On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 10:22:05 -0800 (PST), spamtrap1888
> wrote:

>On Mar 9, 10:11*am, Janet Bostwick > wrote:
>> On Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:36:50 -0500, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>>
>> the ant that
>> came upon the first one must have reported back, because no more ants
>> even approached that feeder that season.
>
>That was the basis of a recommendation to keep ants out of your house,
>that I read a few years back. If you see a single ant, kill it and
>leave the corpse. That was probably a scout ant. If it finds something
>good, it will go back to the ant hill and there will be a steady line
>of ants coming and going to get the food. But if it doesn't come back,
>another scout will check. If this one finds a dead ant, it will report
>back to the hill that your house is dangerous, and the ants will avoid
>it.

The best way to control ants is to kill the queen with boric acid.

Lou