First I would see what the ants were coming to then I would take it
away and put Grants ant traps in it’s place. The ants would eat the
poison and die off in a few days. Now they still eat the poison but I
think they developed an immunity to it because they’re not dying
anymore. Anyone else have the same problem? Maybe if I injected some
kind of poison through a long thin tube directly into their nest. Any
ideas?

"Molly Brown" wrote in message
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First I would see what the ants were coming to then I would take it
away and put Grants ant traps in it’s place. The ants would eat the
poison and die off in a few days. Now they still eat the poison but I
think they developed an immunity to it because they’re not dying
anymore. Anyone else have the same problem? Maybe if I injected some
kind of poison through a long thin tube directly into their nest. Any
ideas

Hi Molly,
Go here for instructions on making and using borax to kill them. Works
extremely good especially when you have no idea exactly where the nest is.
The ants themselves will take it back to the nest and wipe it out in 2 or 3
days. Works for us!
http://www.ehow.com/how_4881566_make...-ant-bait.html
Larry

"Larry" wrote in message
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"Molly Brown" wrote in message
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First I would see what the ants were coming to then I would take it
away and put Grants ant traps in it's place. The ants would eat the
poison and die off in a few days. Now they still eat the poison but I
think they developed an immunity to it because they're not dying
anymore. Anyone else have the same problem? Maybe if I injected some
kind of poison through a long thin tube directly into their nest. Any
ideas

Hi Molly,
Go here for instructions on making and using borax to kill them. Works
extremely good especially when you have no idea exactly where the nest is.
The ants themselves will take it back to the nest and wipe it out in 2 or
3 days. Works for us!
http://www.ehow.com/how_4881566_make...-ant-bait.html
Larry

I get to use my Monthly Dumb Question Coupon:

Where do I buy borax? I'm sure I could just go to some stores, and look
around, but I live in the country, and I'd like to save on gas, and find out
before I go driving all over.

I remember Boraxo soap from when I was a kid. I think they sponsored Death
Valley Days, with Ronald Reagan as announcer. Did I remember that right?

Steve

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"Steve B" wrote:
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I remember Boraxo soap from when I was a kid. I think they sponsored Death
Valley Days, with Ronald Reagan as announcer. Did I remember that right?

No- you remembered it like I did. I have called 20 Mule Team Borax
'Boraxo' on occasion-- but when I just googled it, I see Boraxo is a
different [but similar] product.

You find both in the laundry section. They just recently updated 20
Mule team Borax box- but it still has the Wagon Train on it.

Jim

Steve B wrote:
"Larry" wrote in message
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"Molly Brown" wrote in message
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First I would see what the ants were coming to then I would take it
away and put Grants ant traps in it's place. The ants would eat the
poison and die off in a few days. Now they still eat the poison but I
think they developed an immunity to it because they're not dying
anymore. Anyone else have the same problem? Maybe if I injected some
kind of poison through a long thin tube directly into their nest. Any
ideas

Hi Molly,
Go here for instructions on making and using borax to kill them. Works
extremely good especially when you have no idea exactly where the nest is.
The ants themselves will take it back to the nest and wipe it out in 2 or
3 days. Works for us!
http://www.ehow.com/how_4881566_make...-ant-bait.html
Larry

I get to use my Monthly Dumb Question Coupon:

Where do I buy borax? I'm sure I could just go to some stores, and look
around, but I live in the country, and I'd like to save on gas, and find out
before I go driving all over.

I remember Boraxo soap from when I was a kid. I think they sponsored Death
Valley Days, with Ronald Reagan as announcer. Did I remember that right?

Steve

visit my blog at http://cabgbypasssurgery.com


Drug stores should have borax. Any hardware that sells insecticide
probably has some brand of borax/sugar bait.....it is an old generic
formula and inexpensive. If the ants are "grease ants", need to mix
bait with something fatty....rich pastries are fantastic (not kidding)
and easy to mix with the bait.

