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From: manatbandq on 3 May 2007 11:25 On May 2, 7:20 pm, "Organic Icecube" <n...(a)sense.com> wrote: > I like ants, bees and wasps. What harm do they do. Even on the very rare > occasions that ants raid your house PMSL The constant stream of marching ants a la the Tom & Jerry cartoon is more the norm IMHO. MBQ
From: bomb#20 on 3 May 2007 14:37 manatbandq(a)hotmail.com wrote: > On May 2, 7:20 pm, "Organic Icecube" <n...(a)sense.com> wrote: >> I like ants, bees and wasps. What harm do they do. Even on the >> very rare occasions that ants raid your house > > PMSL > > The constant stream of marching ants a la the Tom & Jerry cartoon is > more the norm IMHO. > > MBQ WXYZ If the norm in your house is a constant stream of ants then they must find your house attractive. I doubt they are comming to see you, so maybe you have plenty of food for them lying around the place. ABCD ..
From: ian on 6 May 2007 04:05
In message <3rWdnXNqz9T3YaXbnZ2dnUVZ8tyqnZ2d(a)bt.com>, Dave <davenpat(a)btopenworld.com> writes >BunnyHare wrote: > >> "ian" <ian(a)nospam.net> wrote in message news:kcAWlgD24COGFw3l(a)nospam.net... >> >>>With the ant season upon us again, my wife has been trying to locate >>>Nippon Gel, but nobody seems to stock it any more. >>> >>>Has it perhaps been withdrawn for PC (politically crass) elf n' >>>safety reasons? >> I managed to buy some last week in Lincolnshire but in a >>traditional hardware shop. They also had something called ant bait >>which was a square of plastic impregnated with something similar to >>Nippon but at twice the price. > >It might be twice the price, but that is what I use every year to stop >the blighters coming into our house. They take it back to the nest and >it's then farewell to the nest. I put one at the front door, another at >the back door and one under the kitchen unit where the air brick is. > >After a few days, no more ants :-) > >Dave Success! I finally tracked down a source of Nippon Gel, at our local g*rden c*nter (I use the asterisks in the same sense as in w*rk; i.e. something to be avoided wherever possible -- we rarely go to the g*rden c*nter as the prices are outrageous there). Thanks to everyone for all your helpful replies! -- Ian |