How To Safely Get Rid Of Ants In Your Bee yard

[@HavanaWoody]

Your off topic tangents are great David. As a new beekeeper who is constantly asking questions and looking to KZbin for answers, Your videos David are constantly the place I find the best answers and pragmatic advise.

[@morgansirolli]

i could watch these videos all day and i wouldn’t get bored. i’m not even a bee keeper these are just so interesting go me

[@jedd.5407]

I use tanglefoot on my okra. We have fire ants and they will go up the okra stalks and sting the blossom to make the okra release sugars. It ruins the okra stalk, and can cut your okra production in half. Thanks for sharing this trick!! Oh yeah, I also pour ground cinnamon on the ground under the hive, and inside the hive too. The bees don't seem to mind, and the ants hate it.

[@lindagray5857]

North MS, goldenrod blooming. Cotton also. Thank you for all the great videos.

[@thuffman44]

"The one handed beekeeper with the camera" - LOL ... Great video as usual David. Appreciate you sharing your techniques. 🐝☮️☯️

[@judyarmfield9860]

David, we are new beekeepers, our bees are gathering on the bottom, on the outside, up the back and around the front entrance. It’s a beautiful day with temps in the low 80s. So it’s not heat, we have even added a honey super so they have better ventilation. Help we are at a loss

[@amathonn]

My hive stands are 4x4s resting on cinder blocks that are resting in small mortar mixing tubs full of water. Works pretty well against ants so long as you don't let tall grass or weeds give them pathways around them. I believe in the boric acid too but I put mine in little drilled water bottles mixed with sugar water soaked in cotton balls as I saw in another video.

[@kevindeichmann6755]

Small patches of golden rod blooming in south central Illinois for 2 weeks. Thanks for all the videos, keep them coming.

[@allglad]

Hope to see the tea tree recipe in the description as mentioned. ....looks like I found a couple options for ant control...thanks.

[@MrBill2U]

Man you nail it with one hand every time.

[@billseibel2563]

Just baited up the beetle barn I bought from you. Going in tomorrow. The Goldenrod has not bloomed in southern ILLINOIS but won't be long. Probably a couple weeks

[@clmierau]

We have early and late goldenrod here in the Pocono’s. The late is getting ready to bloom and usually lasts thru October.

[@chelsealeonard6264]

My lord does this man have a great voice!!!

[@nigelw598]

Gday Dave, Thanks for the great info. Very very informative! The “girls” are starting to ramp things up here in Australia. I fed a single brood box about 6 times with a Ceracell top syrup feeder through Winter as last season very average here. Stopped about a month ago as activity increasing. It’s been a very mild winter. My bees have tripled in number, at a guess, in that time. All about to kick off here soon, Cheers, 🍻

[@hopelesslyqueenless8442]

David I was the on that asked about this. Great way to showcase how these feeders work and how the girls will work the good feed and not take up the unhealthy feed. Great hacks and Great info thanks David. Also make a new vid of you making your Oils with the hack I offered you. Would help a lot of folks and this would be a great place to show that off. Thanks David keep it up bro. Every time i come to this channel I learn something new.

[@user-md4di6yg2p]

I don't know about goldenrod, but the knapweed around here is doing just great! Thanks for sharing your experience with us...I've been adding tea tree and spearmint to my sugar water and the bees just can't seem to get enough!

[@steveluepke9654]

Goldenrod is starting to bloom here in western Wisconsin

[@brendajenkins5264]

I like that the boric acid mixture kills both ants and shb. I'm definitely going to try it.

[@joerowland607]

Awesome. Ants will not leave my bees alone. So much rain the ants want dry territory. I have been pouring vinegar around my hive. Bees don't care but ants lose their way, they get lost. But if it rains it is gone. I am not certain what is blooming. My bees have been making a mad dash between rain squalls and are ill tempered. They do not want to be bothered. I just look to see if they are coming and going. I am not opening them up right now they are hostile. Sunny day no problem but it has been gloomy for a month.

[@RaySarasin]

I have 3 hives now and I agree with you on these cloudy rainy days my 3 hives get pissed off if bothered but sunny day as you say no problem. I do the same just check for coming and going and stay away lol I hate mad bees

[@bigbrickwall]

Blooming in lower Michigan since Saturday.

[@nock1983]

Started blooming last week here in south central KY.

[@owenburnsforbes7667]

This would help in my bee yard Hi from New Zealand

[@electricengineer624]

Ants are very helpful and beneficial especially small one for killing mites inside beehives , they are very helpful, i see them inside the bottom of hives killing the the mites , i dont kill ants anymore they are amazing for mites

[@lyndaeggimann1100]

Your videos are great.. thanks for teaching us the things you do... IDAHO.

