Set out baits labeled for carpenter ants. Baits can be effective because ants share food with each other, says Benson. Place them outside your home where you see ants foraging or entering the home.

Carpenter ants often get the blame when a tree dies and thousands of the little scurriers are found running in and out the crime scene. The truth is they didn’t do it. The ants were just taking ...

Q: War rages quietly in my three apple trees. I have a beautiful, healthy army of ladybugs and nymphs trying to control the aphid population. I have tried the following to eliminate ants from climbing ...

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