Ants Granules - Your thoughts 💭

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I’ve used a product called Amdro in the past (this is before I kept bees). It works on the basis that the ants bring the granules back to base and feed it to the colony (including the queen), killing off the population. I found it quite effective.

I’ve found one reference to it on the forum:

Ants in a sandy WA location

What’s your recipe for borax Pete? I find that if there is a better food source, they’ll go for it rather than borax. I wish it worked as I hate using poisons. All the ant dusts I came across here in WA are contact killers. It usually kills a few ants but they will just pop up elsewhere (you think they’re gone). Their active ingredient is either Bifenthrin, or Permethrin. Using them carelessly will increase resistance in target species, and you also kill non target species including beneficial …