I put a small chunk of a cheap plain waffle in the jar and then pour 1/3 borax and 2/3 sugar and dissolve with water to make a syrup. Then pour over the waffle. The waffle soaks it up and then the ants take bits back to the nest and it kills the babies and the queen 👍
I was told by an old timer to use equal portions of granulated sugar and borax. ( Example= 2 cups sugar to 2 cups borax) Mix together in bowl, then sprinkle over the ant mound. He also suggested I sprinkle some around the foundation of my house. This works for me everytime.🙂
@@terywetherlow7970 they are sugar ants…..they won’t eat borax, they need to take it back and feed it to the queen to kill the colony…….honey may not be needed but you need to dissolve the borax into something they eat.
In this ant mixture with the borax powdered sugar is better Because it's harder for the ants to separate the granules from the borax Powdered sugar is powder white sugar is granulated Which they can separate From the borax
I make a slurry of equal parts boric acid and brown sugar in water bottle caps, moisten with dechlorinated water and stir. The ants drink it while it's wet, and take chunks as it dries. Today I was going to refresh one of my traps, but some carpenter ants were chewing away at what appeared to be tiny borax crystals. Evidently they are sweet enough to keep them interested. I let them have their way. Sugar ants eat honeydew from aphids, so I think the liquid is just as deadly since they feed that to baby ants. Seems to be working.
The sugar wont separate because it was liquefied with the water. But, starting out if I bought the ingredients I would follow your suggestion and buy powdered sugar. Might not even need the water then. Just mix well and deploy.
I’m a senior and have used straight borax in my garden for years. In the track of my patio doors to keep ants out of the house. It is safe to use around house pets.
This can also be used to get rid of fleas if you ever have an infestation in the house (had one from a cat). Sprinkle it throughout the entire house and the next day vacuum it up. Fleas gone.
Several years ago I rented a house that was completely infested with fleas. I worked dimacious earth into the carpets and under the bass boards. I freshen up the dimatious earth every few months. It also took care of any other pests that came into the house including spiders and ants. It's great to use in the garden. Completely non toxic and is not harmful to humans or pets. I will be trying this formula out and placing the the bait near near ant hole entrances. I'll let you know how it works. I just hope it won't harm the lizards. I am very protective of the wildlife.
I used the same mix, but soaked paper towels in it and placed them into soup cans and spread them throughout the yard, close to the house. Works great.
When I bought my house, there were big ant hills (that’s big hills, not big ants!) all around my yard. I bought a bunch of ant traps and put them on every opening. A week later, no ants! But a few years later, my house cats were very upset one day and took me over to their food dishes. There was a big train of ants going all the way across my kitchen! I got my small shop vac and followed them all the way to my stove where the trail went underneath. I couldn’t move the stove without help, but I removed the bottom drawer and vacuumed everything I could see. Then I had a small amount of diatomaceous earth so I sprinkled it along all the sides and places I could reach, hoping it would at least keep them out of the cat food until I could do something better. My sister, who lives nearby, had battled this type of ant in her pantry for months before getting rid of them, so I expected the worst. It’s been two weeks and I haven’t seen a single ant. I took the drawer out and there wasn’t a single ant under there. The package said this powder was safe to use in your home and around pets and food storage, so I just left it there. What I’m wondering is, are they really gone and if not, what’s my next step?
The diatomaceous earth will only kill the scouts not the queen so the colony is probably still active under your house. You will need to kill the queen to get rid of the colony they need to take poison back down to the colony use the same traps or the mixture that I described in this video. Good luck
Diatomaceous earth is great as a barrier, especially if you can hide it someplace out of the way permanently, like all the way around behind your stove. OP is right though, it does not kill the queen, only the scouts that touch it. I use it to redirect them until I can locate the nest.
It really BUGS me when I open a cabinet drawer or a box of stored stuff and there curled up is a roach and all its droppings, so disgusting, I immediately carry the drawer outside and then stomp on the roach. Here in North Central FL the problem insects are a real intrusion to say the least. Sometimes I feel bad for them they must feel the hatred the minute we spot them because they can run sidewise and disappear right in front of your eyes, they are super fast at exiting the territory and masterful at hiding.
Great video. Loved your dogs! By the way looks like the ants loved your "cooking". I think you have the right ratio on the ingredients. Thank you for making this video
I saw one video where the suggested putting a small piece of bread or cracker in the jar and making sure it's covered with the Borax mix. The ants that don't die immediately will grab a piece and take it back to the nest, killing more ants there.
I too have ants EVERYWHERE. I've tried several similar concoctions with little to no success. How long yes, they eat the bait, but I see no change in the ant population.
You might have "protein" ants. They avoid sweet things and go for egg, meat, some flours and gelatin (which is made from discarded animal parts.) Melt some gelatin and when it cools, mix in borax thoroughly before it sets. Alternatively, grind some meat extremely finely then add borax mixing thoroughly.
I use supplement bottles. But I have no pet that will carry them off. I tell our dog 'that's not yours' and he will never touch it. I drill a hole in the lid. Put in my mix and screw the lid on and lay on it's side.
I use a similar recipe but I substitute maple syrup for the honey and I throw in a couple of cotton balls. The stuff works great! I tried everything else I could find to get rid of the sugar ants we have down here in south Florida. Nothing seemed to work until I started using this borax mixture. I have been using small plastic containers but I like your idea to use mason jars. I'll be making the switch when it is time to refresh the ones I have.
Excellent points in here. Not just the recipe. It’s over 90 degrees here most of the season so it’s great advice to start out wetter. Also easier to dispense if you want a bunch of traps one time. Also for the citrus trees this year I did the trunk wrap and sticky goop. I think a better or more forceful approach for trees.
@@lorigulley9458 IDK how long it will be b4 someone answers you. Ants in general are tough to deal with. I think for fire ants the approach would be totally different.
@@lorigulley9458never tried it but a sure fire answer is instant grits 👌 Sprinkle generously on mound, the fire ants will be gone in a relatively short time.