[@macwhite1234]

Here in Nova Scotia I seen the golden rod last week.

[@ritamccartt-kordon283]

Hey, never mind, I found the formula for the Tea Tree! Don't worry about going off topic! We have a pond too! We also have that big yellow hornet! My Brother in Law destroyed a nest of them 3 or 4 miles from us. Thanks for the formula! GOD bless

[@richardkuhn8115]

Great stuff. Golden Rod has another couple weeks to bloom here in south central PA. Thanks David.

[@trickwheeler]

Everyone who complains about going off topic can shove it. Everything you say is great, I live an apartment with no plans to be a beekeeper I just love these videos. Ramble away!

[@mschroed99]

Goldenrod just started flowering 2 days ago in MO

[@SuperAdam1313]

I made my stand so I could block the ants, but all the stuff I put around the poles the ants get around, just ordered the tanglefoot will see if it does the trick, thanks for sharing

[@BadgerNNN]

Did you try it? How did it go? Aluminum foil tape might work.

[@SuperAdam1313]

@@BadgerNNN It worked great, should say works great because its still on doing its thing. The amount of little bugs dead in it is crazy. I think I have to scrape the old stuff off and recoat it. The tanglefoot is good because it doesn't really drip off like the other stuff I tried, cost a pretty penny but worth it I think. The first coat kind of soaked in, but now its like a bug death trap on the four legs.

[@mowser4104]

Golden rod just blooming in upstate New York.

[@ChrisBloom]

I've got goldenrod in my south pasture here in NE KS, and it's starting to come out.

[@drewhillfarm1830]

We’ve got goldenrod blooming in central N. H.

[@1stBumbleBeeMaster]

Sorry for two comments David but as for the Drago Flies, put some big fish in the pond that eat daragon fly nymphs. It really does reduce the population to normal levels where they are not much of a problem. Yes they can be a huge problem when there numbers are to high because of pond problems. I can never work out why the swarm does not protect the Queen from Dragon flies. Its like the dragon flies have a radar for seeking them out.

[@tron6903]

We don't have any goldenrod, we have honeysuckle, wild flowers and roses around our place and we're waiting for our bees to start tearing up the honeysuckle flowers and our roses when we get them next spring

[@CuriousCreature]

Golden rod starting in Central Oregon.

[@colleenmurphy6529]

My goldenrod is just starting in Columbia, NJ

[@amathonn]

My goldenrod is open in central Florida and I'm expecting my pigeon peas to bloom in November.

[@kyledaugherty2]

Perhaps a mating nuc would help avoid your queens being eaten by the dragonflies. You might give that a try if you’re not already. Also, goldenrod has just popped open this week in South central Indiana.

[@chuckroast7053]

David, how often do you have to apply the Tanglefoot to stands/legs/post? Will it stain concrete?

[@crzrck]

I have my bees only feet from my purple martin colony. I have a lot of purple martins 65 pairs feeding 240 babies. I don't know if they eat bees or not but I do know that my Queens have always returned from their mating flights. Why do I mention this? Purple martins absolutely annihilate the dragonflies. Wants to purple martins leave the dragonflies become a problem. And I have seen the dragon flies actively waiting for the bees to come back so they can grab them

[@tvideo1189]

Bit of Dragon Fly trivia: Dragon Flies can't walk. After they reach the flight stage in their development their legs only function as graspers so they can land on, and hold things, but they can't walk.

[@virgilcrites8906]

Great idea thanks for sharing. The golden rod has been popping out here in Wv for about two weeks now

[@michaelmannino4335]

earlier golden rod is starting in southern New Hampshire

[@frankslaman3950]

Appreciate every video you post. Always one handed(I know you don’t like tripods)lol and it got me thinking, why not fasten a camera mount to the handle of a round point shovel.

[@jman414999]

golden rod has started in Southern Ma.

[@wesjohnson3898]

1 week or so now in Minnesota

[@santarivera6280]

This video definitely comes in handy 💜❤️ 🐝 🐜

[@tonyandric4380]

David, have you tried the "a salt rifle' for the dragonflys? It shoots a little salt. No idea if it'd work, and it wouldn't be the quickest, but it sure sounds like a bunch of vengeful fun!

[@HILLBILLYSFIREWOOD]

I would use a potato gun but a smaller version like 1 inch pipe and use rock salt.

