I'm in western New York state, and the ants are ordinary black ants. They
are not really a problem as such when they set up shop in the woods, but a
nuisance under the lawnmower.

"Patch" wrote in message
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"donald girod" wrote in message
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By any chance, will sprinkling borax on an ant hill eliminate the colony
(assuming a few dry days)? I have a number of ant hills (the kind that
will
get a couple of feet tall if you let them) starting in an area where I
mow,
and this is fairly undesirable. They could just go somewhere else, but
I
don't think they will. I think borax is effective against them, and it
seems to me that sprinkling it all over the exposed surface is going to
mess
them up pretty good, but what do I know?


What part of the country are you in & what kind of ants? If you're talking
about "fire-ants" they are hard to get rid of.