War on Ants Update 1

I declared war on ants two days ago – and here’s the first update.

Kitchen Sink

I placed a free-form pile of bait – a mixture of three-quarters Domino sugar and one-quarter 20 Mule Team borax – in the kitchen sink along with one beer cap loaded with bait. Here’s the chronology of that site:

Day #1 – The sink was very active with hundreds of ants coming, nibbling the bait, and going.
Day #2 – About half the activity of the first day – and about half of the bait was gone. So I replenished the pile.
Day #3 – Just a couple ants here and there – and another large portion of the bait-pile is once again missing.

In Front of Refrigerator

I placed three beer caps full of bait in front of the refrigerator.

Day #1 – Like the sink, the three beer caps saw a lot of activity – even more so than the sink. There was a constant stream of ants coming to the beer caps, crawling inside the caps to guzzle the bait, and then streaming away.
Day #2 – Just as much activity as the first day. By the end of the day, a good bit of the bait in the middle cap was missing.
Day #3 – Still activity at the beer caps – but not as much as the previous two days. The bait in the middle cap is almost gone – so I’ll refill it today.

Initial Supposition

As advertised, it seems as if the ants are transporting the bait back to their home base and, hopefully, distributing it to their comrades. I’m hoping that the reduction in activity at both sites means that the system is working. I’m hoping the Borax is eradicating my newly-sworn enemy.

Let’s see what happens tomorrow.

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