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Organic Remedy for Destroying Ant Nests
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hugh;870539 Wrote: In message , Christina Websell writes- "FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message . au...- wrote in message ...- 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? -- 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 |
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Organic Remedy for Destroying Ant Nests
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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Organic Remedy for Destroying Ant Nests
"Clare" wrote in message ... 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 |
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