I make this for my camper, but I never have used honey. I doesn't matter how runny mine is they want it.where ever I see them I just pour a little on the counter and the trick is LEAVING them alone, it is very hard to do when you see ALOT of them eating it, but leave them ALONE the more of them to take back to the colony the better.
I agree with leaving them alone. I try to 'bait' ants where they can be left alone. For example, if they're on your kitchen countertop, bait them in an area that is more out of the way, then be sure to keep all other areas clean and free of any crumbs or drips, and let them FEAST on the bait!
@@andreavandekleut6379 From what I’ve gathered , adding sugar staves off the toxic effects on some of the ants just long enuf to bring the sugar with it’s toxic effects back to their queen who sits on her butt (watching her favorite soap operas)munching on what her servants dutifully bring to her so she can stay bizzy banging out the babies to hand them over to the antie nursemaid’s to feed, and nurture, that keeps the colony going, and GROWING IN NUMBERS, altho her slaves have unknowingly brought her goodies that’ll ultimately end her reign forever after she, and those who’s pleasure is to serve her have ALL eaten their fill are ALL🍯🍧D E A D ! 😵💫🤢😵 ☠️
I have always used cheap ground black pepper to keep ants from coming into my house. I found the two places (sliding glass door and exterior kitchen window ledge) and sprinkled it there. They won’t cross over the pepper and stay out. It worked better than borax for me. Emma is beautiful! Love your blue tshirt. 😉
I use a 50/50 mixture of borax and sugar. Works great. I love the idea of using jars to keep things dry or not damaged by sprinkling. FYI using food grade diatomaceous earth is great for insects inside. I am a retired hotel manager. Spray it LIGHTLY in and around your house as it will kill bedbugs.
My back yard had a large area infested wirh big red ant colonies. (SW Desert). I uaed a mixture of vegetable oil+Dawn+ hot water pouring it into the holes of their colonies. I did this repeated days eventually digging up the earth to find more channels in their "lair". The stuff worked. This that didn't die hit the road fir safer grounds👍. Within a year new plants began to grow (Globe Mallow; desert plants) roustly. If I had a veggie garden I wouldn't use this oil method. (Oil+ soap, btw, smothers the ant.) (Side note. If a wayward roach happens to get into your house, stun it with a broom. The whack usually knocks them belly up. Dribble a few drops of Dawn detergent straight onto their belly and they are dead-smothered. No poison needed.)
yes me too those are grease eating ants and need another formula or you have to mix with butter or oil which also attracts more roaches ... so intrusive are they all and here in Florida they bite real bad!
I have found piles of fine sawdust around our walls (pine log home ) . Especially near electric outlets and door jams . Carpenter ants no doubt. I bought Perefrin 10 to spray the wood. But it will not kill the queen or nest. So I am going to try your recipe. Powdered icing sugar sounds best as it will blend in with the borax better. I will let you know if this works. Thanks so much.
I have had a sudden infestation or big, hard to kill ants running through the center of my condo, seemingly confused. It took me days to realize they were coming up from under the front door threshold! Usually I just spray ants with vinegar or Windex and it kills them and wipes out their scent trail. But these suckers don't even die the first couple of times they are stomped on, nor when sprayed with vinegar. Then I remembered Borax, which I sprinkled, dry, on both sides of the threshold plate. No more ants! Previously, when I've had a huge trail of smaller ants and was able to find their ingress, I made up some simple syrup and added diatomaceous earth...they carried that back to the hive and that was the last of the entire colony.
The threshold plate is probably attached by a few big screws. It's easy to remove that, put the Borax on the frame, and replace the plate. Now the stuff is there protecting you for months, out of sight, and you can freely sweep and mop too.
another way: dissolve borax and sugar in water > soak cotton balls with solution and let dry > place the cotton balls where needed (but not exposed to rain).
I have large carpenter ants burrowing in my tree. I have large piles of wood dust or shaving on the ground. They now have gotten in my flower beds and all through the yard. I tried this mixture last yr and didnt work that well but only put closer to the house.
Hey thanks Shane I really appreciate it I just cannot believe how many people can’t see what’s really going on in the world right now a definite lack of common sense out there
@@ozarkshomesteadandfarm absolutely! Thanks for sharing as I am recently having little black ants in my kitchen as well as my yearly battle with fire ants in my yard.
Thank you for this video.i have hansa flowers they are so sweat before they blossom ants eat and kill them. What is the formula again? 1 tbs borax 4 tbs sugar mix with some water and waffles optional?
Very informative and great recipe! However, consider making the hole smaller. Bees like sweets as well and that size hole the bees can fit in. I would recommend making the hole smaller so that beneficial insects such as bees are not harmed.
Hey Ozark, just stumbled on this vid looking for ideas for the yard. Got a modest "less than beautiful lawn" but don't use chemicals outside, just calcium lime pellets because of the wild life. We feed wild birds, etc. Inside our home, soaking cotton balls in Borax, Sugar and warm water and placing them all around the sill in basement and around counter tops, under baseboard heaters, stove, sink, a couple of drawers, etc works great! That's for the INSIDE. We have no small children here, and our dog only wants the finest steak, dog food, etc. So WE in our home don't have to worry about kids or pets getting into it. (no cats either). Regarding the yard. I usually spray the foundation outside with Defense! ........... I got shiiteloads of hills out there now that the spring is finally here in Mass. In the past I have used the liquid bait stations and also in the past Ant stakes, and recently, the metal tins. I was going to go with ant stakes again this year because the lawn mower goes over those easily without nipping them, but I didn't realize the ant stakes use peanut butter inside and maybe that's why I use to find them pulled out of the ground and now don't want to use them in case critters somehow rip them open and ingest the poison. And regarding the tins,........ even with my lawn mower set higher up it would nip the tins occasionally and send em flying with metal chards. Also not good. I'm thinking of using the glass jar method, as in empty peanut butter jars, or smaller empty glass jars, or as a commenter suggested, empty plastic vitamin containers, with either the cotton balls inside, OR your mixture. Still thinking on it. Thanks for the vid!
