Historic, archived document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. ie iy ang Tp uf as EXCLUSIVE TO VALE | stare EXTENSION EDITORS oe \ Ps ao va OS, Xv \ x \ April 26, 1938. LS ¢ a ¥ Ace ae oe SUMMER-TIME BRINGS ANTS Ants like sweet foods especially, such as sugar, cakes, and Candies, and cooked meats or meat products. The Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, of the U. 5. Department of Agriculture, which has made extensive Studies ot the ways of ants and methods of preventing annoyance from them,explains boat if a foraging or scout ant locates food of these kinds, it reports its Giscovery to the ant colony. in an incredibly short time the storage place may be swarming with unwelcome visitors. If the nest can be located by following the trail of the workers Dack to the point of their disappearance, the inmates of the nest or colony may be reached and destroyed. if the nest is not in a place where a fire hazard would be created, the ants may be destroyed by injecting a little carbon bisul- poide, kerosene, or gasoline into the opening by means of an oil can or small Syringe. These substances are all inflammable. Precautions should be taken to ‘see that no fire is lighted where they are used. Tried and proved vrevention methods are to keep food supplies tikely to attract ants in tight containers or in the refrigerator, sweep up promptly any crumvs of cake or bread scattered in the house. Poison baits can also be used to kill the queens and the brood. Sugar sirup containing sodium arsenite, benzoate cf soda, and tartaric acid is an effective bait. If used out of doors it should be placed in small containers and put near the place where ants occur in large numbers. If used indoors, small amounts can be placed in the trail of the ants on sponges. Precautions should be taken to safezuard human beings and animals when poisoned sirups are being seu, prepared, or kept on hand. 485-38 tT F ge aS neatly > a ‘Epes oe yenopems bees a SE WPA &