Roy Nettlebeck wrote (in response to my suggestion to use soapy water
for ant control):
 
>I was stacking up some deep
>boxs for some painting and I came across a couple of boxs that had the
>red headed ants in them. I mixed up some soapy water and did add a little
>borax and put it in a sprayer. It worked great. They were runing all over
>the boxes and I just kept spraying them. I went back out in about an hour
>and found some under a cover. So I sprayed them also. They just curl up
>and die and we don't have to mess up our environment. Thanks for the
>great info. Worked like a charm.
 
   Just wait until late summer when you are plagued by yellow jacket wasps
at the picnic table --- you can have quite a bit of fun (target practice)
with a spray bottle set on stream!  Watch out, though, if you are too near
their nest.
 
                                                        Adrian
 
 
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