Thanks! I get those MICROSCOPIC sized ants in my kitchen. If you've never seen them, they are so tiny you wouldn't even see them unless there was a line of them trailing back to the outside nest. If you don't want to mix your own, you can buy a small bottle of TERRO, which is a borax mixture, like yours. It doesn't take much, a few drops on a small piece of cardboard close to the line entrance.
@@sheliafarmer I too have used Terro liquid in the past for ants and it worked. Now in a condo and the ants just keep on coming back. They are the tiny ones as well. Going to try the borax and powdered sugar. Hope it works.
Thank you for this. Just put jars around the trees and dripped in their path too. If they are still attacking your citrus, maybe put some petroleum jelly around the trunks? That should slow them down too.
Ah yes, something more glutinous and sticky is required, like fly paper? it’s cooler here today though but I’m also going to try a high wall of double sided sticky tape around the trunks, the heat should intensify the glue for a while. I tried neem oil spray on the aphids but all that did was burn leaves, the depopulation is a real war isn’t it? 😉
Essential oils, hung in little jars near the aphids, just done that too, lavender, tea tree and bergamot. Fingers crossed. Thought it might help you too.
Thank you. I tried making a solution with sugsr, but it was hard to getbthevborax to dissolve well, and the solution crystalized, and was rock hard! No ant could have eaten it. Now i just I sprinkle borax along the edges of the cabin outside and up against the house side of the porch and sill so the dog naturally steps over it. Inside, i sprinkle it along the walls in tiny amounts. This year, i had tiny ants show up, and freshened the borax more where i saw them. After a week they were gone. Do it before you see them every spring. This year, i have had only that one small batch. In the yard and beds yes, use the protected way done here. If you pour it in the flower beds, it kills or stunts the plants. It works on other bugs, too along the baseboards. We live in a cabin in the woods. Keeps my vac busy! I will try your idea outside tomorrow. Thank you!
Oh, you get my ant problems, I have sugar ants everywhere! Most of their nests are under the house and I am not going down there! In the summer my garden beds are full of ants!
Our ants are mainly fire ants. I have found they are more attracted to savory than sweet. They love corn chips (doritos especially). Use a blender or food processor to crush them to fine. Add your borax. No need for water. Mix and add to the jars. Jars a great idea, by the way.
I noticed you had the tag on your fruit trees, the tag that has the name of the tree. You need to remove it from all of your trees and bushes, otherwise the plant will die per an expert.
@@ozarkshomesteadandfarm It will eventually girdle the tree and slowly deprives it of nutrients thereby killing the plant. I move mine onto a lower branch where the growth is slower.
I've used Borax/Sugar ant bait in the past with great success. However, I have a new problem: Tiny, tiny ants that don't seem affected by the Borax/Sugar bait stations. These things are incredibly tiny. They have found my Cat's food dish and have invaded it with much gusto. I've even tried commercial ant baits, and after a month or more, I'm not even seeing them attempting to enter them. A couple times per day, I take my Cat's dish and empty the kibble into a fine mesh strainer and shake it over the sink and often get a couple hundred of these tiny ants to fall out. In the 10 years I've lived here, I've never had these tiny ants until a couple months ago. How can I kill them?
Borax Will kill any ants if they consume it the trick is mixing it with food they eat apparently those ants aren’t sugar ants I prefer proteins. I would try soaking the cat food and water and then mixing the borax into the cat food if they take it back to the colony it should work but I have not put that into practice it’s just a theory
Mix the borax or boric acid into oily foods -- whatever the ants like to eat. I have not done this because I don't have fat-eating ants. May have to experiment to get the mix right. As the originator says, you have to get them to eat/carry enough poison.
DUDE You Rock! Thank You. Very good video. If I was an ant, I would love to come by such a beautiful clean well-lit modern buffet the entrance doors are all squared off all nice and inviting. I'll get back after this.
I have no ants to do a follow up…..However I can tell you that some of the traps were successful and others were not. It is a war not just a one and done battle to get rid of those ants
Has anyone heard of Borax poisoning? An employee at a local Home Depot said a coworker was poisoned by Borax and ended up in the hospital. Don't see how it could be a detergent and be poisonous -- maybe an exception to every rule?
Well, I wouldn’t eat or ingest any detergent for that matter, but there seems to be a lot of confusion between borax and Borox…..so there might be some confusion there. But it’s just my 2 cents
There is Boric Acid which is a powder and when I bought it I was warned it was poison and was I SURE that was what I wanted, yes I did and that is what I used to kill the ants. I got it at a hardware store in a white plastic container and you NOT use any household utensils at all to mix this stuff together, if you do, throw them away. I would rather be safe than sorry! Borax is a laundry detergent booster that contains 3 naturally occurring elements, boron, sodium and oxygen. What you need to buy is Boric Acid. Maybe Boron in Borax will kill ants as well, I do not know. There are a lot of products sold that contain Boric Acid for use in and on the body. Okay I am stumped!
I had a problem with ants stealing my peanut butter mouse bait inside. So I mixed boric acid and peanut butter and added blue food coloring to make it look yucky. It DID finally work, but it also took about 4 months... And I'm still not sure if they are gone for good.
the liquid baits u buy at store has borax in them they seemed to wipe out the black ants that had invaded my kitchen a month ago i think they can remove liquid also to the nest and share it
@@sonmorri Please don’t make uneducated comments Social Security and Socialism or two different things if the government would’ve handled my money right that I paid into the system they would not be any issues.
I have black ants all over my porch. I'm trying this today. I found an old spice jar and put the mix in there. I opened the jar lid to the side that has holes so they can go in and out. Now, we wait.
Buy some conibears and dont let them bite you. It really hurts! Watch out though, conibears bite anything that gets too close. They dont care if its you, your pet or a kids hand.
On second thought, it’s my kids who think it’s fun to use the bottles to play with the dogs….and yes they don’t listen, the dog actually listens better!
