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Re: Natural ant killer

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How does boiling water get all the way down to kill the queen of the fire
ants?  .. Nickie
----- Original Message -----
From: Janet Wintermute <jwintermute@erols.com>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2000 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: Natural ant killer


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> At the risk of discouraging you all beyond belief, remember that
> fire-ant-killing chemistry can be termed "successful" only if it gets to
> the queen and kills her.  Killing the worker ants may reduce overall
stings
> quite a bit, but those closest to the queen just whisk her deeper into the
> earthen mound when threatened.  And then they fly away with her to found a
> new colony if she's not killed in the chemical blitz.
>
> This species is quite adaptive, too.  There used to be just one queen per
> mound, but since 1996 researchers have seen two-queen mounds.
>
> Boiling water will kill fire ants, too....
>
> --Janet
>
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