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From: essachs@ihuxl.UUCP (Ed Sachs)
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Subject: Re: Getting rid of ants
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Date: Mon, 2-Dec-85 13:06:38 EST
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I've found that the best way to keep ants out of the house is to
spray OUTSIDE the house (ants live in the ground and are coming
in and out all the time) with insecticide (I hope you don't object
to using it outdoors).  If I can, I try to look around the foundation
to see where they are coming in, and just spray there (often at
the opposite end of the house from the kitchen, where you see them
indoors).  Failing that, just spray around the entire foundation
(I usually have to do this 2-3 times each summer, but within a
day after doing so, the ants are all gone for several weeks, at least).
-- 
				Ed Sachs
				AT&T Bell Laboratories
				Naperville, IL
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