Funny you should mention this…..I did the ant vid in California and have moved since then. We now have a serious carpenter bee problem. The season is about over but it’s definitely a vid I’ll have to make.
Mix the borax And powder sugar And call it good do not add water It's very hard for the ants to separate the borax and the powdered sugar But they can't separate Borax and White granulated sugar They just carry off the sugar part. I've been using this for years Mix 2 cup Powdered 1 cup borax. I saw the ants all over the lid But what about inside the jar they're not gonna go into that mix It's too liquidy.
Finally a good advice video without all the 15 or so minutes of advertising and other bs
I put a small chunk of a cheap plain waffle in the jar and then pour 1/3 borax and 2/3 sugar and dissolve with water to make a syrup. Then pour over the waffle. The waffle soaks it up and then the ants take bits back to the nest and it kills the babies and the queen 👍
Shoot dang! Good idea
@@ozarkshomesteadandfarm thank you for your video, loved the t-shirt 👍
The "Fraser Valley Rose Farm" channel described this waffle technique. Give credit where credit is due.
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Awesome idea.!! Ty.!!
I was told by an old timer to use equal portions of granulated sugar and borax. ( Example= 2 cups sugar to 2 cups borax) Mix together in bowl, then sprinkle over the ant mound. He also suggested I sprinkle some around the foundation of my house. This works for me everytime.🙂
Old timers know!😁, thanks for sharing
@@ozarkshomesteadandfarm why sugar and honey?
@@terywetherlow7970 they are sugar ants…..they won’t eat borax, they need to take it back and feed it to the queen to kill the colony…….honey may not be needed but you need to dissolve the borax into something they eat.
I think that @treywetherlow7970 was asking why both sugar and honey.
@@nannyjamjan5610 honey is not needed…… it just sweetened the pot and added consistency
In this ant mixture with the borax powdered sugar is better Because it's harder for the ants to separate the granules from the borax Powdered sugar is powder white sugar is granulated Which they can separate From the borax
Thanks for sharing
True, don't need honey
I make a slurry of equal parts boric acid and brown sugar in water bottle caps, moisten with dechlorinated water and stir. The ants drink it while it's wet, and take chunks as it dries. Today I was going to refresh one of my traps, but some carpenter ants were chewing away at what appeared to be tiny borax crystals. Evidently they are sweet enough to keep them interested. I let them have their way. Sugar ants eat honeydew from aphids, so I think the liquid is just as deadly since they feed that to baby ants. Seems to be working.
Yeah, I heard about that recipe to that you’re supposed to use powdered sugar, not granulated
The sugar wont separate because it was liquefied with the water. But, starting out if I bought the ingredients I would follow your suggestion and buy powdered sugar. Might not even need the water then. Just mix well and deploy.
Make sure your hole is small enough so honey bees don’t find their way in since you are using honey
Yes, they make their way into smaller holes than you would imagine! They get inside hummingbird feeder holes.
I’m a senior and have used straight borax in my garden for years. In the track of my patio doors to keep ants out of the house. It is safe to use around house pets.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Not mixed with sugar or anything ?
It is not safe if mixed with sugar, pets will eat it and die a horrible neurological death.
Borax can be upsetting for animal stomachs and enough quantity be worse Please do your research everybody that's not totally safe!
You can make ant traps with little jars that animals can't access
I used to put borax around every pipe in every house I built. In Florida we never saw roaches, any or any other bug inside the house.
Wow!! Even in Florida!!. I 'm in New Mex now but was in Tarpon Springs for awhile, awhile back... And U got BUGS!! LOL
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Thanks for the Mason jar, honey and hole-y lid idea. Needed!
This can also be used to get rid of fleas if you ever have an infestation in the house (had one from a cat).
Sprinkle it throughout the entire house and the next day vacuum it up. Fleas gone.
Great info, thanks for sharing
Several years ago I rented a house that was completely infested with fleas. I worked dimacious earth into the carpets and under the bass boards. I freshen up the dimatious earth every few months. It also took care of any other pests that came into the house including spiders and ants. It's great to use in the garden. Completely non toxic and is not harmful to humans or pets. I will be trying this formula out and placing the the bait near near ant hole entrances. I'll let you know how it works. I just hope it won't harm the lizards. I am very protective of the wildlife.
Lock the cat in another room until you vacuum so it doesn't get it on its paws and lick them
I'm going to use it for cockroches, I hear it works great.
I used the same mix, but soaked paper towels in it and placed them into soup cans and spread them throughout the yard, close to the house. Works great.
Nice, thanks for commenting Rick
Thank you
My ants were not a problem ever it was always the uncles.....oh my gosh I am hilarious...lol
No, not really. Don't give up your day job.
😂🤦🏽♀️🥴🥁 that's the rimshot.
YOU DON"T NEED THE HONEY OR WATER... JUST THE BORAX AND @ OF THE SUGAR. ( 1 jar borax + 2 jars sugar)
Ants won't take my tap water. So I buy distilled water, which works very well.
Very interesting point you make. I'm gonna give it a whirl. Thank you. Best wishes to you and your family
LOL! I came for the Ant Solution, but Subscribed for the T-Shirt!!!!! ;P
Can I ask where you got it?? I love it, lol!!!!!
Thanks, Appreciate it……..yes, I got it from the conservative twins TH-cam Chanel….. their website is …… officialhodgetwins.com
When I bought my house, there were big ant hills (that’s big hills, not big ants!) all around my yard.
I bought a bunch of ant traps and put them on every opening. A week later, no ants!
But a few years later, my house cats were very upset one day and took me over to their food dishes. There was a big train of ants going all the way across my kitchen! I got my small shop vac and followed them all the way to my stove where the trail went underneath. I couldn’t move the stove without help, but I removed the bottom drawer and vacuumed everything I could see. Then I had a small amount of diatomaceous earth so I sprinkled it along all the sides and places I could reach, hoping it would at least keep them out of the cat food until I could do something better. My sister, who lives nearby, had battled this type of ant in her pantry for months before getting rid of them, so I expected the worst.
