ants

[Guest guest]

> Ants hate, detest and despise peppermint EO. Put some around, especially

> where you thing they are getting in. Wait a couple of days--and gone gone.

I need one of those weed sprayers that you hook to the hose and have the

stuff in it! lol But I did find that the ants do not like Peppermint. I

mixed some in some water in a spray bottle and sprayed around, and they

stopped comin around for awhile. You may want to spray like once a week,

that will help keep them at bay and from coming back!

Love and Hugs,

Kelli

[Guest guest]

Gently meet,

Ants hate, detest and despise peppermint EO. Put some around, especially

where you thing they are getting in. Wait a couple of days--and gone gone.

Gently,

shoshana

[Guest guest]

> Subject: Ants

> Back in the summer people were talking about how to get rid of ants and I

> cannot for the life of me recall what oil it was that made them go away. Can

> someone e mail it to me when they have a chance?

I would love to have this information also! Thanks

Dana

sburg, WV

[Guest guest]

Moonshea2U@... schrieb:

>

>

> > Ants hate, detest and despise peppermint EO. Put some around,

> especially

> > where you thing they are getting in.

Would this also work outside???? Anything I could do in my garden? I

mean they can stay where ever they want to but , please, not under my

table....Franziska

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In a message dated 1/13/00 5:02:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,

PrincessSioned@... writes:

<< Back in the summer people were talking about how to get rid of ants and I

cannot for the life of me recall what oil it was that made them go away. Can

someone e mail it to me when they have a chance? >>

Sioned,

Here is another recipe to get rid of ants that I got from FreeJoann off this

list in November.

Ant Be Outta Here

1 part 20 Mule Team Borax

9 parts syrup, honey, or sugar (if using sugar, add enough water to make a

syrup)

Mix in container. Put holes at bottom, spread some syrup on container. Ants

will eat it, take it back to the nest, and die. Keep away from children and

pets.

HTH,

Beth

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In a message dated 4/16/01 11:23:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, michellefour4@... writes:

Well, spring has sprung and now I have ants (they are only around for a short time). Does anyone know of a "safe" non toxic way to get rid of them? Chelle Those pesky little sugar ants? I have a friend who tracks where they are coming in and puts a lid from a jar in their way with honey on it, it kills a lot, the ants get in, get stuck Anne

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In a message dated 4/16/01 11:38:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, belowskinbeauty@... writes:

thrips

Pyrethrum

Buhach Insect Powder

Ortho Rose and Flower Insect Spray

Organic Greenhouse, Houseplant

and Vegetable Spray Concentrate

Safer Wasp and Hornet Attack

Cooke Ant Barrier

Lilly Tomato and Vegetable Garden Spray

ants, aphids, cockroaches, fleas, flies, lice, mosquitoes, beetles, leafhoppers, stink bugs, whiteflies, caterpillars, cabbage loopers

I would use pyrethrum but never nicotine compunds, these can sicken one from skin contact. yur local faarm store no doubt carries many SAFER products, they are soap compounds and not toxic Anne

[Guest guest]

I don't know if this will help. I always put those ant stakes around the outside of the house but they have poison in them.

Lee

ORGANIC INSECTICIDES

(Botanicals)

Botanical insecticides come from plants. Botanicals are useful against several insect pests in yards and gardens such as ants, aphids, beetles, caterpillars, cockroaches, fleas, flies, leafhoppers and mosquitoes. Nicotine, from the tobacco plant, is an example of a botanical insecticide. Pyrethrum, derived from the chrysanthemum, is another.

The advantage of using botanicals is that they all break down into non-toxic compounds within hours or days when exposed to sunlight. The potential of these chemicals to contaminate groundwater is less than that of some synthetic insecticides.

Just because these botanical insecticides (called "natural") come from plants does not mean they are not toxic. Some are very toxic. In high enough doses, nicotine causes convulsions and death in insects and humans, too. ia is 20 times more toxic in mammals than in insects. As with any pesticide, use botanicals according to label instructions and remember: complete elimination of the pest is not realistic or even desirable.

Some of the currently recognized botanical insecticides are limonene, neem, nicotine, pyrethrum, rotenone, ryania, and sabadilla. Some organic products contain combinations of these botanicals. Below is a partial list of those botanicals currently registered for home garden use in the state of Washington.

BOTANICAL INSECTICIDE

PRODUCT NAMES

PESTS KILLED

Nicotine

Black Leaf 40

ants, aphids, asparagus beetles, bud moths, chinch bugs, lacebugs, leafhoppers, leafminers, lice, mealybugs, mites, roseslugs, scales, spider mites, squash bugs, thrips

Rotenone

Green Thumb 1%Rotenone Garden DustGreen Light Rotenone PlusOrtho Rotenone Dust or SprayBonide Rotenone 5Organic InsecticidesBlack Leaf 1% Rotenone Garden DustScience 1% Rotenone

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Pyrethrum

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ants, aphids, cockroaches, fleas, flies, lice, mosquitoes, beetles, leafhoppers, stink bugs, whiteflies, caterpillars, cabbage loopers

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[Guest guest]

Depending on the kind of ant, cornstarch. Sugar ants will eat it until they die!

