AntMaister builds founding nests, starter kits, and tools for ant keepers who want their first generation of workers to actually make it.
35×55×25mm
BPA-free polymer
Humidity and temperature need to stay steady while she's isolated. No draughts, no temperature swings, no disturbance from outside.
You need to check on brood development and the first workers without opening the nest or stressing the colony every time you look.
The moment nanitics need feeding is the moment most colonies lose an ant. A separate foraging area solves this from day one.
£10.50
A 3D-printed substitute for the traditional test tube. Built for one queen, her first eggs, and the first generation of workers, with better humidity control than glass alone.
£26.48
A 5-tube organiser built around one idea: feed your first workers without ever pulling a cotton plug. Add a queen, a drop of honey, and watch.
My name's Gabriel. I've kept ants for years, and I got tired of choosing between flimsy mass-produced setups and equipment that wasn't designed with a UK keeper in mind.
So I started designing and printing my own. AntMaister is that gear, made for keepers who want their colony's first weeks to go right — not as an afterthought to a bigger store, but as the only thing we do.
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