Digital BW, The Print

This recipe for ant poison which uses boric acid, sugar and water can be
harmful to children and pets, so use caution in its use!

Boric acid powder can be found at most pharmacies. Mix one teaspoon boric
acid with 3/4 cup water and 1/4 cup of sugar. Boil the mixture and stir it
until all of the granules are dissolved.

Use shallow containers or lids (like the lids from plastic milk gallons) and
place the liquid near the marching ant columns. The ants consume the liquid,
and later during digestion it crystallizes and ruptures the ant stomachs.
The poison continues to work on the other ants who eat the newly dead ones.
Eventually it will destroy the entire colony.  I can't say for sure if your
species of ant will prefer this concoction over the taste of the ink, but
it's worth a shot. This home-made stuff is certainly a lot less toxic than
the over-the-counter ant poisons.  -BK



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "donbga" <dsbryant@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 6:23 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Marching ants (this is not a Photoshop question!)


> > It seems the species of ant known in the South as
> > a sugar ant (tiny, black, attracted to sweets) likes ink!
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> FWIW, these are Pharaoh ants.
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> Don Bryant
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My thanks to one and all for the info and suggestions-frankly, I 
never expected to get this much of a response. I now have a couple 
of promising solutions, I'll try them and get back if I'm not 
successful.

Steve K

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Barry Kelsall" 
<bktimes@y...> wrote:
> This recipe for ant poison which uses boric acid, sugar and water 
can be
> harmful to children and pets, so use caution in its use!
> 
> Boric acid powder can be found at most pharmacies. Mix one 
teaspoon boric
> acid with 3/4 cup water and 1/4 cup of sugar. Boil the mixture and 
stir it
> until all of the granules are dissolved.
> 
> Use shallow containers or lids (like the lids from plastic milk 
gallons) and
> place the liquid near the marching ant columns. The ants consume 
the liquid,
> and later during digestion it crystallizes and ruptures the ant 
stomachs.
> The poison continues to work on the other ants who eat the newly 
dead ones.
> Eventually it will destroy the entire colony.  I can't say for 
sure if your
> species of ant will prefer this concoction over the taste of the 
ink, but
> it's worth a shot. This home-made stuff is certainly a lot less 
toxic than
> the over-the-counter ant poisons.  -BK
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "donbga" <dsbryant@m...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 6:23 AM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Marching ants (this is not a Photoshop 
question!)
> 
> 
> > > It seems the species of ant known in the South as
> > > a sugar ant (tiny, black, attracted to sweets) likes ink!
> >
> > FWIW, these are Pharaoh ants.
> >
> > Don Bryant
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, 
Polls and
> other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at:
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> I can't say for sure if your
>species of ant will prefer this concoction over the taste of the ink, but
>it's worth a shot.

Perhaps Epson, MIS, Cone et al could be persuaded to put these
ingredients in their ink... killing two birds with one stone... or is
that two zillion ants with one ink cartridge.

Harry