Ants in a sandy WA location

[skeggley]

Hi Kate, welcome to the forum.
Ideas? Sure, plenty.

Latest Ant Moat for 2017

Many of you may know that we lost a hive to Argentine ants last year. We tried many things to control them, including borax-laced syrup (failed) and then my first home made ant moats. The problem we had with the first ant moats is that the ants were willing to drown enough of themselves to bridge the moat, then they built a nest in our SBB which prospered while we were on vacation. Having learned from that, we have a new design with a much wider moat. The moats are made with PVC drain caps. A P…

Getting rid of ants

Advice for getting rid of ants. Au.

Ants how do get rid of them

I’ve tried brushing them out but they are back every couple of weeks I need to harvest honey should I brush again and wash down the frames They are only on the out side of hive [image]

Ant guard Flow2. Test 2 w/controls

10:07 Untreated on right/front Treated rear/left [image] [image]