... joining in as I actually have a colony of small sugar ants living on top of a hive I am
nuturing as a rescue - when ready the owner gets it back.
I'll keep the ants, they do no harm and are fun to watch whilst beewatching.
Bait "how to" that works?
1 X 250ml plastic softdrink bottle
400mm of 10ga fencing wire.
Method.
On the horizontal plane make a small hole at each end of the bottle case.
Thread fencing wire through holes and bend at 90' at exits.
Drill a 4mm hole in the screw-on lid.
Mix up maybe 60ml of honey and borax to fill bottle.
Use the wire to suspend the bottle horizontally off a tree branch.
Likewise for under a hive stand.
For those larger (ant) critters that also have a taste for insects?
5ml of tick&flea treatment[1]
1 X small hamburger patty
Method.
Mix liquid into the meat. Wear kitchen disposable gloves.
Place bait in similar trap as above or wrap in fine birdmesh.
Trap can be hung near a pathway or stapled/nailed to the path.
Cheers.
Bill
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