I had left three stickies out on a tray to drain on the bench and the ants found them. She in doors hit the bench with surface spray and knocked off the ants. - " I knew enough not to spray the frames " she said but there would have been some drift. I rinced the frames with luke warm water to get rid of the few live ants and washed off the remaining honey.
What should I do now? Throw them out, cut out the foundation and fit new after scrubbing the wood or just reuse without bothering?
the safe thing would be cutting it out. i think that's what i'd do....
I would agree with Kathyp. Surface spray has some residual poison and it is not worth the risk.
had a real insecticide problem down here. 3 inches deep dead bees. what an odor!
they told me to put them in a pool.
did not have a pool so used a beer cooler (ice chest)
two or three days in water dilutes everything.
down yonder not down under
jay
Quote from: jayj200 on February 21, 2014, 11:30:28 PM
had a real insecticide problem down here. 3 inches deep dead bees. what an odor!
they told me to put them in a pool.
did not have a pool so used a beer cooler (ice chest)
two or three days in water dilutes everything.
down yonder not down under
jay
Pool idea is good - the chlorine would oxidise the chemicals in the spray and render it harmless - I'll try some chlorine bleach in the laundry trough instead 8-)
straight chlorine will rust the nails in the frames badly! by next year one would need to re-nail
just drop them in the pool or any where they could be submerged for two days. dry them out they'll be good to go
jay