping dance music and squirting sound effects for the mealy bug/feeling process makes this so entertaining hahah

This is only the beginning of the Bobblehead Empire.

As cool as this is, you can say goodbye to that tree. An army of parasites may be too much for a small bonsai tree.

7:48 has a perfect effect of story and music. If this is crafted, congratulations for being excellent. If it is luck, congratulations for being excellent and, as well, lucky.

I like the sound affects of the mealybugs pooping

Keeping that wire on the bonsai for that long WILL cut into the bark and ultimately harm the tree. I maintain and care for bonsai, please use directional pruning of your plant over bending and rebending the branches. I’m sure you’ll find that the whole ecosystem will benefit from that one simple change in dynamic .

One thing that i love the most in this channel is your English speaking, your pronounciation is on point! You helped me develop my listening skill soooo much thank youuu AC 😆😆😆

Ugh when i see those mealy bugs it gives me chills. As a plant collector they are my worse nightmare

I'm always incredibly delighted to hear this guy talking about ants... he's so passionate and happy about bugs and the enthusiasm is infectious! :D

AntsCanada, I used to hate ants but you made me love them so thank you!

What he see:Ants doing agriculture What we see:ants eating poop from other insects XD

Me: oh this is cool *scrolls down* Me: and theres an add for insect pest control how lovely

That sound effect when the mites drop dew really kills the majesty of nature feel you had going

Will the Golden Empire milk these bugs? If they become too populated on this tree, you could transfer some over.

How in the world! 3 minutes and 30k+ views already?

Ants : we protect u,u give us honeydew Plant insects : *DEAL*

_"ant cows"_ Amazing.

I found out that it might not be the ANTs milking the mealybugs but the mealybugs just dumping their waste and the ANTs picks it up Gorgeous Love the 4k videos =) cant wait for the next episode!

The tree nourishes the mealybugs, the mealybugs's waste nourish the ants, the ants' waste nourish the flies, the flies' young nourish the ants, the ants' waste nourishes the tree, the tree nourishes the mealybugs, and on it goes. _It's the circle of liiiiiife~~~_

Cool! i heard that Honeydew Grants the colony some BONUSES!!!

There’s a colony of ants who do this in my backyard, it’s annoying when the plants are weak saplings who die easily:/

This aphid farming behavior systematically murdered my entire pea and tomato garden one year. There were so many that each day, I would come out and another plant would be dead. Natural repellents did nothing. Even pulling them off by hand was ineffective, because the ants had some hidden cache and would just bring out more the next morning.

Agriculture or animal husbandry?

'Colony' really is the prefect word for an ant nest.

"Fresh Nurishing Ant Poop" Killed Me XD

Can you also place a herd at trapjaw colony because i think mites and spring cleaners aren't enough to sustain their needs

Welp, I'm not even gonna try for the contest as I can see someone's been pinned. But I will say this, antscanada, before watching you. I had no interest in ants, maybe even a disliking of them. Now, I wanna keep them, and you have completely changed my views on this world. Thank you

2018: Ants discovered agriculture 2020: ants can scuba dive (phoenix empire) Me: dang there evolving

12:54 I can't believe the ants also have bathroom too!!!