The best way to get rid of ants is using borax or boric acid bait that they carry back to the colony. Ants love kitchens because of food crumbs, grease and water—so keeping things clean is the first ...

Last year, our entire three-flat building in Chicago had an ant problem. Small ants were climbing in through holes in screens or under doors and congregating in groups in each apartment’s kitchen. It ...

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Ants love to invade kitchens due to our everyday habits and oversights that turn the space into all-you-can-eat ant buffets. Spills or crumbs on the counter can entice ants to move in—and once they've ...

Dish soap: Fill a spray bottle with 10% dish soap and 90% water. Spray it directly on the ants and wipe them away. Essential ...

You have to know your enemy—and accept that there’s no permanent solution. How is it that ants are always the heroes in children’s fables and movies, but when you find them in your kitchen in real ...

Ants can be some of the most annoying guests that show up in your home uninvited. They're one of those tiny problems that feel wildly annoying, and ants in your garden or kitchen, where food lives, ...

So my wife calls me at the office saying she went to do a load of laundry and when she picked up some stuff in the laundry room there were a whole bunch of tiny little ants under one of the pieces of ...

Tired of ants invading your kitchen? A simple, natural hack using bay leaves and salt can effectively repel these tiny intruders. Bay leaves disrupt ant scent trails, while salt dehydrates them. By ...