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REGARDING RE>Ants
Steve Albritton writes:
"I checked my hives last night and the ants are getting bad enough that I've
got to do something. I am new and started in Mid April with two 3 pound
packages from South Louisiana. We set them out and they promptly combined
into the same hive. We managed to get about 1 pound back in the second
hive. So I have one really weak hive that I am trying to save. I purchased
a feeder that installs in the top of the hive to prevent robbing. Now I've
got ants crawling up the outside of the hive to get to the sugar water. Can
I spray the outside of the hive with borax soap or must I try spraying the
bottom of the hive trying to stay away from the bees?
I would not spray anything around the hives. Bees could be affected by the
detergent as well as ants. There was a post about a week ago that suggested
putting the detergent with 1:1 syrup into a small jar, punching nail holes
into the jar cap, and putting it on its side in the path of the ants. I'm
going to give this a try, because, like you, ants are attacted in huge
numbers to my hivetop sugar syrup feeders. I think I fed more ants than bees
with mine.
Ted Fischer
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