It’s been two weeks and I haven’t seen a single ant. I took the drawer out and there wasn’t a single ant under there. The package said this powder was safe to use in your home and around pets and food storage, so I just left it there.
What I’m wondering is, are they really gone and if not, what’s my next step?
The diatomaceous earth will only kill the scouts not the queen so the colony is probably still active under your house. You will need to kill the queen to get rid of the colony they need to take poison back down to the colony use the same traps or the mixture that I described in this video. Good luck
@@ozarkshomesteadandfarm Thank you!
Diatomaceous earth is great as a barrier, especially if you can hide it someplace out of the way permanently, like all the way around behind your stove. OP is right though, it does not kill the queen, only the scouts that touch it. I use it to redirect them until I can locate the nest.
Powder sugar is ground granulated sugar which can be done in a food processor.
Thanks!did not want to buy powdered sugar just for this....
Store bought powdered sugar contains cornstarch to keep it from clumping.
Friends wife is such a terrible cook he throws a lot of her cooking outside when she's not looking and it kills every bug going.
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HEY! 1st time viewer, new subscriber, and THANKS for this info!
Thanks for watching and the sub…..welcome
It really BUGS me when I open a cabinet drawer or a box of stored stuff and there curled up is a roach and all its droppings, so disgusting, I immediately carry the drawer outside and then stomp on the roach. Here in North Central FL the problem insects are a real intrusion to say the least. Sometimes I feel bad for them they must feel the hatred the minute we spot them because they can run sidewise and disappear right in front of your eyes, they are super fast at exiting the territory and masterful at hiding.
😂 sounds horrible but your description is hilarious...they run sideways...😂
Don't stomp on roaches. If egg bearing, the eggs carry back inside via shoe treads and are left where you walk. They hatch and the cycle starts over
Great video. Loved your dogs! By the way looks like the ants loved your "cooking". I think you have the right ratio on the ingredients. Thank you for making this video
I saw one video where the suggested putting a small piece of bread or cracker in the jar and making sure it's covered with the Borax mix. The ants that don't die immediately will grab a piece and take it back to the nest, killing more ants there.
Good tip
So mixing it with breadcrumbs would be effective
You can also use yogurt containers that have lids
He said he had to use glass instead of plastic because of his dog. Would pick it up and play with it. Got to watch out for our animals.
@@20greeneyes20 yes I watched the video. My dogs are well trained and supervised. I understand though.
I too have ants EVERYWHERE. I've tried several similar concoctions with little to no success. How long yes, they eat the bait, but I see no change in the ant population.
It takes time…..the poison needs to be fed to the queen. Also the mixture has to be toxic enough to work.
You might have "protein" ants. They avoid sweet things and go for egg, meat, some flours and gelatin (which is made from discarded animal parts.)
Melt some gelatin and when it cools, mix in borax thoroughly before it sets.
Alternatively, grind some meat extremely finely then add borax mixing thoroughly.
Boric acid is one of the best for not only getting rid of ants, but keeping them gone, roaches too.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge
I agree that works well. I find empty veggies or cat food cans work without any cost.
Thanks for the info!
I use supplement bottles. But I have no pet that will carry them off. I tell our dog 'that's not yours' and he will never touch it. I drill a hole in the lid. Put in my mix and screw the lid on and lay on it's side.
I use PVC pipe with PVC end caps with holes drilled in one end cap then hammer them on and deploy.
I use a similar recipe but I substitute maple syrup for the honey and I throw in a couple of cotton balls. The stuff works great! I tried everything else I could find to get rid of the sugar ants we have down here in south Florida. Nothing seemed to work until I started using this borax mixture. I have been using small plastic containers but I like your idea to use mason jars. I'll be making the switch when it is time to refresh the ones I have.
Thanks for watching and sharing your results!
Excellent points in here. Not just the recipe. It’s over 90 degrees here most of the season so it’s great advice to start out wetter. Also easier to dispense if you want a bunch of traps one time. Also for the citrus trees this year I did the trunk wrap and sticky goop. I think a better or more forceful approach for trees.
I appreciate the support
Will this work for fire ants?
@@lorigulley9458 IDK how long it will be b4 someone answers you. Ants in general are tough to deal with. I think for fire ants the approach would be totally different.
@@lorigulley9458 no only ants that eat sugar
@@lorigulley9458never tried it but a sure fire answer is instant grits 👌
Sprinkle generously on mound, the fire ants will be gone in a relatively short time.
You can add instant potatoes to make it thicker
Great Idea, thanks for sharing!
Love your shirt man! Very cool
Yeah thanks man appreciate you watching and commenting I got it from the conservative twins website
I make this for my camper, but I never have used honey. I doesn't matter how runny mine is they want it.where ever I see them I just pour a little on the counter and the trick is LEAVING them alone, it is very hard to do when you see ALOT of them eating it, but leave them ALONE the more of them to take back to the colony the better.
Thanks for watching and commenting
I agree with leaving them alone. I try to 'bait' ants where they can be left alone. For example, if they're on your kitchen countertop, bait them in an area that is more out of the way, then be sure to keep all other areas clean and free of any crumbs or drips, and let them FEAST on the bait!
I read it takes 24 to 48 hours for the ants to die after consuming the borax
Last year, I mixed Borax and sugar; this year, I sprinkled straight Borax at points of entry. Points of entry works best.
i thought so , sugar attracks ants why would anyone wanna do that!? right ?
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From what I’ve gathered , adding sugar staves off the toxic effects on some of the ants just long enuf to bring the sugar with it’s toxic effects back to their queen who sits on her butt (watching her favorite soap operas)munching on what her servants dutifully bring to her so she can stay bizzy banging out the babies to hand them over to the antie nursemaid’s to feed, and nurture, that keeps the colony going, and GROWING IN NUMBERS, altho her slaves have unknowingly brought her goodies that’ll ultimately end her reign forever after she, and those who’s pleasure is to serve her have ALL eaten their fill are ALL🍯🍧D E A D ! 😵💫🤢😵
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I have always used cheap ground black pepper to keep ants from coming into my house. I found the two places (sliding glass door and exterior kitchen window ledge) and sprinkled it there. They won’t cross over the pepper and stay out. It worked better than borax for me.
