It's related to the Crazy Raspberry Ant, they have not identified it yet, hitched a ride from down South, they just eat everything, Honey bees included. They are giving Fire Ants a hard time. :evil:
"BEE EATING ANT"Now is that a bee eating an ant or an ant that eats bees. Sounds like some newspaper headlineThe ambiguity of EnglishMick
If their only bad side is that they eat bees, and if they will rid us of the fire ant, I think it is a great trade off. I will have no problem keeping them away from my bees.
Quote from: lakeman on November 16, 2009, 07:18:21 amIf their only bad side is that they eat bees, and if they will rid us of the fire ant, I think it is a great trade off. I will have no problem keeping them away from my bees. How do you "keep them away" from your bees? The disturbing aspect is regular pesticides are not very effective and only slow them down for about 10 days. Hopefully someone will come up with something to keep them out of our houses and hives that isn't harmful to us and our bees.
Quote from: sarafina on November 16, 2009, 10:41:40 amQuote from: lakeman on November 16, 2009, 07:18:21 amIf their only bad side is that they eat bees, and if they will rid us of the fire ant, I think it is a great trade off. I will have no problem keeping them away from my bees. How do you "keep them away" from your bees? The disturbing aspect is regular pesticides are not very effective and only slow them down for about 10 days. Hopefully someone will come up with something to keep them out of our houses and hives that isn't harmful to us and our bees.Very simple, you put your bees up on legs, and you set the legs in a can of water. If by chance, they like to swim, you put about an inch of oil in the cans instead of water, this will work.
Quote from: lakeman on November 16, 2009, 07:18:21 amIf their only bad side is that they eat bees, and if they will rid us of the fire ant, I think it is a great trade off. I will have no problem keeping them away from my bees. Careful what you wish for. They say "Better the devil you know than the one you don't."