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"Alan Holmes" writes:
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| A small quantity of petrol poured into the nest entrance, will kill them
| off, the accent being on 'small', the fumes asfixiate(SP?) them.

And, if anyone lobs a cigarette near there until it has dissipated,
which could take days, the subsequent explosion and probable raid by
armed police will be the talk of the neighbourhood for years. Too
much could kill the plant, too.

Yhe traditional way is to put a small amount of potassium cyanide in
a bottle, pour some concentrated hydrochloric on it, attach a tube,
and stick that into the nest. Nowadays, the chances of being able to
buy cyanide in a chemist without spending 28 days helping police with
their enquiries is low. And it isn't a procedure recommended for
anyone without full CBW kit, either.

The problem is that she is not trying to kill the nest, or prepared
to take time, and there ARE no safe, reliable ways of doing that.
All of the fast-acting, 100% effective insecticides are seriously
toxic, seriously harmful to the environment, and most are not sold
to the public.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.