Emma is beautiful!
Love your blue tshirt. 😉
I appreciate the support and thank you the shirts from conservative twins and really black pepper I’m trying that that’s going to be a video for sure
I appreciate the support and thank you the shirts from conservative twins and really black pepper I’m trying that that’s going to be a video for sure
FYI - pepper degrades, borax doesn’t, at all.
Ants don’t like cinnamon even a little bit.😊
@@karenjackson4729 that's true. Will go out of their way to avoid cinnamon everytime.
I use a 50/50 mixture of borax and sugar. Works great. I love the idea of using jars to keep things dry or not damaged by sprinkling. FYI using food grade diatomaceous earth is great for insects inside. I am a retired hotel manager. Spray it LIGHTLY in and around your house as it will kill bedbugs.
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I thought of the diatomaceous earth also. Be sure to get food grade so it won't harm pets or children.
Instant grits works well too. Sprinkle it out & dampen it with water.
Haven't tried it but fellow at the grocery store said its was a myth and laughed?
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My back yard had a large area infested wirh big red ant colonies. (SW Desert).
I uaed a mixture of vegetable oil+Dawn+ hot water pouring it into the holes of their colonies. I did this repeated days eventually digging up the earth to find more channels in their "lair".
The stuff worked. This that didn't die hit the road fir safer grounds👍.
Within a year new plants began to grow (Globe Mallow; desert plants) roustly.
If I had a veggie garden I wouldn't use this oil method.
(Oil+ soap, btw, smothers the ant.)
(Side note. If a wayward roach happens to get into your house, stun it with a broom. The whack usually knocks them belly up. Dribble a few drops of Dawn detergent straight onto their belly and they are dead-smothered. No poison needed.)
Sometimes the tiny tiny ants switch to a protein diet and sugar won’t work. But most the time the sugar works. I live in the semi tropics of Mexico.
yes me too those are grease eating ants and need another formula or you have to mix with butter or oil which also attracts more roaches ... so intrusive are they all and here in Florida they bite real bad!
The dogs are adorable.
Thanks 👍
I have found piles of fine sawdust around our walls (pine log home ) . Especially near electric outlets and door jams . Carpenter ants no doubt. I bought Perefrin 10 to spray the wood. But it will not kill the queen or nest. So I am going to try your recipe. Powdered icing sugar sounds best as it will blend in with the borax better. I will let you know if this works. Thanks so much.
I have had a sudden infestation or big, hard to kill ants running through the center of my condo, seemingly confused. It took me days to realize they were coming up from under the front door threshold! Usually I just spray ants with vinegar or Windex and it kills them and wipes out their scent trail. But these suckers don't even die the first couple of times they are stomped on, nor when sprayed with vinegar. Then I remembered Borax, which I sprinkled, dry, on both sides of the threshold plate. No more ants! Previously, when I've had a huge trail of smaller ants and was able to find their ingress, I made up some simple syrup and added diatomaceous earth...they carried that back to the hive and that was the last of the entire colony.
The threshold plate is probably attached by a few big screws. It's easy to remove that, put the Borax on the frame, and replace the plate. Now the stuff is there protecting you for months, out of sight, and you can freely sweep and mop too.
@@DistracticusPrime Unmechanical me thanks you!
This stuff works!!!! I've been using it for years!
Glad to get feedback from you
another way: dissolve borax and sugar in water > soak cotton balls with solution and let dry > place the cotton balls where needed (but not exposed to rain).
I have large carpenter ants burrowing in my tree. I have large piles of wood dust or shaving on the ground. They now have gotten in my flower beds and all through the yard.
I tried this mixture last yr and didnt work that well but only put closer to the house.
Does not work on carpenter ants……try orange oil
Subscribed just because of your shirt. I like to follow folks with common sense.
Hey thanks Shane I really appreciate it I just cannot believe how many people can’t see what’s really going on in the world right now a definite lack of common sense out there
@@ozarkshomesteadandfarm absolutely! Thanks for sharing as I am recently having little black ants in my kitchen as well as my yearly battle with fire ants in my yard.
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Black Strap molasses might work if you don't have honey.
These little frickers went behind my little sisters' toy box and stayed there all summer, now they'll REALLY get it
Thank you for this video.i have hansa flowers they are so sweat before they blossom ants eat and kill them.
What is the formula again?
1 tbs borax 4 tbs sugar mix with some water and waffles optional?
Correct
Very informative and great recipe! However, consider making the hole smaller. Bees like sweets as well and that size hole the bees can fit in. I would recommend making the hole smaller so that beneficial insects such as bees are not harmed.
Does this work with red ants because that's what we have in the south
I don’t think so
Instant grits (dry) for fire ants.
Sprinkle on their mound and they will disappear promptly 👍
@@minimouse7579 great info
Any halfway decent paper punch will punch neat round holes in your lids.
Love the shirt! Thanks for the help with ants too!
Wonderful.. I love the way you did the job.. Beautiful jars.. You can kept to used all time.. To save the garden & house 💯💯💯
Appreciate the kind words
I hv a leaf cutter andy problem. They eat all my chicken feed. Will this work on them too
Maybe if you soak the feed in the mixture……don’t use honey and make it more thin
Thanks for the video, Just subscribed. will any other bugs eat that also?
Thanks for the sub! I don’t think so, it attracts the sugar loving black ants.
@@ozarkshomesteadandfarm Ok, Thanks for the reply.
Great and informative.
Like the T-shirt
Suggestion shouldn’t you spray paint the glass and ring to insure that they never get confused with your actual canning equipment?
I like that T-shirt. I took a picture of it and showed it to my wife.
Lol 😂 👍
Love your shirt, sir!
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Hey Ozark, just stumbled on this vid looking for ideas for the yard. Got a modest "less than beautiful lawn" but don't use chemicals outside, just calcium lime pellets because of the wild life. We feed wild birds, etc.
