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Ants IndoorsIt is the normal habit of ants to hibernate underground when cold weather arrives in early autumn. They will not reappear until the following Spring when the soil begins to warm up. When the colony awakes they are desperate for food and send out feeder or forager ants to collect food, which they bring back to the nest and pass on to the colony by their own special method of regurgitation. Black ants will be seeking sweet material, and in the absence of sufficient natural honeydew in May and June, will invade houses seeking sweet foods; sugar, honey, jam etc. Treatment at this stage is vital as if left alone, more and more ants will appear and may even transfer the nest into the house.
 Under these conditions Nippon Ant Killer Liquid is the ideal treatment as it will be taken up as food and passed onto the rest of the colony where it normally destroys the nest within 7 to 10 days. Apply several drops of Nippon Ant Killer Liquid onto a hard surface near the ant 'runs' or where the ants are most active. When treating an ant problem in the house it is important to try to find the point at which the ants emerge into the room. This may be some way from the area where they were first noticed. Ants follow a narrow trail to the source of food and can often be seen almost in single file, walking along skirting boards or the base of walls. Try to find this trail and follow it back as far as you can. Treatment should be carried out as close to the nesting site as possible. In this way the ants are prevented from finding a suitable alternative food source and cannot escape the Nippon treatment. Do not disturb or kill any ants which are feeding on the Nippon Ant Killer Liquid as it is essential that the feeder ants take the bait back to the nest. Repeat treatment putting down fresh Nippon daily, preferably in the early evening, until ants have completely disappeared.
This treatment is also generally effective against ants in greenhouses; particularly those which do not have winter heating.
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