Thanks Ode, I'm going to caulk around my glass sliding doors to see if that helps too! Jess
- Carpenter ants only chew into moist rotting wood, so if you have them, that's a sign of another problem..leaky plumbing, for instance...or a poorly ventilated crawl space condensing ground water vapor onto the floor joists. This is why houses with foundation walls now have a plastic vapor barrier spread out on the ground in the crawl space. They [and termites] will start in a soft spot, tunnel it out so moisture has a channel to make the soft spot get bigger, effectively making a sponge that grows into a bigger sponge. If the wood is dried out, the colony dies or moves elsewhere. "Dry rot" isn't really "dry". Ode At 05:30 PM 4/6/2008 -0400, you wrote: >Wayne, I have had carpenter ants come in the house every summer to get away >from the heat. They lay all over the floor in and near the air conditioning >vents and no one wants an infestation in their home even if you love >animals. Plus I'm told they eat wood. > >If aspartame, borax, or diatomaceous earth can kill them, I appreciate the >info! >Is borax the cleaning product? Jess > >-----Original Message----- >From: Malcolm Stebbins [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 4:45 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: CS>Repel Ants of Kill Ants, Get the Facts > > >On Sun, 2008-04-06 at 13:37 -0500, Wayne Fugitt wrote: > > Morning Malcom, > > > > >>At 11:40 AM 4/6/2008, you wrote: > > >Hi, you might want to try a borax powder which is sold as an ant killer. > > >It is harmless to humans and animals. > > > > The question was to repel ants, not kill them. I continue to be amazed > > that someone ask one question and many answer another. > >"...Terro ant killer..." a repellent?? > > > > No one will ever kill all the ants anyway. I hope they do not. > >Me neither, the ones that set up housekeeping in my wall because they >liked something about the place, they didn't ask; I don't go about >looking for "ant hills" > > > > Every one should learn the beneficial effects of ants on many things, > > including the environment. >Yes, Edward O. Wilson's writing's f'rinstance. > > > > > > Does anything think that because an insect or other critter is a problem > > for them, it is all bad ? > > > > A honey bee stings you, your immune system is on strike, or non >existent, > > and you declare war on honey bees. >Not me, you?? > > > > Be careful, the tree huggers and others will line up to do battle, and I > > am not sure which side I will be on. > >And I don't care; I'm a tree hugger, myself, and try to infuse a little >sanity into my confreres minds about so-called "invasive species", for >instance. It's almost never all black and white, except in print, huh? > > > > > That is what is wrong with the world today, everyone trying to adapt the > > world to them, rather than the humans adapting to the world. >A very good point, and I agree! > > > > The first step to controlling ants is "Good Housekeeping". Get rid of > > everything that smells good to the ants and they might disappear. > > > > Don't call me a tree hugger, and ant lover, or an organic hater. > > Instead it is the ignorance of some of these groups ( or the people in the > > groups ) that gets me upset. >Haven't called you a thing, don't intend to. > > > > Dig up the facts before you did up the ant hills. >You too, > > > > Wayne > > > > Further, the subject line of most of these messages is a disaster and gosh > > awful. > > I could go back to the one that started it .......... but I won't. > > One day I am going to delete all my silver list archives because 98 % of > > the messages have the wrong subject, or one that is not worth ONE CENT ! >Boy, THAT'll fix 'em!! <g> >Hey, take care Wayne; >"Illegitum non-tatum carborundum." the sign above my father's workbench >Malcolm > > > > ==================== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.22.5/1358 - Release Date: 4/3/2008 >6:36 PM > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG. >Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.22.5/1358 - Release Date: 4/3/2008 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.22.5/1358 - Release Date: 4/3/2008