Inside our home, soaking cotton balls in Borax, Sugar and warm water and placing them all around the sill in basement and around counter tops, under baseboard heaters, stove, sink, a couple of drawers, etc works great! That's for the INSIDE. We have no small children here, and our dog only wants the finest steak, dog food, etc. So WE in our home don't have to worry about kids or pets getting into it. (no cats either).
Regarding the yard. I usually spray the foundation outside with Defense! ........... I got shiiteloads of hills out there now that the spring is finally here in Mass. In the past I have used the liquid bait stations and also in the past Ant stakes, and recently, the metal tins. I was going to go with ant stakes again this year because the lawn mower goes over those easily without nipping them, but I didn't realize the ant stakes use peanut butter inside and maybe that's why I use to find them pulled out of the ground and now don't want to use them in case critters somehow rip them open and ingest the poison. And regarding the tins,........ even with my lawn mower set higher up it would nip the tins occasionally and send em flying with metal chards. Also not good.
I'm thinking of using the glass jar method, as in empty peanut butter jars, or smaller empty glass jars, or as a commenter suggested, empty plastic vitamin containers, with either the cotton balls inside, OR your mixture. Still thinking on it. Thanks for the vid!
Emma is beautiful. Our babies love those bottles because they crunch. I love Borax. Its good for lots of things.
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Thanks! I get those MICROSCOPIC sized ants in my kitchen. If you've never seen them, they are so tiny you wouldn't even see them unless there was a line of them trailing back to the outside nest. If you don't want to mix your own, you can buy a small bottle of TERRO, which is a borax mixture, like yours. It doesn't take much, a few drops on a small piece of cardboard close to the line entrance.
I just bottles of torro this year they are still coming never saw anything like it
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I think the heat is causing them to come indoors more
I believe those are mites
@@sheliafarmer I too have used Terro liquid in the past for ants and it worked. Now in a condo and the ants just keep on coming back. They are the tiny ones as well. Going to try the borax and powdered sugar. Hope it works.
Thank you for this. Just put jars around the trees and dripped in their path too. If they are still attacking your citrus, maybe put some petroleum jelly around the trunks? That should slow them down too.
Did that……so hot it just ran off
Ah yes, something more glutinous and sticky is required, like fly paper? it’s cooler here today though but I’m also going to try a high wall of double sided sticky tape around the trunks, the heat should intensify the glue for a while. I tried neem oil spray on the aphids but all that did was burn leaves, the depopulation is a real war isn’t it? 😉
Essential oils, hung in little jars near the aphids, just done that too, lavender, tea tree and bergamot. Fingers crossed. Thought it might help you too.
@@graceydavis429 ooooo double sided tape!!
@@graceydavis429 I’m looking into oils for bug repellent at the moment…… tics and skeeters
Thank you. I tried making a solution with sugsr, but it was hard to getbthevborax to dissolve well, and the solution crystalized, and was rock hard! No ant could have eaten it. Now i just I sprinkle borax along the edges of the cabin outside and up against the house side of the porch and sill so the dog naturally steps over it. Inside, i sprinkle it along the walls in tiny amounts. This year, i had tiny ants show up, and freshened the borax more where i saw them. After a week they were gone. Do it before you see them every spring. This year, i have had only that one small batch. In the yard and beds yes, use the protected way done here. If you pour it in the flower beds, it kills or stunts the plants. It works on other bugs, too along the baseboards. We live in a cabin in the woods. Keeps my vac busy! I will try your idea outside tomorrow. Thank you!
Borax dissolves best in "warm" water. Powdered sugar vs granules if adding warm water to make paste, liquid 👍
True it does stunt and kill the plants.
I had an ant mound around my hibiscus
I sprinkled borax.
It got rid of the ants but the plant slowly died.
Oh, you get my ant problems, I have sugar ants everywhere! Most of their nests are under the house and I am not going down there! In the summer my garden beds are full of ants!
Yup, try borax
Our ants are mainly fire ants. I have found they are more attracted to savory than sweet. They love corn chips (doritos especially). Use a blender or food processor to crush them to fine. Add your borax. No need for water. Mix and add to the jars. Jars a great idea, by the way.
Thanks for sharing. There are a lot of people on this thread, asking about fire ants.
Gee I thought the ants in my garden and on my fruit trees were bad until I saw this WOW. I will be putting some out also.
I just mix borax and icing sugar 50/50 and put it outside their nest or wherever they congregate and it seems to work.
I noticed you had the tag on your fruit trees, the tag that has the name of the tree. You need to remove it from all of your trees and bushes, otherwise the plant will die per an expert.
What? Really, ok that sounds a little hocus pocus to me
If the tree grows fast, it can cut off circulation and weaken the tree. @@ozarkshomesteadandfarm
@@ozarkshomesteadandfarm It will eventually girdle the tree and slowly deprives it of nutrients thereby killing the plant. I move mine onto a lower branch where the growth is slower.
@@ozarkshomesteadandfarmI leave mine on as well but move it to a branch if it begins to get tight.
I use ribbon and adjust as needed.
I've used Borax/Sugar ant bait in the past with great success.
However, I have a new problem: Tiny, tiny ants that don't seem affected by the Borax/Sugar bait stations. These things are incredibly tiny. They have found my Cat's food dish and have invaded it with much gusto. I've even tried commercial ant baits, and after a month or more, I'm not even seeing them attempting to enter them.
A couple times per day, I take my Cat's dish and empty the kibble into a fine mesh strainer and shake it over the sink and often get a couple hundred of these tiny ants to fall out.
In the 10 years I've lived here, I've never had these tiny ants until a couple months ago. How can I kill them?
Borax Will kill any ants if they consume it the trick is mixing it with food they eat apparently those ants aren’t sugar ants I prefer proteins. I would try soaking the cat food and water and then mixing the borax into the cat food if they take it back to the colony it should work but I have not put that into practice it’s just a theory
Mix the borax or boric acid into oily foods -- whatever the ants like to eat. I have not done this because I don't have fat-eating ants. May have to experiment to get the mix right. As the originator says, you have to get them to eat/carry enough poison.
