- Put the water in a medium sized bowl. Heat in microwave for 1 minute. Add 1
tablespoon boric acid. Stir until completely dissolved, about a minute.
- Add 1 cup sugar, stir until completely dissolved.
- Place the mix in small containers, like bottle caps or the bottom 1/2" of a yogurt container.
Put these wherever you have ant problems. Or better yet, pour a small 1" diameter puddle near problem
areas on kitchen counters or floors. Warning: dogs and kids will eat this
stuff. Cats won't, they don't like sugar. I dunno about hamsters, etc.
- Be patient. The ants will find it within a couple hours and go nuts. Don't interrupt their
feed-fest. You have to let them eat their fill and bring it back to the nest, where, over the course of
the next couple days, the boric acid will kill the queen. That's right, I'm inciting regicide.
- Proportions are important. Too much boric acid and the ants never make it back to the nest.
Too little and you're just feeding the little buggers.
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