Every spring I get ants inside the house running around my kitchen. This year
a veritable army of the buggers were threatening to carry away the table and
chairs. I don't mind a few running about. Anyway, for the first time I used
some liquid stuff called "Terro" Ant Killer II which I bought at a local True
Value Store. It's a liquid and you pour a small amount on a piece of
cardboard-I never saw anything work so fast. I put it in an obscure little
corner on their pathway. They were all gone in 24 hours. I never saw anything
work that fast. I don't like using poisons in general but I had to do
something.
 
What I would suggest is that you make some kind of little containers (with
this stuff or something else inside) for your neighbor and put a few around
her yard. Something that has holes or entrances that are just too small for
bees to get in. This way she can get rid of her ants and you can continue (as
I do also) to enjoy the pleasures of a backyard hive or two.
 
Al Needham
Hobbyist
Scituate, MA, USA