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>Not all ants are harmful to bees. Since they are close relatives to
>bees, we should appreciate them and conserve them where possible.
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>Observe whether they are predator ants or not. Just because they go
>in and out of hives does not necessarily mean they are harmful.
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>Regards
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>Allen
All Bee List,
I agree with Allen, all my comments were in regard to FIRE ANTS. In Texas
they are a small red ant and once you've experienced a fire ant mound you'll
remember exactly what they are! The Logic/Award DOES NOT harm other native
ants as far as I can tell. For example, I continue to have what we call a
"sugar ant" in my yard (year 'round). It is a small native black ant that
seems to do no harm to the bee hives.
Standing in/on a fire ant mount reminds me of a joke: The customer of a
blacksmith wondered into his shop one day and was pokin' around looking at
stuff and handling everything! When the nosey fellow pickup a hot houseshoe
and immediately tossed it back down, the blacksmith said, "Ah, burned ya
didn't it?" And the coustomer said, "No it doesn't take me long to look at
a horseshoe." Well if you've experienced fire ants, it won't take you long
to see enough! They do have one redeming value, they can really do a job on
wax moth invested frames (the wax moths, larve, etc don't stand a chance).
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