RE: carpenter ants
perennials@hort.net
  • Subject: RE: carpenter ants
  • From: &* M* <1*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 13:39:59 -0400
Training ants?? ;+)  
As they say - good luck with that!

If it were the house I'd be willing to call in pros if needed.  This tree is
about 50 yrs old. It was originally planted so it would grow into the houses
utility lines, which is part of why I had it severely cut back.  So now it
appears a bit lopsided.  If I have to lose it eventually, I can start
planning now for other landscape shade solutions, but right now it's dead
center in the yard.  Still, I don't want to encourage the ants' stay for
long or they could branch out to the house.

Kitty

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of T.L.Miller
Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 12:57 PM
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: Re: carpenter ants

On 7/25/15, at 11:39 AM, Don Martinson 101k@rewrite.hort.net said:

>I'm not an entomologist, but to have an advanced degree in biology, 
>although I would defer to anyone with more specific knowledge.  Are the 
>sites when the ants seem to be nesting easily accessible to you?  I 
>think if it were mine, I would  apply some sort of ant-specific 
>insecticide to the hole and then seal the hole with some sort of 
>weatherproof sealant - not the whole cut, just the access hole.  That 
>said, there are some who would suggest that this might seal any sort of 
>rot or infection inside whatever hole the carpenter ants created, so I 
>would be interested to hear other possible options.

When we complain about ants, the exterminator tells us to get some ant
baits. The hope is that some of the ants will take the poison back to the
queen, and that will kill the nest. We have some ants climbing up the side
of our house in two columns. I am still trying to train the ants to take the
bait back to the nest.


 
Tom Miller
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