Comments on: How to get rid of ants in a honey bee hive http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2009/07/05/how-to-get-rid-of-ants-in-a-honey-bee-hive/ a few tidbits Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:38:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cindy in Vermont http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2009/07/05/how-to-get-rid-of-ants-in-a-honey-bee-hive/comment-page-1/#comment-5771 Cindy in Vermont Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:13:29 +0000 http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/?p=209#comment-5771 I also wonder sprinkling boric acid around the perimeter of the hive on the ground would deter ants and if it in any way is harmful to honeybees. Another thought: Would planting Thyme around hives (lots of blossoms!) would repel mites? I also wonder sprinkling boric acid around the perimeter of the hive on the ground would deter ants and if it in any way is harmful to honeybees.

Another thought: Would planting Thyme around hives (lots of blossoms!) would repel mites?

]]> By: Cindy http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2009/07/05/how-to-get-rid-of-ants-in-a-honey-bee-hive/comment-page-1/#comment-5770 Cindy Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:02:23 +0000 http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/?p=209#comment-5770 I found ants in the top of my polystyrene hive. They actually made tunnels in the polystyrene. I wonder if borax, sugar and water are the same as boric acid. Is Borax (laundry booster) the same as boric acid? I found ants in the top of my polystyrene hive. They actually made tunnels in the polystyrene. I wonder if borax, sugar and water are the same as boric acid. Is Borax (laundry booster) the same as boric acid?

]]> By: Susan Kegley http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2009/07/05/how-to-get-rid-of-ants-in-a-honey-bee-hive/comment-page-1/#comment-5766 Susan Kegley Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:29:28 +0000 http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/?p=209#comment-5766 I've had good luck with following the line of ants back to the nest site. Mine have all been in the ground close to the beehive. Then I get two kettles full of boiling water and pour it onto the ants' nest. Might need to repeat a few times to get them all, but this works really well and doesn't risk poisoning your bees. I’ve had good luck with following the line of ants back to the nest site. Mine have all been in the ground close to the beehive. Then I get two kettles full of boiling water and pour it onto the ants’ nest. Might need to repeat a few times to get them all, but this works really well and doesn’t risk poisoning your bees.

]]> By: Walter Williams http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2009/07/05/how-to-get-rid-of-ants-in-a-honey-bee-hive/comment-page-1/#comment-5756 Walter Williams Mon, 09 May 2011 22:55:24 +0000 http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/?p=209#comment-5756 I was wondering about mixing boric acid with sugar. A 10% solution like I use in the house. We have a top that has a foil baking dish in it. Metal mesh that the bees can't get through. Yet the ants can. It looks like a swimming pool with a screened top. The bees can't get in and drown. Some of the ants do. I was wanting to put the boric acid mix outside the screened area so the ants can get it. My girl friend is afraid that some how the bees will get into it. I was wondering about mixing boric acid with sugar. A 10% solution like I use in the house. We have a top that has a foil baking dish in it. Metal mesh that the bees can’t get through. Yet the ants can. It looks like a swimming pool with a screened top. The bees can’t get in and drown. Some of the ants do. I was wanting to put the boric acid mix outside the screened area so the ants can get it.

My girl friend is afraid that some how the bees will get into it.

]]> By: Alan http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2009/07/05/how-to-get-rid-of-ants-in-a-honey-bee-hive/comment-page-1/#comment-5754 Alan Wed, 19 Jan 2011 03:45:12 +0000 http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/?p=209#comment-5754 I had a similar problem here in California. As soon as I put sugar syrup in the hive so they could overwinter the small black ants appeared in numbers. Some other google searches suggested vaseline lines, which does work, but you have to keep it fresh as the ants have a habit of sacrificing a few soldiers and walking over their bodies. Eventually I ordered boric acid online, mixed it with sugar water and placed it in a can with some black mosquito mesh over it to stop the bees from getting in. I placed these ant traps near the hives. The commercial traps that you buy didn't seem to work at all. Anyway the home made traps really worked well, the ants were diverted to boric acid traps and left the hives alone, and then eventually they died off from feeding the boric acid to their young. I had a similar problem here in California. As soon as I put sugar syrup in the hive so they could overwinter the small black ants appeared in numbers. Some other google searches suggested vaseline lines, which does work, but you have to keep it fresh as the ants have a habit of sacrificing a few soldiers and walking over their bodies. Eventually I ordered boric acid online, mixed it with sugar water and placed it in a can with some black mosquito mesh over it to stop the bees from getting in. I placed these ant traps near the hives. The commercial traps that you buy didn’t seem to work at all. Anyway the home made traps really worked well, the ants were diverted to boric acid traps and left the hives alone, and then eventually they died off from feeding the boric acid to their young.

]]> By: mike melone http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2009/07/05/how-to-get-rid-of-ants-in-a-honey-bee-hive/comment-page-1/#comment-5753 mike melone Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:09:32 +0000 http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/?p=209#comment-5753 thanks /i have a new hive and the carpenter ants took it over in 2 hrs or less. thanks i will go get some of your idea ,,,,,,thanks thanks /i have a new hive and the carpenter ants took it over in 2 hrs or less. thanks i will go get some of your idea ,,,,,,thanks

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