text: Its not easy as you will need to obtain a queen ant before you can start the colony. Making the nest is easy just a perspex box with soil in, make it about 3 inch wide but it needs to be big, they will make there own channels & you can see them in the box living there life.Plus you need a food source. Depends on what type of ants you gets, Ants can be herbivores & Carnivores.So best to try & get leaf cutter ants or something.