Susan and/or David Dannenberg wrote:

> 1. My hive body is three or four weeks old. I started with all new
> equipment and purchased bees. after a week or two I noticed ants on the
> bottom board near the board feeder. Is this something to be concerned
> about?

Ants are never really desirable around beehives, but their presence can vary
from just being a nuisance to being really destructive of hive parts and/or
bees.  There was a long discussion on ant control some time back, for which
please see the archives http://www.beekeeping.co.nz/beel.htm

Ted Fischer
Dexter, Michigan USA