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Re: Bill's on fire ants and killing the queen

Dick Russell wrote:
> After years of
> fighting an expensive and unsuccessful battle against fire ants on my
> property, I declared them a benificial insect.

        Spoken like a man who doesn't have children.

>      Facts are: they're here, they're tough, you are going to lose if
> you fight them.

         Wrong. I no longer have fire ants in my yard and with my help they are
out of the neighborhood. Combination of Hot Water, Amdro, and the poison
that I couldn't remember earlier, Orthene Fire Ant
Killer-Acephate(O,S-Dimethyl acetylphosphoramidothioate).
        WARNING!!! See...
                 http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/pips/acephate.p95
                        ...for info. NOT organic! NOT for use in the Garden! Really works
though! An 8oz can costs $10 and a 1/4 teaspoon will kill a nest. I
still have most of the can I bought, but there are no more ants to kill.
        Fire ants are dangerous, and letting them live is giving aid and
comfort to the enemy. Your beneficial insect is the breeding ground of
your neighbor's dangerous pest. How 'bout you get rid of them and if you
miss their sting, hit your thumb with a hammer. That way I won't have to
worry about my toddler falling into a colony of your friends.
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