Fire Ants.
Texas
 
those two words fit together perfectly. If he is having trouble with
ants that will attack, kill, and eat ants than it is probbly fire
ants.
the best way to keep them away is to spread some poisoned ant food
around the nest. The ants have gotten into my hives before attracted
by the surger serip
 
An even safer way to protect your hives is to use tar paper between
the ground and the stand, espeically in the south
cause on hot days an ant would die if he walked over the tarpaper
 
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> From: Chris Allen <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Keeping ants away
> Date: Monday, February 17, 1997 5:33 PM
>
> A month or 2 ago there was some discussion about how to keep ants
away from
> hives.  At the time, I said I had a friend who had this problem in
western
> NSW who had worked out an effective solution.
>
> I tracked him down last night and got some details.
>
> The ants out there can easily destroy a colony.
>