"Polly Esther" > wrote in message
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> "Polly Esther" > wrote in message
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>> This afternoon, Mr. Esther went out to change the filter on our water
>> well. He left his 'work' shoes on the sunporch and changed to his house
>> shoes. A couple of hours later we were going out to walk the Yorkie.
>> DH's outside shoes were covered with big, mean stinging ants. ( Not the
>> sissy variety that come inside and wander around looking for the sugar
>> bowl.)
>> Disarming the attack was a bit of a problem - don't know why the ants
>> came in that room and were quite so angry. We tossed the door mats
>> outside, swept up the ants without getting hurt and wondered what (as
>> well as why) to do with the shoes.
>> Freezer seemed to be a good answer. I dropped his shoes into a 2 gal
>> zip bag, sealed it and put it in the freezer. There. Take that.
>> DH wonders if their trip to the North Pole will kill the ants or just
>> temporarily hibernate them. Any thoughts? Polly
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> Talking to myself here - but that's something great-grandmothers can and
> will do if they want to. Anyhow - it seems to me that when one of our
> offspring was enjoying an aquarium that one of the things they fed the
> fish was a frozen stick of shrimp that they would swirl around in the
> water and the shrimp would go swimming off. Anyone know if freezing kills
> ants or simply sends them off for a temporary nap? Polly

I don't know for sure about ants but I have read some pretty sick stories
about what bad boys do with flies. Doesn't kill them but sort of puts them
to sleep for a while. I would think if the ants were in there long enough
it would kill them.