I have been advertising a simple solution for ant invasion for years now. I've noticed that several internet sites are finally picking up on the idea, and it seems the idea is finally catching on. I've also posted this on RV.net many, many times over the past many years.
Now, for just a $25 donation, I'll be glad to send you all the specifics of how this marvelous product works and how to apply it!
No... really ... I don't need the $25! But here's the story.
Years ago we had pet birds (several of them), and we also had an ant problem. We subscribed to Bird Talk magazine and in one issue there was a very tiny article on ant control that revolutionized our lives! (really!) (do I still sound like an advertisement?).... read on...
It turns out that horse ranchers never had an ant problem around their horse feeding areas. One would think with all the stuff that a horse can eat, not to mention horse poo and everything thing else, their feed troughs and feeding areas would be invaded by ants all the time. Still, never a single ant was found. What was the magic ingredient? (ready for that $25 donation yet?)... well. here goes....
Dried Molasses! yes... Dried Molasses! (not the liquid type used for flavoring, the dried powdery stuff).
Ranchers and farmers used dried molasses as a horse feed supplement. It's very sweet and smells really nice too.
Here's he beauty of it.... It won't hurt any animals or pets. In fact, birds can eat it and it won't harm them, nor any other animal. But, it's deadly for ants.
Ants carry the dried molasses back to their hive and then all their ant buddies eat it. When they eat it, the dried molasses expands in their stomach. Now ants have an exo-skeleton (a hard outer shell for a skeleton). When the ants eat the dried molasses, it get wet and ... expands! When it expands... well ... their skeleton does not, and they literally blow up and die! The entire hive will eat the stuff and kill it clear off. It will even kill the queen.
How to apply?
Simple? Just take a bottle cap and put a bit of the dried molasses in the camp and set it in an area where you see ants. We keep one under the refrigerator, under the dishwasher, in the corner of a couple cabinets, along the base boards, under the couch, in the garage in corners, shelves, pretty much anywhere you see ants.
In just a single day, the ants will be gone! It's important the ants carry the molasses back to the hive. So as tempting as it is to spray the critters with bug killer and kill them, you don't want them to do that. They need to carry it back to their hive. Once in the hive, they die! So does the entire hive.
Outside?
I sprinkle the molasses around the parameter of the house, along the foundation, all around the house. Then I sprinkle it over the entire yard. If you have a lawn fertilizer, that's a perfect thing to spread it with!
When we lived in town, I did this to my yard, and I talked to the neighbors around me and did their yard too. I figure the farther away I could keep the ants, the better is was for me.
Now that I live int the country, well, we don't have such an ant problem any more. But I do chop my own fire wood, and I have a LOT of fire wood. When first splitting the wood, it's not uncommon for the logs to have nests of ants in them. After I stack the wood, I sprinkle the dried molasses on top of the wood pile and all around it. We don't have ants!
You do not want to use the artificial molasses "flavored" stuff, you need the real deal. Farm animal feed stores sell it, as do grain elevators. It usually comes in 50 pound bags. But I keep it sealed very well so it does not get humidity and it stays soft and fluffy. If it clumps, it's still OK, but if it gets wet, its no longer any good for ridding ants.
Now.... about the $25???.......
