Many commercial baits are based on boric acid which also is used in cockroach baits here in the US. The baits do work but it does take a few days for them to bring the bait back to the nest. Unfortunately the Argentine ant is here in the US in large numbers and is not territorial unlike native ants which it overruns in huge colonies. It's our main problem in the SF Bay Area. http://ipm.ucanr.edu/TOOLS/ANTKEY/argentine.html Cheers, Bracey -----Original Message----- From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Steven Hart Sent: Monday, December 12, 2016 2:53 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] Gasoline and gardening (was Urginia, Uli and Jim) A lady friend I once knew played with petrol & got it on herself & was engulfed with vapour fire & burned to death. I suggest no one tries it under any circumstances ! It will also rarely kill the queen hide & the ants will reappear anyway. Someone told me to try a mix of borax & sugar, but I'm not sure if it works or not. Steven Hart Treats 4 Dogs Hart's Entwine Nuts & Dried Fruits Hart's Temple Oils > On 13 Dec 2016, at 4:09 am, David Pilling <david@davidpilling.com> wrote: > > Hi, > >> On 12/12/2016 03:20, Jane Sargent wrote: >> cultivate fungus. A Mayan plantsman suggested I pour a can of gasoline >> down the hole, drop in a match, and run like hell. He said very few ants > > I'm reminded of a case in the newspapers where clever well qualified person managed to kill themselves lighting a garden bonfire with a can of petrol (gasoline). Seemingly the catch is that the vapour spreads at ground level, by the time you light the match you're standing in the middle of a cloud of gas. > > > -- > David Pilling > http://www.davidpilling.com/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/