There is a device offered on the net that is a bottomless cone about 1 ft in length. It is solar powered. Placed point down, it attracts the ants in with some sort of vibration. They can't get out. It does not kill the queen. I did a brief search for the URL on my HD and I could not find it.
JOH -----Original Message----- From: daddybob [mailto:daddybob52...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 1:47 PM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: CS>Re: CS>Fire Ants Nothing kills them for good that is legal that I know of. If you called the Ag. Ext. ofc. here about fire ants they'd have a good laugh and wish you well. Short of drastic poisons and awful things that you shouldn't do to the environment (like pouring gasoline on them), here are some suggestions. First- you never get rid of them if they've moved in to your area, you just chase them around. The goal is to keep them at bay, that's the best you can do. They hate coffee grounds, but if you have too many to deal with, you can't drink that much coffee. The grounds have to be wet; don't ask me why. Many baits and poisons are available. What you don't want to do willy-nilly is spread these things around where birds and such get into them. Acephate works best, but can be expensive- here's how to use less and do less damage to the environment, while chasing the Fireants around very effectively: Put about 2-3 tablespoons in the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket with a little water, and stir it together. Now add water to near the top, then just a drop or two of dishwashing liquid as an adjuvant. Pour about a gallon or two per mound, all over the mound. It will wash and uncover the top, and expose the larva. Get the larva good and wet and all the workers who are trying to move the larva. This way all the workers will get some when they try to move the colony. Every day inspect your yard for new small colonies that came from the damaged ones. If you do this you will rid your yard for maybe a month at a stretch. This really calls for vigilance in late summer/ early fall. It never ends. Maybe someone here can modify this method with something less poisonous and less expensive. I'm all ears. Daddybob __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
