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Ant Keeping Videos | Best Ants UK
Every video below was filmed with our own colonies, raised from a single queen here in the UK. Setup guides, feeding, troubleshooting, Flying Ant Day and the stories behind Best Ants UK, ant keeping specialists since 1997 — pick a topic and press play.
All Our Ant Keeping Videos | Setup to Flying Ant Day
1,300 Carpenter Ants, One Queen, Six Years
1,300 Camponotus nicobarensis raised from one single queen over six years, settling into their new large handmade nest.
Carebara Diversa Colony Tearing Apart 7 Locusts | Time-lapse
A huge Asian marauder ant colony devouring its daily live food in time-lapse.
Manica rubida | The Big, Bold Red Mountain Ant
Fast, curious and bright red. Watch our Manica rubida colony in action. Live arrival guaranteed on every queen and colony, with handmade ant farms designed from 30 years of ant-keeping experience.
Antie Ant Farm Assembling Instructions
Full walkthrough of setting up the Antie ant farm: substrate levels, moisture, feeding areas and watering the nest.
Ant Farm for Beginners with Black Garden Ants | How to Assemble the Kit
Assembling the beginner kit with a live Lasius niger colony, the easiest UK-native species to raise.
A5 Combo All-in-One Complete Setup
How to set up the A5 Combo all-in-one hybrid nest and outworld.
Why Small Ant Colonies Must Stay in a Test Tube
A test-tube setup keeps humidity stable and protects the queen and brood in the critical founding stage.
Why Natural Substrate Matters for Your Ant Farm
Tunnel stability, moisture control and choosing the right substrate for long-term colony health.
Antie Plus Outworld Fitting
Fitting the outworld to the Antie Plus ant farm.
What Do Ants Eat? Feeding Honey and Protein Jelly
How to feed your colony honey and Best Ants UK protein jelly in the outworld.
Best Ant Food Protein Jelly in the UK
Protein grows the brood and keeps the queen laying: how to offer protein jelly twice a week.
Carpenter Ants Go Mad for Nectar | Food Test
Protein jelly, ant nectar or a locust: watch a Camponotus nicobarensis colony decide.
18-Year-Old Messor barbarus Colony Eating Protein Jelly
Our 18-year-old harvester queen and her workers feeding, proof of what long-term care looks like.
The Antie Ant Farm with Camponotus nicobarensis Care
Caring for exotic carpenter ants in the Antie ant farm, for homes and classrooms.
My Living Ant Formicarium | Natural Eco Ant Farm
The natural eco formicarium in action, with clear viewing of the ants working and caring for brood.
Polyrhachis Weaver Ant Farm
A thriving Polyrhachis dives weaver ant colony and the farm built for them.
Harpegnathos venator | Primitive Jumping Ant
Challenges and tips for keeping the primitive jumping ant: humidity, temperature and setup.
Ant Escape Prevention | PTFE Fluon
Apply an inch-wide band of PTFE Fluon and feeding time stops being escape time.
Smart Meter Batteries Replacement
The smart meter stopped working? An easy DIY battery swap.
Ant Farm Meter Batteries Replacement
Replacing the batteries in the standard humidity and temperature meter.
Maisie Ant Nest | Base Replacement
How to fit the replacement black acrylic base on the Maisie ant nest.
Flying Ant Day 2026 | Britain's Queen Ants Are Coming
What really happens during Flying Ant Day and when the 2026 swarm was likely to peak.
Why Do Ants Carry Their Dead
The pheromone signals behind one of the colony's strangest behaviours.
Your First Year of Ant Keeping | Month by Month
From a lone queen in a test tube to a thriving colony: a month-by-month timeline.
Ant Keeping for Beginners UK | 50 Questions Answered
Queens, species choice, setup, feeding and the common mistakes to avoid, in one guide.
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