How to truly remove an ant colony

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Kidnap the Queen, as without a Queen, the ant empire would fall, like the Romans... Be very careful though, as crimes against the monarchy still carry the death sentence here in the U.K
 
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Student100 said:
Yeah I know that, I've been bitten by them. I was trying to be funny, and failed. :frown:

I thought it was funny. "People for the Ethical Treatment of Ants".

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chuffmonkey said:
Be very careful though, as crimes against the monarchy still carry the death sentence here in the U.K
Some places there doesn't need to be a crime.

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chuffmonkey said:
Kidnap the Queen, as without a Queen, the ant empire would fall, like the Romans... Be very careful though, as crimes against the monarchy still carry the death sentence here in the U.K

Fire ant colonies are usually multi-queen colonies. Queens live for several years creating roughly 9 million new fireants so the Ant Art is doing its part to eliminate the pest in some small way.

http://www.desertmuseum.org/invaders/invaders_fireant.php