Ants-Cornmeal

[rail]

Will cornmeal deter ants?

[kingbee]

 :-D Only if you mix the ants and corn meal with some buttermilk and bake it in a 450f oven for 25 - 32 minutes.  Then not only will this detrer ants but they turn out delicous as well.

In reality there are many ant baits that use corn meal or hominy grits as a carrier medium to broadcast pesticides targeted at ants.

[AllenF]

Mix sevin or maybe gasoline in with the cornmeal and you would do some good getting rid of ants, and anything else that runs into it.  I would not try it. 

[FRAMEshift]

Water, grape jelly and borax in equal parts.   Put in a container with small holes so the bees can't get in.