Thanks a lot Patty This formula H3BO3 explains a lot I will try this one to find it here in the drug store Lets hole they sell it here in France Roland 2010/8/8 <patrylis@aol.com> > > Linda: Insecticide recipes for ant removal should use Boric Acid (H3BO3- > you can get it at drugstores)) not Borax ( A mixutre of sodium borate > compounds usually Na2B4O7.10H2O-this is the laundry or soap additive)). > Anyway a pinch can be added to something greasy and something sweet. Among > other things I have used potato chip crumbs, cookie crumbs, cooking grease > and sugar. Your recipes are headed in the right direction just put the > bait somewhere you can see if they take it and wait. It takes awhile to > kill a colony. > My main problem is the nest just gets recolonized by the neighbor's ants > so I have to do it regularly. Today I am repotting and picked up two pots > with ants. Time to feed them again > Patty > > > > > > > -- R de Boer La Maugardiere 1 F 27260 EPAIGNES FRANCE Tel./Fax 0033-232-576-204 Email: bulborum@gmail.com