[Pil-pc-oceania] Ant infestation

[Robyn Francis]

Ants carry the borax infected food back to the nest to feed the young ­ it
kills the larvae, not the adult ants, eventually killing off the nest, or at
least substantially reducing the population
Ciao
Robyn


On 15/3/08 2:15 PM, "Tamara Griffiths" <scarletwoman at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks David,
> 
> I wonder how the boron works. Something to do with the oleic acid in ants? I
> have read that borax (etc.) is fairly harmless to humans.
> 
> I was thinking that diatomaceous earth might also work, but I've never used
> it.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Tamara
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:34:22 +1100
>> From: arnold.vt at gmail.com
>> To: pil-pc-oceania at lists.permacultureinternational.org
>> Subject: Re: [Pil-pc-oceania] Ant infestation
>> 
>> the commercial ant-rid product is just boron in sweet solution.  treegrowers
>> often need to supplement the amount of boron in their soil, especially as
>> boron availability is reduced by application of lime.  i have put boron on my
>> trees here previously, and need to do so again.
>>  
>> bulk ant-rid can be made with Boron dissolved in hot water with honey
>>  
>> dave
>> 
>>  
>> On 15/03/2008, Tamara Griffiths <scarletwoman at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>  
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> I have a friend who has an entire wall of ants in an old weatherboard. Short
>>> of feeding an echidna, blue tongues etc, I am not sure of what to advise.
>>> 
>>> They don't want to get the pest man in. What do you all think about ant dust
>>> (I don't use it myself). They could get an animal communicator  :)
>>> 
>>> Help!
>>> 
>>> Love T
>>> 
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