How to Get Rid of Ants

This is a natural, non-toxic and inexpensive way to get rid of unwanted ant beds. This is only to be used outdoors and outside, not in the house or apartment building.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Dish washing soap
• Water
• Bucket

1. Fill the bucket with water. Can be cold water, no sense using the energy to heat hot water. If you don't have a bucket, any container that holds water will work.

2. Add 1 tbsp. of dish soap for every quart of water. A glug method will work just fine, you don't have to measure this dishsoap. A rough estimate is fine.

3. Pour this mixture on the ant bed. If the ant bed is particularly huge, you might need a couple of buckets of water, but usually one bucket is fine. The soap sticks to the ants, and when they take it down to the colony it gets on everyone and they succumb.

4. Wash out the bucket and make sure all the soap is out of the bucket or container for the next time you want to use the bucket.

Tips & Warnings

• If this doesn't work, wait an hour and repeat the process.
• This has worked every time for me.
• I have even had my sons do this once they were past the age of 5.
• Don't do this in places that cannot get wet.

[Addonis]

on 1/4/2009 great work 5 stars

[randnmohler]

on 12/17/2008 Great article! Thanks!

[theredheadknows]

on 12/12/2008 Salt is not a friendly chemical to insects, it makes perfect sense -- thanks!

[miasavc]

on 12/12/2008 Very interesting tips! Back home we used to pour a generous amount of salt on the anthill and they left! I don't know why it happened but it works as good as well.