(poor things)

Peggy

" W. & Pfeffer " wrote:

>

> We have ants here that seem to be coming up through the floorboards from the

basement. I wouldn't think its warm enough yet for ants, its only about 12 c in

the daytime and down to near 0 at nite. I've put peppermint oil around here and

there. At first they were coming up around the bathtub, now its the bathtub and

livingroom floor. Any help, thanks

>

> W. & Pfeffer

> Pfeffer Rhea Farm

> www.rhealife.com

>

>

[Guest guest]

Chile oil and the dichotomous (sp?) earth they sell at the hardware store.

The earth thing works especially well.

[Guest guest]

I missed the original post but I found tracking the Ants' path - where they

are entering - and putting a few drops of basil and/or peppermint essential

oil on a cotton ball and putting in it front of their path(NOT killing

them), encouraging them to head back to the point of entrance, worked. Ants

are fairly fascinating, usually take the same route to get back to the

" colony " (home base), and, if one dies, another will carry it back to the

colony. I tried not to kill them - as I read more about them - and found

this method worked. It took a bit of effort but I learned a bit and treated

it as a scientific and even contemplative experiment. Don't put the basil

peppermint on them just around them. I had a lot of ants at one point

taking a long trail from near the window in the living room to the kitchen;

they did stop coming.

good luck.

Cathryn.

on 4/29/01 4:02 PM, at

wrote:

> Message: 1

> Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 04:34:17 EDT

> From: Rowendrew@...

> Subject: Re: ants

>

> Chile oil and the dichotomous (sp?) earth they sell at the hardware store.

> The earth thing works especially well.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, !

Some years, we get herds of ants (we were lucky this time). I've found that

wiping down all possible areas with liquid peppermint soap and water tends

to deter them. They don't seem to like that.

HTH,

Geri

[Guest guest]

Funny [not] you mention ants. Here in Phoenix, today, about 1 hour ago, a 3

month old baby died from being bit by ants, at a day care. I am heartbroken

for the family. Can you imagine leaving your brand new baby at a day care

and 6 hours later she's dead from ant bites?

diamataceous sp?, earth works. I used it in Sacramento when we had ants

everywhere. Literally. it's crushed up shells of ____ I can't remember.

Bay laurel leaves also work. But they're messy. maybe rosemary branches

would work? Dunno. They are very aromatic also.

Janine Phariss

www.BlueSageNaturals.com

Herbalist, C.M.T., R & D, R & S

[Guest guest]

Boric acid powder & sugar water mix will kill the

ants inside the house and out in the yard. Mix 10% Boric acid or

roach proof, bought at any family dollar store--this is a boric acid

mixture,to 80% water & 10% sugar. Mix together and place small drops

in the area your ants are crawling.The ants eat this bait and die.

In the yard mix larger portions and pour around ant mounds.

If you don't want to make this up yourself you can buy TERRO at

Walgreens or Home Depot. This is a small orange box with a clear liquid

mixture inside. Your can also use syrup-Kayro clear, in place of water-sugar

mixture,this is much thicker and works well inside the home, especially

kitchen counters & bathrooms. Sugar water is best outside because you

need a lot more product around the many ant beds.

Vicki

[Guest guest]

Peppermint essential oil also works to repulse ants. Just put some on a little

cotton pad, and put it where the ants are coming in. They hate the smell!

Leanna in Alberta.

[Guest guest]

200ml sugar, 100ml water and 50ml borax. Melt over low heat until borax is

dissolved. This makes a thickish syrup. Drop a few drops in the path and as

near to the nest as you can. They carry the stuff to the next and it destroyes

even old Queeny! They will absolutely pack the syrup, but give it a few hours

(and you cannot bear the thought of looking, like me, go to another room or

somethin!) and they will slowly disappear, not to come back.

HTH

Louise

RE: ants

Funny [not] you mention ants. Here in Phoenix, today, about 1 hour ago, a 3

month old baby died from being bit by ants, at a day care. I am heartbroken

for the family. Can you imagine leaving your brand new baby at a day care

and 6 hours later she's dead from ant bites?

diamataceous sp?, earth works. I used it in Sacramento when we had ants

everywhere. Literally. it's crushed up shells of ____ I can't remember.

Bay laurel leaves also work. But they're messy. maybe rosemary branches

would work? Dunno. They are very aromatic also.

Janine Phariss

www.BlueSageNaturals.com

Herbalist, C.M.T., R & D, R & S

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/21/03 7:10:15 AM Central Daylight Time,

louise@... writes:

> 200ml sugar, 100ml water and 50ml borax. Melt over low heat until borax is

> dissolved. This makes a thickish syrup. Drop a few drops in the path and

> as near to the nest as you can. They carry the stuff to the next and it

> destroyes even old Queeny! They will absolutely pack the syrup, but give

> it a few hours (and you cannot bear the thought of looking, like me, go to

> another room or somethin!) and they will slowly disappear, not to come

> back.

