Re: ants in nest box problem

[Helmut Mueller <hmuelle@earthlink.net>]

If the nest box is on a pole, simply daub about an inch of vaseline around
the pole..the same might work on a tree..or I don't know if it is available
locally, but in WI we used to paint some sticky stuff around trees to keep
insects from crawling up the trunk..you could check at a garden supply
place.
Incidentally, I use the vaseline on my hummingbird feeder to keep ants out.
Anyone have any ideas on how to discourage wasps?

 
-- Helmut C Mueller

409 Moonridge Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Phone: 919-942-4937

Permanent email address: hmueller@email.unc.edu


> From: Ward Linda <tankapoet@yahoo.com>
> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:40:56 -0700 (PDT)
> To: carolina birds <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
> Subject: ants in nest box problem
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone have a remedy for ants in nestboxes? How
> to get rid of the ants without contaminating the box?
> 
> 
> I guess this is what's keeping our chickadees
> away...they've nested in the same location, sometimes
> alternating with wrens, for about 5 years...this year,
> no one will use the box.
> 
> thanks,
> linda
> 
> =====
> --Linda Jeannette Ward
> --P.O. Box 231
> --Coinjock, N.C. 27923
> --U.S.A.
> --tankapoet@yahoo.com
> 
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