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I’m having real ant troubles. Going to try the old “20 Mule Team Borax” – ant killer recipe. Borax is basically boric acid and is the main ingredient in the commercial ant killer like “Terro”.
My grandma’s recipe is simply adding two tablespoons of borax to a cup of warm maple syrup (if it’s warm it dissolves better). I figure using 2:1 or honey will be the same.
The trick is I don’t want the bees to get access to the bait. Going to use an old peanut butter jar, with a few small ant sized holes in the top. The bait will be at the bottom of the jar, where bees can’t get at, but ants can crawl there way down in there. Going to put a rock in the jar so it won’t tip, perhaps some cotton balls in there just in case it does.
How does this idea sound?
My grandma’s recipe is simply adding two tablespoons of borax to a cup of warm maple syrup (if it’s warm it dissolves better). I figure using 2:1 or honey will be the same.
The trick is I don’t want the bees to get access to the bait. Going to use an old peanut butter jar, with a few small ant sized holes in the top. The bait will be at the bottom of the jar, where bees can’t get at, but ants can crawl there way down in there. Going to put a rock in the jar so it won’t tip, perhaps some cotton balls in there just in case it does.
How does this idea sound?