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beeman · May 30, 2013

We suffer with a great variety of ants but have found an answer which is cheap and effective.
Take a small plastic container with a screw lid, drill a small number of holes just above the bottom with an 1/8th drill.
Add a mixture of one cup sugar, one cup of warm water, two tablespoons of regular borax. That's the stuff they use in the laundry. Fill the container up to the drilled holes with the syrup and place close to the entrance, hill or ant run.
The ants will forage at night, taking the stuff into the nest, kills the queen and workers. The screw lid allows you to leave it out, even in the rain. Works every time. To date this year I've deleted 5 nests, with still more to go.

May 30, 2013	#23
beeman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 692	We suffer with a great variety of ants but have found an answer which is cheap and effective. Take a small plastic container with a screw lid, drill a small number of holes just above the bottom with an 1/8th drill. Add a mixture of one cup sugar, one cup of warm water, two tablespoons of regular borax. That's the stuff they use in the laundry. Fill the container up to the drilled holes with the syrup and place close to the entrance, hill or ant run. The ants will forage at night, taking the stuff into the nest, kills the queen and workers. The screw lid allows you to leave it out, even in the rain. Works every time. To date this year I've deleted 5 nests, with still more to go.