andy@altos86.UUCP (Andy Hatcher) (11/25/85)
*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** Some time ago I remember seeing an article about controlling the little black ants that hang around kitchens, without using nasty chemicals. (We have a 9 month old, who is just starting to get into everything). I need someone who either has the article, or remembers the method to please send me some mail about it. Thanks, Andy Hatcher Altos Computer Systems ucbvax!dual!vecpyr!altos86!andy
tim@ISM780B.UUCP (11/27/85)
There is a safe way to deal with ants in "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" Tim Smith ima!ism780!tim ihnp4!cithep!tim
ibyf@ihlpa.UUCP (Scott) (11/28/85)
> Some time ago I remember seeing an article about controlling > the little black ants that hang around kitchens, without > using nasty chemicals. (We have a 9 month old, who is just > starting to get into everything). > > I need someone who either has the article, or remembers the > method to please send me some mail about it. > Thanks, > Andy Hatcher Try using Uncles!!
pmd@cbsck.UUCP (Paul M. Dubuc) (12/02/85)
I tried to mail this to the person who originally posted the article, but it bounced. Seeing as it may also be of interest to others with the same problem, I'll post it: We had a problem with black ants in our kitchen a couple of years ago. We tried spraying in the kitchen but had a hard time getting rid of them until one evening I noticed a trail of them coming from their nest (a hole in the ground) in our back yard and up the back wall of our kitchen. I sprayed a good dose of Raid Ant and Roach Killer all along that path, and we haven't had a problem since. So I think the trick is to find where they are getting into your house. Good luck, -- Paul Dubuc cbsck!pmd \/-\ /\-/
plw@drutx.UUCP (KerrPL) (12/02/85)
I don't know if this has been posted before or not, but.....I know it works. The next time you peel a potatoe, take some of the thinnest peeling and dry it out completely. Put this in the spot the ants are coming from. They will not enter where the peelings are at. My parents had a problem of ant after they built on to their house and was told of this. It is amazing to see the ants leave. Patti Kerr ihnp4!drutx!plw
essachs@ihuxl.UUCP (Ed Sachs) (12/02/85)
I've found that the best way to keep ants out of the house is to spray OUTSIDE the house (ants live in the ground and are coming in and out all the time) with insecticide (I hope you don't object to using it outdoors). If I can, I try to look around the foundation to see where they are coming in, and just spray there (often at the opposite end of the house from the kitchen, where you see them indoors). Failing that, just spray around the entire foundation (I usually have to do this 2-3 times each summer, but within a day after doing so, the ants are all gone for several weeks, at least). -- Ed Sachs AT&T Bell Laboratories Naperville, IL ihnp4!ihuxl!essachs