On Aug 16, 1:08*am, "Steve B" wrote:
"Larry" wrote in message

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"Molly Brown" wrote in message
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First I would see what the ants were coming to then I would take it
away and put Grants ant traps in it's place. The ants would eat the
poison and die off in a few days. Now they still eat the poison but I
think they developed an immunity to it because they're not dying
anymore. Anyone else have the same problem? Maybe if I injected some
kind of poison through a long thin tube directly into their nest. Any
ideas

Hi Molly,
Go here for instructions on making and using borax to kill them. *Works
extremely good especially when you have no idea exactly where the nest is.
The ants themselves will take it back to the nest and wipe it out in 2 or
3 days. *Works for us!
http://www.ehow.com/how_4881566_make...-ant-bait.html
Larry

I get to use my Monthly Dumb Question Coupon:

Where do I buy borax? *I'm sure I could just go to some stores, and look
around, but I live in the country, and I'd like to save on gas, and find out
before I go driving all over.

If you want it to kill ants, it's not quite the right stuff. You
really want Boric Acid, which is readily available by Internet order.
About $1/lb, last I checked.

I remember Boraxo soap from when I was a kid. *I think they sponsored Death
Valley Days, with Ronald Reagan as announcer. *Did I remember that right?

Wasn't that 20-Mule Team Borax?

keith wrote:
On Aug 16, 1:08 am, "Steve B" wrote:
"Larry" wrote in message

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Where do I buy borax? I'm sure I could just go to some stores, and look
around, but I live in the country, and I'd like to save on gas, and find out
before I go driving all over.

If you want it to kill ants, it's not quite the right stuff. You
really want Boric Acid, which is readily available by Internet order.
About $1/lb, last I checked.

Borax works for me at 2-4% in sugar syrup. I can prepare a tablespoon
at a time with sugar, borax, a tiny bit of water, and a microwave. The
hard part is guessing how much borax.

I'm not sure why they usually say boric acid. A slightly acidic
environment removes the sodium from borax, turning it into boric acid.

I remember Boraxo soap from when I was a kid. I think they sponsored Death
Valley Days, with Ronald Reagan as announcer. Did I remember that right?

Wasn't that 20-Mule Team Borax?

Of the four hosts, Reagan was the worst; he lasted only 1 season. I
preferred The Old Ranger, who hosted the first 13. I wish the Old
Ranger could have replaced the Lone Ranger so Tonto wouldn't have had to
roam the west with a babbling idiot.

On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:54:10 -0700 (PDT), Molly Brown
wrote:

First I would see what the ants were coming to then I would take it
away and put Grants ant traps in it’s place. The ants would eat the
poison and die off in a few days. Now they still eat the poison but I
think they developed an immunity to it because they’re not dying
anymore. Anyone else have the same problem? Maybe if I injected some
kind of poison through a long thin tube directly into their nest. Any
ideas?

Inside or outside? It makes a difference 'round here for me.

Molly Brown wrote:
First I would see what the ants were coming to then I would take it
away and put Grants ant traps in it’s place. The ants would eat the
poison and die off in a few days. Now they still eat the poison but I
think they developed an immunity to it because they’re not dying
anymore. Anyone else have the same problem? Maybe if I injected some
kind of poison through a long thin tube directly into their nest. Any
ideas?

Hydramethylnon has a half-life of about 10 days in soil or water.
Grants recommends replacement every 3 months indoors and every 6 weeks
outdoors.

Molly Brown wrote:
First I would see what the ants were coming to then I would take it
away and put Grants ant traps in it’s place. The ants would eat the
poison and die off in a few days. Now they still eat the poison but I
think they developed an immunity to it because they’re not dying
anymore. Anyone else have the same problem? Maybe if I injected some
kind of poison through a long thin tube directly into their nest. Any
ideas?

