Greetings, AC fam!
Welcome to the AntsCanada Ant Channel.
Now, a lot of you guys have mentioned to me and posted comments
saying that watching the ants is
really relaxing, and watching them do things
is so satisfying. And
so, I wanted to create this video of ants just drinking
drops of honey.
So sit back, relax and watch these Black
Crazy Ants consume their favorite food.
honey. And for those of you that missed
the commentary, i'll be popping in here
and there. Enjoy!
And just like that, they finished their
first drop of honey.
pretty cool, right? These ants really have
a sweet tooth. Ready to see some more?
Time to add another. Slightly larger drop
this time.
Look at them just piling over that drop
of honey! They really love their sweets.
Ants really need their sweets because it
gives them very useful energy, which
helps power them, because they work
really hard around the clock.
The worker ants gorge themselves with
liquid food. You can see their distended
gasters, full like a balloon full of
honey. They fill their social stomach
which is kind of like an internal
lunchbox and what they do is they go
back to the nest and engage in a sort of
kissing action and transfer the food
from mouth to mouth from their social
stomachs and this is how food is passed
to all members of the colony
all done
and in case you were wondering if you're
new to this channel these ants are black
crazy ants known asparatrechina longicornis
they're called black crazy ants
because of their erratic movements but
this video's time-lapsed this is their
real speed but don't be fooled
these ends can have super hyper drive
with sudden bursts of speed
this is them in the constant if you guys
would prefer to see an on time lapse
version of this video feel free to click
this I card here but meanwhile so that
you guys can see more of the action in a
shorter time period
let's go back to the time lapse for
those of you that are new to this
channel and haven't seen our latest
video we're getting our subscribers RAC
family to help decide on a name for this
colony so feel free to click this icon
whenever you're ready to cast your vote
on a pool of the top 20 name suggestions
for this colony we'd really appreciate
your phone and input and now back to
feeding this ant colony more drops of
honey
check this out guys
one drop
two drops three and four drops
and a fifth longer drop
i'm using a new camera to film these
ends and one thing i noticed while
filming this video which I hadn't seen
before was that these ends actually have
hairs on their gaster this new macro
lens allows us to see those hairs on the
guests are initially it looked like
these ants were perfectly smooth i love
how up close we can get to these ads but
this new equipment
look at that huge mass and entanglement
of legs
they're really doing their best to fit
in all available spaces just to drink
this honey
all done
they're so fast i find answers to be
some of the most efficient creatures on
the entire planet these drops of honey
which are tiny to us will go a long way
for this ant colony and the workers are
very thorough look at them thoroughly
licking the surface of the rock just to
make sure they got all remaining honey
so what did you guys think was that
relaxing or what satisfying
well that's not all because I got
something coming up that I think you'll
really like I've added some food
coloring to these drops of honey
now this is where it really gets cool
watch as the colored honey fills up
their guests errs
and forever please subscribe if you
liked this video thank you remember how
earlier I said that ends transfer food
for mouth-to-mouth in a kissing action
here it is it's known as truffle axis
other insects do this to like bees and
termites
it's a great way for you social insects
to distribute the food around
you can clearly see the food coloring
now in their casters you can also see
which ants are coming back for seconds
after having fed on our non-coloured
honey drops
so a little bit of background info on
these hands these black crazy ends have
managed to invade a lot of countries
there are pan tropical species which
means they're found in almost all
tropical countries their colonies grow
very fast and they eat a lot of food
it's unknown where these ants originated
from but my mama colleges friend dr.
James trigger says there are suspicions
that these ants originated in India the
colonies are known as politicians which
means they have multiple Queens each of
them playing many many eggs as pets
they're pretty docile and are harmless
to humans
i personally love them i mean how can
you not the cute they are
check out this and here pumping food out
of her social stomach and into the
social stomach of her fellow sister
worker
she's almost done just a little bit more
to go
all done now to visit the remaining drop
of honey for a reason
can you believe how efficiently these
and finish those drops of honey pretty
fast right it's amazing to think that
this happens in the world of ants every
single day and if it's not a drop of
honey it's either nectar from a flower
some fruit other sweet plant exits
honeydew from plant insects or even a
little bit of your leftover soda
whatever the case i just find it pretty
cool to be able to see them up close
like this just doing their thing
there you have it guys and eating drops
of honey
so what did you guys think was that
satisfying let me know in the comments
section if you like these types of
videos hope you guys enjoyed this video
be sure to subscribe if you haven't yet
because we've got tons more videos about
ants coming up and they do I see a few
ants that look like they're drunk and
passed out
it's kind of strange see them and now
they're getting up
you scared me for a bit maybe they got
stuck in the drops of honey answer
really are funded anyways as I was
saying thanks so much for watching this
video and stay tuned for our next video
and live forever guys bye-bye
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