Feel free to remixed, repost, and share this with your friends. The most common question I’ve been getting lately is how to make borax to kill ants. And without fail, these people always follow up with a question about how long does it take for borax to kill ants. So, I figured our readers could stand a little helpful advice and guidance when it comes to making a homemade ant trap as well as the facts about borax not working on ants. Borax is one of the most effective ant killers and works great on other annoying pests as well. There’s plenty of information out there about how to get rid of ants with borax, with lots of different recipes for homemade scented baits or toxic powders. My recipe is about some neat ways you can get rid of ants I learned years ago from my dad and grandpa that are cheap, easy, and effective. You probably already have most everything you need around the house or at your local hardware store. Ants are a normal part of life for a lot of homeowners. The presence of ants does not indicate a problem with your home or yard. They only appear to be a problem when they start to become a nuisance. In this article I will explain how to use Borax powder to kill ants, and ant traps, which are an excellent natural ant repellent.

How To Make Borax To Kill Ants

Introduction

If you’re like me, you can’t stand to see ants in your kitchen. Even if you aren’t allergic to insects like I am (the horror!), a few days of watching ants slowly march across your food prep area is enough to drive anyone crazy. It’s time to take action! Ants might be small, but they’re also a threat to public health and safety, so it’s important that we make sure they don’t take over our homes. One way to do that is with something called borax (a salt of boric acid). Borax is good for killing ants and eliminating their nests once and for all. In this article, I’ll show you how to easily make your own borax solution from safe household chemicals so that you can send those pesky ants packing in no time!

What you need to make the bait

You will need:

• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup borax
• 1 cup warm water
• Mix the sugar, borax, and warm water in a container. Stir until completely dissolved.2. Put a piece of paper on a flat surface and pour the mixture onto it so that you have an oval shape that’s about 2 inches wide and 4 inches long (the exact dimensions don’t matter).3. Using string or tape, create loops at each end of the oval-shaped pile of bait so it will be easier to hang later on (see diagram).4. Cut two pieces of cotton wool so that they’re slightly smaller than the size of your container; this will prevent ants from escaping once they’ve crawled inside it!5. Carefully place one piece into each end of your bait tube—you’ll want them touching but not smooshed together—and then gently place both ends together again so nothing can escape!6. Hang up the tube wherever you see ants crawling around inside your home: under kitchen cabinets or near windowsills are good places where insects tend to congregate looking for food sources like crumbs left behind by careless human beings who don’t fully clean up after themselves every day (that would be me).

How to make the bait

To make the bait, mix 1 part borax and 2 parts sugar. Add a few drops of water to form a paste. Spread the mixture on a piece of paper and place it near ant nests. Do not put the bait directly on ant hills or other places where pets might find it. While borax is safe for humans to ingest in small quantities, it’s best to avoid accidentally poisoning yourself by eating this poison-laced food source!

Borax can be found in most large grocery stores near laundry detergent or cleaning supplies. It comes as white crystals that look similar to table salt but dissolve easily in water when combined with an acid such as lemon juice (which is also safe for human consumption).

Where to place the bait

When applying the bait, be sure to place it near where you see the ants. If you don’t know where they’re coming from, try placing the bait in several areas until you find their trails. This may take some time and patience; don’t give up!

When applying borax (boric acid), you must use care not to let any of it touch any living thing except for ants. Try to place the boric acid near where there are ant mounds or trails so that other insects aren’t harmed by this poison. Ants will carry away some of this material back into their nests with them when they return home from foraging trips, which kills off all other members of their colony as well as preventing them from reproducing any more workers themselves!

Homemade borax ant killer is an excellent way to get rid of ants.

Homemade borax ant killer is an excellent way to get rid of ants. Ants are attracted to the sugary food and then carry the poison back to their colony, where it will kill the queen, which will then kill all of the ants in your house.

You can make this homemade borax ant killer by following these steps:

• Mix 1 part sugar with 2 parts water until you have a thick syrup consistency. Add 4 teaspoons of Borax powder to this mixture and stir well. The resulting mixture should be able to hold its shape when placed on parchment paper or other non-stick surface (like waxed paper). If it does not hold its shape, add more sugar until you reach a syrup consistency that does not run off your plate or parchment paper when you pick up one corner with your finger or tongue (you’ll need at least 1 teaspoon per tablespoon). This ratio works best for me: about 1/4 cup brown sugar stirred into 3 tablespoons water plus 3 tablespoons baking soda + 1 teaspoon vanilla extract = yummy insecticide!

Conclusion

If you want to get rid of ants for good, you are going to have to take care of the problem at its source. Fortunately, there are some simple solutions that can make short work of this project. Borax is an effective ant killer and bait because it contains boric acid which causes dehydration in ants. By mixing water with borax powder, you can create a solution that kills these pests while also luring them into your home where they will die quickly without harming anyone else in your household. This method has been proven time again as being one of the easiest ways to kill ants naturally!