Many summer residents, having acquired a piece of land, are faced with ants existing on it. Some try not to notice these "neighbors", while others find many ways to get rid of such a "neighborhood." How harmful are ants? What are the owners of summer cottages afraid of when meeting with them? This issue needs to be well understood.
What are ants?
In fact, ants are very useful creatures on our planet. They exterminate a sufficient number of harmful insects, extinguish fires with their little bodies, fertilize the soil with organic residues and ventilate it with the help of numerous underground passages. However, living these creatures together with people in a summer cottage is in many cases not very desirable. Particularly alarming summer residents when black garden ants appear. What are gardeners afraid of doing this? The fact is that this species of ants quickly and efficiently raises hordes of aphids on berry bushes and fruit trees. And it rapidly reduces yields by hitting garden plantings.
Ants
Do I need to get rid of ants? Everyone finds his answer to this question. Someone makes plans to destroy these insects, but someone does not interfere with hardworking ants. What are they afraid of? Often, summer residents use boiling water, gasoline or special chemicals to get rid of them. Some insert a hose into the anthill and flood it with water. Of the chemicals, the most gentle gel is from ants, but it should be used with caution if pets move freely on the territory. But it is not necessary to use merciless ways to get rid of these useful creatures. There are humane options for salvation from such a "neighborhood."
Humane ways to get rid of ants
One of the harmless options that allow you to drive ants out of their territory is to sprinkle the ground with vanilla powder, cinnamon, black pepper or other spices. After that, insects go to another piece of land. It is also not entirely clear why ants are afraid of millet, but it has a frightening effect on them. Having fallen asleep the ant hill passages and the places where its inhabitants congregate with this grain, a person soon gets the expected result - insects leave for another territory. A good way to say goodbye to ants is to carry an ant hill. At the same time, it is worth finding a new place of residence for insects. It should be far away not only from the summer cottage, but also from other anthills. It is good if the house of ants will be placed next to the tree. The ground part of the anthill, consisting of twigs and straws held together by insect saliva, needs to be packed in a bag and tied tightly. The underground location of goose bumps (the earth with eggs) also needs to be carefully dug up and placed in a bucket with a lid. After transferring all this to a new place, everything that ants are afraid of in the garden, garden, in the country is taken into account. Therefore, their old housing is planted with deterrent plants - wormwood, mint, tansy or lavender.
Ant Army Tips
For the survival of ants from the beds, flower beds, summer cottages, greenhouses, other control methods are often used. Common in the people is a way of putting smoked herring's head, tomato tops, slices of chopped garlic and everything else that gives off a pungent smell in the anthill. Some summer residents from hopelessness even pour urine and boiling water on ants' houses, sprinkle with tobacco dust, soda or lime. One way or another, but after such actions ants still leave their home. What are they more afraid of? No one will say it yet. However, one must remember that ants are very beneficial insects. Therefore, if it is possible to get along with them on the same territory, you should not show your strength and destroy them. Indeed, harmony in nature is important for everyone.