https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:53:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655614 Tue, 22 Nov 2016 01:30:58 +0000 turquoisemama 2655614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom has always had problems with ants and when they start coming in she mixes a little corn syrup and Borax and puts some about the size of a quarter or two on a small strip of cardboard and they go crazy for it and die right away. It doesn't take care of the nest but it works better than the baits. Don't have it where pets or kids can get it though. I don't think Botax is that bad but I wouldn't want a dog licking it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655609 Tue, 22 Nov 2016 00:24:10 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2655609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumpkin Pie: oh...ha, yes. Quick phone typing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655602 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 23:21:57 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2655602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Goose: I'm guessing you mean liquid dish soap?</p> <p>Ugh. I put the terro baits out this morning and I still see a ton of ants! The directions say it could take up to 2 weeks to get rid of them! Its thanksgiving in a couple days, and I don't want to be spending the holidays with the ants! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655587 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 22:10:54 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2655587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We sprayed liquid fish soap mixed with water on them and anywhere we saw them travelling to or from. It kills them and is supposed to get rid of the scent they leave as a trail for other ants. It worked for us in our kitchen/dining room beside our patio door and this year we didn't have a huge problem like last year. We maybe had 5 ants this year. We had initially bought the raid bait traps I think, but they did nothing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655568 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 21:08:24 +0000 MenagerieMama 2655568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I second the Terro liquid baits. It does take bit for them to bring it back to their nest to wipe them out but they work. And then of course containing any sources of food (we usually keep a messy kitchen) and blocking off any points of entry. We've had them a few times and it's gross!</p> <p>I tried the cinnamon tricks and such and the ants didn't really care. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655555 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 20:42:28 +0000 catlady 2655555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have issues with small black ants. This past summer, I was able to curb them inside using cinnamon (just sprinkled around the holes in the brick where they were coming in) and on the outside by sprinkling corn starch around their mounds. I don't like to use any type of pesticide due to cats/toddler but these worked great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655535 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 19:53:15 +0000 LindsayLou 2655535@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've had lots of problems in our new house with tiny black ants. The main colony was in the attic, and they were in the walls. We tried traps, bait, and homemade borax traps for months. It would help for a while, then they'd show back up. We finally had to set off multiple fogger bombs in the attic and crawlspace. They show back up on occasion, and we use the liquid bait as soon as we see them. Hopefully they're not as bad in your house! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655503 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:39:42 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2655503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok. I was able to move the stove enough to see if they are crawling up from the floor and it doesn't look like it. </p> <p>@avivoca: is there a way to tell if they are coming from the walls?</p> <p>I can't seem to tell where exactly they are coming from. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655499 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:33:03 +0000 avivoca 2655499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumpkin Pie: find where they are coming in and then set your baits there. Hopefully they aren't in your walls. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655495 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:21:23 +0000 MamaG 2655495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumpkin Pie: honestly, I'm not sure it's a spray that my DH got from Lowe's or Home Depot. </p> <p>We routinely treat all outside entrances now (doors, windows, etc). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655492 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:13:48 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2655492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok, I'm not actually sure if they are coming from those 2 places, or if they just happen to be where I set the ant baits. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655482 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:58:42 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2655482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: uh! I think they are coming from 2 places. One is from our back door, and the other is from behind the stove. I can't move the stove to see whats going on there though. </p> <p>Seeing the ants is so gross! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655480 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:51:58 +0000 avivoca 2655480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Where are they coming in? We had a huge problem a couple of years ago and it took setting baits, finding the colony outside, and setting it on fire (my husband went a bit overboard). This year we had a bad problem but it turns out that they had built a nest in my drill battery of all places. Once I got rid of that, they were gone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655476 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:47:02 +0000 Shantuck 2655476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a pest control company come and spray for ants and we haven't seen a single ant since. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655475 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:45:37 +0000 IRunForFun 2655475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had ants at an old apartment and could see they were coming in through a window. We sprinkled cinnamon along the windowsill and they stopped coming in, apparently they won't cross cinnamon? </p> <p>For cleaning up ants that have swallowed the bait and died I've read you should vacuum them up and never crush them because apparently some scent released when they're crushed attracts other ants? Not sure how true it is but it seemed to work for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655473 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:35:54 +0000 erinbaderin 2655473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ants won't cross baby powder, so if you sprinkle a line of that where they're coming in it should help. You do want them to take the poison back to their house, though, so if you could somehow corral them (make them a little path with flour to the trap maybe?) then they wouldn't be everywhere, at least. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655468 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:24:42 +0000 PinkElephant 2655468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had awful ants this summer/fall. Terro was the only thing that got rid of them. The people at the hardware store said it was a bad year for them in our neighborhood (Brooklyn), and everyone I know who had them had these particularly aggressive ones that seemed to come from nowhere - like literally out of the floors/walls, and there was very little to get rid of them. Strangely, my mom in NC had the same thing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655467 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:23:13 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2655467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaG: How do you treat the outside of the house?</p> <p>@catomd00: What does the flour do? </p> <p>@macintosh: I'm using the Terro liquid ant baits. Will the ants go away after a bit? Do you know how long it takes?Or am I supposed to clean up the ants somehow? Right now they are all around the bait, and some are going around the counter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655444 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:47:13 +0000 MamaG 2655444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kitchen, I'd empty the counters and disinfect thoroughly for starters. I agree the liquid bait is best. And lastly we typically treat the outside of the house so that they are leaving before getting close to entering. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655439 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:31:26 +0000 Chuckles 2655439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had ants coming in through a couple of small openings near our fireplace and a window. I read online that ants don't like cinnamon, so I put a little mound of cinnamon right where they were coming in, and they completely stopped. That only worked because we could see exactly where they were coming in though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655435 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:25:05 +0000 catomd00 2655435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They come out of the traps and go off to die. when we had ants, we put a line of flour at the edge of the counters and near the door and window and after a few days they were gone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655434 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:24:31 +0000 macintosh 2655434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The best ant baits I've used are the liquid kind. Brand is Terro. The Raid ones did nothing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-rid-of-ants#post-2655432 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:23:23 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2655432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I woke up this morning to a kitchen counter with ants squirming all over! I've set ant baits, but I don't know what else to do. They keep coming out and I can't seem to get rid of them. The ant bait says that not to disturb the ants, but am I just supposed to leave them trailing all over? </p> <p>Any advice on what I should do?Any way to get rid of them faster? </p>