Fire ants are attracted to electricity and often nest in or near those green transformer boxes. Or maybe it's the 60 hz vibrations that transformers make?
Ode At 06:37 PM 12/9/2003 -0700, you wrote: >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> > > > >