[@HILLBILLYSFIREWOOD]

Just tie up some aardvarks around your hives for ant control. Haha. Have a good one buddy. Take care..

[@josephrivera2164]

I found a hive in a composting box I had in my yard. Recently the hive swarmed and left, I’m sure it was fire ants and hive beetles that drew them out, I think the rain is what brought the ants out.

[@orangeaquatics9068]

Got any of that late bloomer goldenrod seeds?

[@troy1672]

Dave, one thing I did on my feeder was to wrap it with the aluminum tape for duct. I did this to stop sunlight UV from destroying bucket plus reduce light to prevent algae growth.

[@chelsealeonard6264]

Golden Rod open in south western PA 8 18 2019

[@stonerman2k]

Where you get your buckets? Golden Rod in bloom, central NC.

[@irishcoffee6894]

Does tea tree oil also help against Varroa mite ??

[@corinneseaside2512]

Will Borax work?

[@chasingthefish9042]

Dragon flies are the flying apex predator of the insect world. They are pretty incredible bugs.

[@sandilear-watercoloursetal6373]

Hello from Oz - thank you for another great video. I've made outdoor feeders like yours, using smaller drill holes, and we can't get resealable buckets, so have to replace the lids each time we fill, however, the sugar water is not seeping out, the bees seem to be feeding ok, (proboscis through the holes), but the syrup is not gather in the little wells of the support ring. Can you help please? Thanks

[@Ariel-xz8lg]

Hi! How long is the Tanglefoot shelf stable for?

[@maryduff8831]

I wonder how this crisco mix would work on fire ant mounds by just putting a blob on the mound?

[@orangeaquatics9068]

Where to get the beatle box thing?

[@cqammaz53]

I visited a couple that has a couple of beehives behind an electrical fence and they have goldenrod growing around their yard. They told me that this weed(flower) makes the best honey. do you agree with them???

[@oscarb9139]

If your bees don’t consume all the sugar water in the winter, will they move it up into the honey super to make room for brood? My first year, the first take of honey was lighter colored than the next two, and I wondered if it was sugar water from the winter.

[@Tongieone]

Our beetle blasters do an excellent job of capturing the tiny ants as well.

[@Tongieone]

Golden rod here in Tonganoxie area is full bloom! Ahhhhh Kansas!

[@jamesbarron1202]

Dragonfly’s are my favorite insect. They’re the #1 killer of mosquitoes. I’d never kill them.

[@ritamccartt-kordon283]

I live in TN and have an odd situation where I'm at. My Brother in Law is about 6 miles from me. Yet everything at my house blooms almost 2 weeks later than at his house. My Goldenrod is just about ready to bloom. I guess I have a microclimate! I don't mind you getting off subject. I always learn something. How do I find the ratio of the Tea Tree, Spearmint & Wintergreen formula? I watched all of the videos associated with this one, couldn't find it. I have a recipe that uses Wintergreen, but not the other two. Thanks. I just need the title of the video. GOD bless

[@Seamonkey1981]

I used 1:1:1 tea tree, spearmint, wintergreen.

[@leonunlimited7552]

Try a badminton racket for dragonflies..

[@cqammaz53]

I live in pa and these folks live north of me they told me that their home is about 3 miles from NY

[@candacemezick5383]

Love your videos! I'm actually local to you. Do you allow people to see your bee farm?

[@dbunk9601]

My garden is right in the middle of my bee yard and the dragonflies perch on top of my tomato stakes and bean poles and ambush my girls as they fly by so i started shooting them off the top of the poles with my pellet rifle last summer and it looked like it knocked the population down some,just be mindful of what’s behind your target, those pellets do travel a good distance;)

[@lenturtle7954]

You have to move your bees to a location without dragonflies if they are an issue

[@leslielehman2040]

I have ants inside the comb. What can I do to get rid of them without destroying the comb?

[@rhno3842]

I’m surrounded by acres of blackberry bushes. Ants everywhere. I use my torch.

[@Marinezmom]

can I just put the borax mixture on the board inside my top feeder?

[@jhookfishing4978]

Can anyone recommend and good brand of boric acid?

[@jamesfoster3789]

Add a colony of Purple Martins - they feed voraciously on dragon flies

[@annabanana5203]

Wait so pure raw honey attracts ants?

[@tashkiira7838]

Honey is VERY sweet. Ants LOVE sugar..

[@jodyreeder4820]

I don't have a body of water on my one acre, however, dragonflies, have been a different story. Any plans to experiment on dragonfly control?

