1. Mix the Borax and sugar together until well combined.
2. Add the mixture to your warm water and mix constantly until the powder has been completely dissolved.
3. Seal the mixture in a jar or container for future use, and use only what you need in the next steps (and save the rest). It is important that you clearly label the jar, as it will just look like water. Do not leave this where children can get to it. (Because this is such an easy solution to make, however, I only kept what I made until after the ants had been gone for a week or more.)
4. Fill some jar lids, milk caps, or other shallow containers with cotton balls or a wad of paper towel.
5. Add the sugar-Borax solution to the prepared lids making sure to soak the cotton balls (or paper towel).
6. Wait. It may take the ants a while to find the solution. But, once they do, let them feast (and take the solution back to their home). At our house, to speed up the finding process, I placed a couple of the soaked cotton balls directly on the ledge in my kitchen where most of the ants were.
we use 3:1 sugar to borax. Mix it together and then add warm water to make a thick paste. To that add any kind of maple syrup. The mixture should be fairly thick so that it doesn't run all over when placed near the ants. This has worked like a charm around our resort when we get an ant infestation.
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1. Mix the Borax and sugar together until well combined.
2. Add the mixture to your warm water and mix constantly until the powder has been completely dissolved.
3. Seal the mixture in a jar or container for future use, and use only what you need in the next steps (and save the rest). It is important that you clearly label the jar, as it will just look like water. Do not leave this where children can get to it. (Because this is such an easy solution to make, however, I only kept what I made until after the ants had been gone for a week or more.)
4. Fill some jar lids, milk caps, or other shallow containers with cotton balls or a wad of paper towel.
5. Add the sugar-Borax solution to the prepared lids making sure to soak the cotton balls (or paper towel).
6. Wait. It may take the ants a while to find the solution. But, once they do, let them feast (and take the solution back to their home). At our house, to speed up the finding process, I placed a couple of the soaked cotton balls directly on the ledge in my kitchen where most of the ants were.
I bought borax once to use for ants but decided not to use it after reading all the restrictions.
i got CoRey insect killer (not the one for snails and slugs but the one with the pix of ants and earwigs). It is non toxic.
Sprinkle it where you see ants, they will take it back to the nest and the queen. It has worked for me every time.
we use 3:1 sugar to borax. Mix it together and then add warm water to make a thick paste. To that add any kind of maple syrup. The mixture should be fairly thick so that it doesn't run all over when placed near the ants. This has worked like a charm around our resort when we get an ant infestation.