Carebara diversa 1st Meal - Population Boom | 46-Day Update

[00:00:00]They broke out.

[00:00:02]It is dying.

[00:00:05]But before that, I would like to thank everyone who watched my videos for subscribing, liking, sharing, and commenting. Some even commenting on almost every single video and sharing your tips, suggestions, and even sharing [music] stories of your own queens or colonies. I cannot believe I'm about to hit 400 subscribers.

[00:00:25]>> [music] >> Thank you for being such a wholesome community.

[00:00:31]I saw the number of workers grow exponentially. I cannot imagine the rate of growth of this colony. At [clears throat] this point, I'm sure they are going to break out of the chamber soon. A little bit worried because I read someone sharing about their colony dying off before they could break [music] out. Thankfully, they broke out already. I saw a worker or two outside, but I think it went back into the chamber as I may have spooked [music] it. And the very next day, they are out. It's time to give them their first feeding. This is their first temporary outworld, or rather, outworld for beginning stage. I actually used a different kind of outworld, but that one was terrible [music] because I did not think through about the fact that it's hardly visible. Ants barrier blocking [music] the sides and the cover being opaque. So, I got this instead and I love that this has slip-on cover. Very easy for me to feed them. This one looks very messy because I overdid the ants barrier and the extra extra powder drops. [music] I just took extra precautions and went overboard because this is such a big colony. Better safe than sorry. Better messy than sorry.

[00:01:44]And then the entrance, I melted and then paste more melted plastic to make sure there are no gaps in between the test tube and hole. So, let's give them their first protein, a whole cricket. This is too big, but I couldn't find the smallest one as it sunk in the container deep down.

[00:02:00]>> [music] >> There is a single worker scouting and back to the colony to tell them. [music] Love to see them rushing to the food.

[00:02:08]You can see those fallen powder giving them trouble to walk. So sorry little ones. And suddenly they're all pulling the cricket into the test tube. It shocked me because I turned my hand just for a moment and then suddenly I saw this when I turned back.

[00:02:23]>> [music] >> I actually had more recorded, but the camera was on pause. What happened was after the first [music] group came out, they realized they couldn't do it. So they called for more backup and a total of about 40 to 50 workers. And when they realized they still couldn't do it, they called for even more backup. And it's so cool because imagine an army in the olden days running in the battlefield.

[00:02:45]That was exactly how it looked when they all rushed out. So happy to see that.

[00:02:51]And I'm so sorry to you guys for my mistake and missing that part especially. [music] I was wondering where the major was, the one that was a pupa 10 days ago.

[00:03:00]>> [music] >> And then suddenly it appeared. Look at how big it is and look at how awesome it looks. [music] It's like, "Okay ladies, move aside. Let me do it."

[00:03:11]But eventually the major fell and looked like it did nothing.

[00:03:16]I thought they were just going to bring the cricket here, but apparently they brought it into [music] the chamber with the queen. What? It's like such a small space. So I left [music] them, came back 2 hours later and they're still at it.

[00:03:31]So here's a short time-lapse of them doing whatever they're doing to the cricket.

[00:03:41]>> [music] >> Look at this. Imagine all these workers, eggs, larvae, pupae, majors coming from one single queen without eating anything at all ever since she was caught.

[00:04:00]How amazing is that? It's still so hard for me to imagine how that's possible. I know the science behind it, but >> [music] >> still wow.

[00:04:10]Also, there's no way I'm going to be able to take the cricket out. I hope they remove the trash when they're done.

[00:04:17][music] I'm sure they know what to do.

[00:04:19]Maybe if they can't finish it and if the food spoils, they will bring it out themselves. For now, that'll be it for this video. Once again, thank you to all of you.

[00:04:31]>> [music] >> See you.