>

I've also heard to mix peanut butter and boric acid. If they are in the

house, you get a drinking straw and cut it into 1 inch pieces, fill with the

mixture and tape on your baseboards, cabinets or wherever they are. They

will carry it back to the nest to eat and will die.

Kay, Stoli and Queso

Selling soap for weimaraner rescue

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/21/03 5:07:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

nikkiatnoon@... writes:

> Boric acid powder & sugar water mix will kill the

> ants inside the house and out in the yard. Mix 10% Boric acid or

> roach proof, bought at any family dollar store--this is a boric acid

> mixture,to 80% water & 10% sugar. Mix together and place small drops

> in the area your ants are crawling.The ants eat this bait and die.

Hi All,

This will work for ants or roaches, but is also toxic to pets--be careful

that you do not put it where pets can get into it.

Angie

The Herbarie - Botanicals and Body Care

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[Guest guest]

I like the straw idea better! thanks honey.

Re: ants

In a message dated 5/21/03 7:10:15 AM Central Daylight Time,

louise@... writes:

> 200ml sugar, 100ml water and 50ml borax. Melt over low heat until borax is

> dissolved. This makes a thickish syrup. Drop a few drops in the path and

> as near to the nest as you can. They carry the stuff to the next and it

> destroyes even old Queeny!

I've also heard to mix peanut butter and boric acid. If they are in the

house, you get a drinking straw and cut it into 1 inch pieces, fill with the

mixture and tape on your baseboards, cabinets or wherever they are. They

will carry it back to the nest to eat and will die.

Kay, Stoli and Queso

Selling soap for weimaraner rescue

<A HREF= " http://www.weim.net/stoli/ " >Soap for hope</A>

Got Tickets???? National Weim Quilt Raffle

<A HREF= " www.weim.net/weimquilt/ " >www.weim.net/weimquilt/</A>

[Guest guest]

Ohhhh.I could not bear to do that. I think I would just use the peppermint

oil. I know, I know, even my Dad gets mad at me....I saved the life of a

mossie the other day. Wellllllll, It got stuck on some soap I was making

...the poor thing, I could not bear to watch it struggle..so I saved it

!.......

Re: ants

> In a message dated 5/21/03 5:07:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

> nikkiatnoon@... writes:

>

> > Boric acid powder & sugar water mix will kill the

> > ants inside the house and out in the yard. Mix 10% Boric acid or

> > roach proof, bought at any family dollar store--this is a boric acid

> > mixture,to 80% water & 10% sugar. Mix together and place small drops

> > in the area your ants are crawling.The ants eat this bait and die.

>

> Hi All,

> This will work for ants or roaches, but is also toxic to pets--be careful

> that you do not put it where pets can get into it.

> Angie

> The Herbarie - Botanicals and Body Care

> Natural Source & Specialty Bulk Ingredients...Exceptional Quality

> at Wholesale Prices...visit us at http://www.theherbarie.com

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, ! What's a " mossie? " We don't call anything that here in the US, but I'd

love to know what it is where you are!

pamela

[Guest guest]

In South Africa, we have a mossie bird, a smallish sweet little thing, not very

colourful though. Are you in South Africa ?

Also, we have a slang word for mosquitos, calling them mozzies :-)

Smilies

Louise

Re: ants

Hi, ! What's a " mossie? " We don't call anything that here in the US, but

I'd love to know what it is where you are!

pamela

[Guest guest]

Hi Louise, Yes, a mozzie is a mosquito...hahaheeee..I am in

Australia...hugs, .

Re: ants

>

>

> Hi, ! What's a " mossie? " We don't call anything that here in the US,

but I'd love to know what it is where you are!

>

> pamela

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Carol,

ants always use Geopathic grids as pathways. If you have an ant problem in a house it is very likely that there is a strong Geopathic energy line coming into the house.

An old custom in Germany made people, before they built a house, find an ant hill and transfer it carefully to the place where they were planning the bedroom. Would the ants stay, this was a sign to better move the bed or rethink the plans. Would they move away, the space for the bed was safe.

If you don't take care of the whole building and shield the Geopathic stress, the ants always will come back.

Please let us know about the experiment with the anti-ant frequencies.

Best regards,

Werner

Institute of Feng Shui & Geopathology

www.InstituteofFengShui.com

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much for your reply Helen and your ideas. Unfortunately White

Vinegar does not work for these critters. They are the small black ones but they

seem to take a bath in it hahaha. I am not sure about sprinkling Boric Acid

around my KT brew. There aren't many of them, scouts I think, but it is

worrisome to me.

" May the Great and Wise Wolf guide your path " Myrna