I have no idea what is in Grant's ant traps...there are baits composed
of sugar syrup and boric acid that work very well. My ant problems
(indoors) have always been seasonal...once I put out bait along their
trails, the ants were gone. If ants persist indoors, I'd look very hard
at changing food storage and doing very thorough cleaning. Outdoors?
Not much reason to treat ants outdoors unless they are biting ants (like
fire ants) or carpenter ants infesting damaged landscaping or structural
wood. Ants and other critters may invade homes when there are weather
extremes...looking for water during drought or flooded out of normal
nests due to flooding.

On Aug 15, 4:54*pm, Molly Brown wrote:
Any
ideas?

Talstar One.
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I've had good results with liquid ant bait. From www.gardensalive.com

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"Molly Brown" wrote in message
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First I would see what the ants were coming to then I would take it
away and put Grants ant traps in it's place. The ants would eat the
poison and die off in a few days. Now they still eat the poison but I
think they developed an immunity to it because they're not dying
anymore. Anyone else have the same problem? Maybe if I injected some
kind of poison through a long thin tube directly into their nest. Any
ideas?

wrote in message
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On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:54:10 -0700 (PDT), Molly Brown
wrote:

First I would see what the ants were coming to then I would take it
away and put Grants ant traps in it's place. The ants would eat the
poison and die off in a few days. Now they still eat the poison but I
think they developed an immunity to it because they're not dying
anymore. Anyone else have the same problem? Maybe if I injected some
kind of poison through a long thin tube directly into their nest. Any
ideas?

I bet they just stopped eating the bait in those traps. Try to figure
out what they are eating now and bait them with that. About 12-15
parts foodstuff to 1 part boric acid will do the trick.
I went through several things until they were finally gone.

I've used Terro with very high effectiveness it's a syrup-like clear
liquid - I think it has Borax and sugar in it.

wrote:
On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:54:10 -0700 (PDT), Molly Brown
wrote:

First I would see what the ants were coming to then I would take it
away and put Grants ant traps in it’s place. The ants would eat the
poison and die off in a few days. Now they still eat the poison but I
think they developed an immunity to it because they’re not dying
anymore. Anyone else have the same problem? Maybe if I injected some
kind of poison through a long thin tube directly into their nest. Any
ideas?

I bet they just stopped eating the bait in those traps. Try to figure
out what they are eating now and bait them with that. About 12-15
parts foodstuff to 1 part boric acid will do the trick.
I went through several things until they were finally gone.

You can't just throw bait down anywhere and expect the ants to lap it
up. If you watch ants, you will see they follow a (scent) trail, so
place the bait near their trail.

wrote:
On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:15:26 -0400, "
wrote:

wrote:
On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:54:10 -0700 (PDT), Molly Brown
wrote:

First I would see what the ants were coming to then I would take it
away and put Grants ant traps in it’s place. The ants would eat the
poison and die off in a few days. Now they still eat the poison but I
think they developed an immunity to it because they’re not dying
anymore. Anyone else have the same problem? Maybe if I injected some
kind of poison through a long thin tube directly into their nest. Any
ideas?
I bet they just stopped eating the bait in those traps. Try to figure
out what they are eating now and bait them with that. About 12-15
parts foodstuff to 1 part boric acid will do the trick.
I went through several things until they were finally gone.
You can't just throw bait down anywhere and expect the ants to lap it
up. If you watch ants, you will see they follow a (scent) trail, so
place the bait near their trail.

That is why I said you figure out what they are eating and bait them
with that. The scouts will go looking for what they have been eating
and there will be a new trail from there very quickly.
Ants can get very selective after being baited for a while. I haven't
seen a sugar ant around here for years so sweet baits like Terrio,
Amdro etc are useless. The good news is a grand kid can leave a gum
drop on the floor and the ants won't bother it.

If ants don't take to Terro alone quickly, I get fatty/greasy food to
put the Terro on (per label instructions). Works for me.

Amdro is fantastic for fire ants....pretty cool to watch them go for the
bait, which happens quickly. One needs to take care not to disturb the
nest with it or they will avoid it. Also needs to be no rain for a day
or two. Disturbing any ant nest or trail is likely to cause them to
avoid bait....carpenter ants go running for the hills with the babies
when their nests are disturbed.