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Judith in France wrote:
4) o.k. no probs with plants, I think?

I have more of a problem with them on my plants than anywhere else!
Every year they fill up my cherry tree and harvest from the aphids
that congregate there.

Ants actually farm aphids and do so by spreading them.

Yes, they do farm aphids - and why wouldn't they? It helps them to survive.
How do they spread them?

Tina

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Judith in France wrote:
4) o.k. no probs with plants, I think?

I have more of a problem with them on my plants than anywhere else!
Every year they fill up my cherry tree and harvest from the aphids
that congregate there.

Ants actually farm aphids and do so by spreading them.

Yes, they do farm aphids - and why wouldn't they? It helps them to survive.
How do they spread them?

Tina




With a knife?
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hugh
It may be more complicated but is it better?

Carry them?

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Judith in France wrote:
4) o.k. no probs with plants, I think?

I have more of a problem with them on my plants than anywhere else!
Every year they fill up my cherry tree and harvest from the aphids
that congregate there.-

Ants actually farm aphids and do so by spreading them.-

Yes, they do farm aphids - and why wouldn't they? It helps them to
survive.
How do they spread them?

Tina-

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With a knife?
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Carry them?

I don't think so but they might carry them back to their nests to farm them
there. I think they just take advantage of their honeydew to feed their
babies.
I don't see ants are a problem on trees as they are just taking advantage of
the aphids on there already.
Ants have a wonderful social structure, quite similar to bees.

Tina

How do they spread them?

Carry them?

I don't think so but they might carry them back to their nests to farm them

I think I heard on GQT some time ago that they "help" by moving the
aphids to new parts of the plant, so spreading them around more.

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How do they spread them?

Carry them?

I don't think so but they might carry them back to their nests to farm
them

I think I heard on GQT some time ago that they "help" by moving the
aphids to new parts of the plant, so spreading them around more.

Why would they do that? Ants are interested in collecting honeydew from the
aphids, why would they move them around? They certainly take them back to
their nest to farm them there for the benefit of their young. Isn't that
*so* amazing?

Tina