[@hyfy-tr2jy]

best solution for dragonflys.....410 shotgun

[@nobodyhere4667]

Stocking your pond with fish that have a mount large enough for the nymphs' should drop your dragonfly numbers.

[@thechariotcard]

Why and how do dragon flies interfere?

[@gardankoi]

Sprinkle cinnamon around my beehive and that takes care of the ants

[@dashtechnical]

I did the same. Then we had hard rain die 3 days straight and washed it away. I like the idea that the tanglefoot is water resistant

[@boe3247]

Off topic but I am still learning... again lol

[@1stBumbleBeeMaster]

Hey David I am wandering if all the Bee keepers who have ants as problems actually have weak bee colonies? I have kept and bred Bumble Bees and Honey bees for decades and I always make sure I have ants nests around. In all my time keeping bees I have never once had an issue with ants. Some one asked me just the other day if the ants they where watching hurt the bees and I said "nope" I even had a video up on why bees need ants. Ants feed on baby mites we cannot even see with out a microscrope if the ants where not there Mite numbers will go through the roof.All them baby mites would grow into adults. They do more good then harm. Well thats been my experience anyways. There is a Bees nest in an old ok tree its been there 15 years and there is always ants going up and down 24/7 So the wild bees seem to be fine with them as well.

[@ralphgresham6327]

Boric acid works VERY WELL on roaches but apply let set 5 days clean up reapply. Do this three times no more roaches even if you live in an apartment KILLS all exoskeleton.

[@junkinjodi8942]

Nothing here in Indiana yet

[@maryduff8831]

The trap would be perfect in my kitchen under a footed cutting board. Ive been dealing with fire ants off and on for about a month. I found the point of access to the counter but they keep coming back ... dang SE Texas heat needs to break and dump us some rain so they will stop coming in.

[@MannyWC]

Sprinkle cinnamon in their path and around perimeter of house (where you think they are entering). Also can set a tin of powder sugar and boric acid out for them (and roaches).

[@maryduff8831]

@@MannyWC I love using cinnamon on ants lol it really fkd with them and they don’t know what to do.

[@maryduff8831]

@@MannyWC thankfully the only roaches I have are wood roaches..

[@steverochon1620]

Dragon flies are second only to bees as pollinators go. and, they eat a TON of mosquitoes! Leave them, I've never lost a queen to a dragon fly. They're no worse for queens that birds, or were you hoping to get rid of those as well?

[@bettyh3747]

Works with fire ants?

[@680ecks]

We had ants three times just brushed them out and squashed them ,with eggs they thought they where moving in. When we where kids fishing we would take our fishing poles and swing them fast back a forth and it would knock them out of the air. I put tangle foot on the posts holding up my hives and the bees go stuck all over ,alot of bees I had to clean it off . Didn't work for me it killed more bees than ants, disaster for me ,killed alot of bees

[@ralphgresham6327]

That butterfly is a monarch it is on its way to MEXICO for the winter.

[@majesticmojo3823]

When I was a kid, we used to cut dragonflies in half with a branch whip. Whoo hoo! Now I know why God allowed it

[@AllTeredstatement]

Good thing about ants they fight off pest beatles

[@BadgerNNN]

Isn't Ants beneficial to bee yards by removing the dead and waste? I get keeping them at bay but wiping them out doesn't sound healthy for the Apiary. Aluminum foil tape works good at keeping them at bay.

[@kareno8634]

*THANKS!* My luck I'd wear more Tanglefoot than put down. = \ BETTER Yet - Put it on the Legs of Hive Support. Ants start from there. : }

[@rab2020]

I shoot the dragonflies with .22 cal bird shot. So much fun!

[@lexk3170]

I just gently sprayed bottom part of hive and stand with gasoline. Since I have no issue with ants.

[@lexk3170]

Yes, that is the best way

[@beekeeper8474]

We put an ant trap on every leg of the hive stand.

[@lotus....]

Dragonflies eat tons of mosquitoes. Adult dragonflies eat adult mosquitoes and baby/larval Dragonflies eat baby/larval mosquitoes in the water. We have a small river channel behind our house that is semi stagnant part of the year. This is Florida so moquities can be horrid. Once Dragonflies start showing up in the summer here, the mosquito population goes way way down. I want to have bees..no doubt there will be dragonflies. I need to figure out a way they can all co-exist on our property because we need those Dragons to eat the mosquitoes. There is a healthy population of 'wild' honeybees around here so the dragons must not be eating all of them. I dont think Purple Martins would want to nest here because we have a huge population of Barred Owls on our property and the surrounding woods. Maybe the solution is just to have tons of bees so I could sustain some loss?