Ants In The Home

[Guest guest]

Here is an excerpt from NewScientist magazine on controlling ants that

are coming into the home - it was a solution provided as an alternative

to toxic ant powders or the idea someone had of getting a pet ant eater

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

 

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

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.. for the full article go here:

 

http://www.newscientist.com/lastword/article.jsp?id=lw1118

 

<snipped> ... Instead, I invented a very good, environmentally friendly

cure while I was living in Hong Kong. First, you need to find a

wandering ant in your house, garage, garden or greenhouse and then pile

a teaspoon of sugar in front of it. Wait a few hours, and you will see

that a clearly visible line of ants will link the spoonful of sugar with

their nest.

 

Once you have located this point, decide where you would like the ants

to stop - just outside your house or garage, rather than inside, is as

good a place as any. Pile another tablespoon of sugar at this point. The

ants will pick this up, turn round and return to the nest with it, and

will not bother traveling any further. The column of ants to the

original teaspoon of sugar will quickly peter out, and you can clear it

up.

 

Then keep an eye on the new pile of sugar - it may need topping up

occasionally if you have a large nest, but it will certainly solve your

problem.

 

Jason Miller , Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Oh yes--I can just see us feeding the fire ants and allowing them to

multiply even faster than the huge mounds do now! lol Thanks, but no thanks.

(course, sugar doesn't interest them--they are meat eaters, but I won't be

putting any table scraps out for them either ;-)

 

samala

Renee

" tossed down to live among angels, who have forgotten what they are, I

strive to remember " RLV 1998

 

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http://www.newscientist.com/lastword/article.jsp?id=lw1118

 

<snipped> ... Instead, I invented a very good, environmentally friendly

cure while I was living in Hong Kong. First, you need to find a

wandering ant in your house, garage, garden or greenhouse and then pile

a teaspoon of sugar in front of it. Wait a few hours, and you will see

that a clearly visible line of ants will link the spoonful of sugar with

their nest.

 

Once you have located this point, decide where you would like the ants

to stop - just outside your house or garage, rather than inside, is as

good a place as any. Pile another tablespoon of sugar at this point. The

ants will pick this up, turn round and return to the nest with it, and

will not bother traveling any further. The column of ants to the

original teaspoon of sugar will quickly peter out, and you can clear it

up.

 

Then keep an eye on the new pile of sugar - it may need topping up

occasionally if you have a large nest, but it will certainly solve your

problem.

 

Jason Miller , Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK

[Guest guest]

Hey Renee,

 

Maybe the pet ant eater is a better choice for those of us who have the

" pleasure " of living with fire ants *lol*

 

*Smile*

Chris (list mom)

 

http://www.alittleolfactory.com

 

 

 

 

Renee Votta [reneev]

 

 

Oh yes--I can just see us feeding the fire ants and allowing them to

multiply even faster than the huge mounds do now! lol Thanks, but no

thanks.

(course, sugar doesn't interest them--they are meat eaters, but I won't

be

putting any table scraps out for them either ;-)

 

samala

Renee

" tossed down to live among angels, who have forgotten what they are, I

strive to remember " RLV 1998

 

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http://www.newscientist.com/lastword/article.jsp?id=lw1118

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Ohhh, good idea!

 

samala

Renee

" tossed down to live among angels, who have forgotten what they are, I

strive to remember " RLV 1998

 

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Maybe the pet ant eater is a better choice for those of us who have the

" pleasure " of living with fire ants *lol*