Cinnamon around the bowls will help prevent ants invading them but not sure about killing them, I would try the borax mix on bacon bits 👌
Try mixing borax with peanut butter. That has worked for me.
Look up how to make protein ant baits.
DUDE You Rock! Thank You. Very good video. If I was an ant, I would love to come by such a beautiful clean well-lit modern buffet the entrance doors are all squared off all nice and inviting. I'll get back after this.
So how did it work please do a follow up video!
I have no ants to do a follow up…..However I can tell you that some of the traps were successful and others were not. It is a war not just a one and done battle to get rid of those ants
Has anyone heard of Borax poisoning? An employee at a local Home Depot said a coworker was poisoned by Borax and ended up in the hospital. Don't see how it could be a detergent and be poisonous -- maybe an exception to every rule?
Well, I wouldn’t eat or ingest any detergent for that matter, but there seems to be a lot of confusion between borax and Borox…..so there might be some confusion there. But it’s just my 2 cents
There is Boric Acid which is a powder and when I bought it I was warned it was poison and was I SURE that was what I wanted, yes I did and that is what I used to kill the ants. I got it at a hardware store in a white plastic container and you NOT use any household utensils at all to mix this stuff together, if you do, throw them away. I would rather be safe than sorry! Borax is a laundry detergent booster that contains 3 naturally occurring elements,
boron, sodium and oxygen. What you need to buy is Boric Acid. Maybe Boron in Borax will kill ants as well, I do not know. There are a lot of products sold that contain Boric Acid for use in and on the body. Okay I am stumped!
I had a problem with ants stealing my peanut butter mouse bait inside. So I mixed boric acid and peanut butter and added blue food coloring to make it look yucky. It DID finally work, but it also took about 4 months... And I'm still not sure if they are gone for good.
It’s a War!
Thank you for your video about ant problems and solutionsI was once told to use corn meal and fine sugar that helped. me with everything
the liquid baits u buy at store has borax in them they seemed to wipe out the black ants that had invaded my kitchen a month ago i think they can remove liquid also to the nest and share it
Yeah, I just can’t use the terro bait.
Loved the T-shirt. Love the dog. FYI, it works without the honey. Thanks for the video.
Appreciate it……nice to know.
please do not accept social security payments, have a good day
@@sonmorri Please don’t make uneducated comments Social Security and Socialism or two different things if the government would’ve handled my money right that I paid into the system they would not be any issues.
Ditto on the t-shirt.
Can you remove 1 of the lids to show us that they are actually going into the jar.
Does this work on tiny fire ants?
No
Instead of purchasing jars, use MT and washed out Bick's relish jars with lids. Recycle, reuse, repurpose.
I think mixing powered sugar & baking soda also works
I have black ants all over my porch. I'm trying this today. I found an old spice jar and put the mix in there. I opened the jar lid to the side that has holes so they can go in and out. Now, we wait.
Let us know how it goes
How are the ants able to crawl out of jar if holds are rough ? Won’t it kid them
Now how do I get rid of those cute little squirrels that tore up my grass to build big trashy looking nests in my trees?
Red rider!!!!!!
Buy some conibears and dont let them bite you. It really hurts! Watch out though, conibears bite anything that gets too close. They dont care if its you, your pet or a kids hand.
As for a conibear in 120 size (squirrel appropriate size)
@@ozarkshomesteadandfarm 😂😂😂😂
Crossman, the squirrels make great targets and they're tasty too.
The problem with the plastic bottle is : Your dog don't listen to you . 😜👍
😂😂 your right!
On second thought, it’s my kids who think it’s fun to use the bottles to play with the dogs….and yes they don’t listen, the dog actually listens better!
I wonder if you could add something like cornmeal to the ant bait, would soak up the mix & give them something to carry home to the nest.
I like the statement on your Tshirt. Do you know how to get them off my back?
Why cant the mixture be poured directly into the ant hill?
I don’t know, try it
will Borax kill fire ants?
I don’t think so
Does this work for fire ants?
Nope
I’d have used a used canning flat instead of using the new ones.
By the way chickens love ants. Great protein.
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I was so mad when my wife brought her home, but now she’s mine and one of the best dogs I’ve had.
you have any ideas for carpenter bees that drill inti log cabins!?!?
Funny you should mention this…..I did the ant vid in California and have moved since then. We now have a serious carpenter bee problem. The season is about over but it’s definitely a vid I’ll have to make.
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Lots of carpenter beers here. They are up my cypress swing and arbor.
Worked well the first year I tried it, the next year they seemed immune to it.
Probably not enough borax in it
Can we use icing sugar instead of normal sugar with borex. Please advise.
I think heating up the water and stirring the sugar/borax mixture helps to dissolve the borax or the sugar water floats to top and borax sinks
I use mayonnaise jars with screw in lids, just drill a few small holes in the lid and lay the jars on their side.
so will borax and sugar sprinkled around house or on ant hills will work too ? we have no animal family members here.
Know if you just sprinkle sugar and borax the answer will only take the sugar granules this is why you need a liquid to bind the Borax to the sugar
No
I NEEEEEED that shirt !!!!!!!
I need another……the Hodge twins don’t sell them no more 😞
Love the shirt my friend. I have it in green!
Nice, wish I could get another!!
Mix the borax And powder sugar And call it good do not add water It's very hard for the ants to separate the borax and the powdered sugar But they can't separate Borax and White granulated sugar They just carry off the sugar part. I've been using this for years Mix 2 cup Powdered 1 cup borax. I saw the ants all over the lid But what about inside the jar they're not gonna go into that mix It's too liquidy.
I’m going to try it
You must have missed it. Watch again
Yup showed tons of ants "inside" the jars, he said it was 90+ out so the mix DEFINITELY dried out a lot. 12:28 Look inside, you can see a bunch 👍🏻