Keep your lawn maintained. “If you’re mowing regularly, the ants don’t like it,” says Benson. “Mowing helps disrupt ...

And the ants form them with an uncertain payoff. Until they explore their newly accessible destination, there's no way to tell whether there's enough food there to make the risk pay off.

Cheap £1.40 household item helps to deter ants from your home – add it to all your entry points this summer. Plus, tips on how to keep pests from your garden this summer ...

Ants are constantly in search of food, so kitchens are a main focus when they invade a home. While there are many different kinds of ants, they all are looking for one thing — things to eat.

Fire ant baits consist of a pesticide combined with something the ants will eat. The bait is brought back to the colony and fed to other ants, including the queen.

The ants won’t be able to get to the cat’s food. Dear Heloise: Years ago, you printed a recipe using a beef tenderloin that my family loved, but I've somehow lost the recipe.

The ants have taken up residence in a big pot on the terrace. Ants can be quite annoying when you’re trying to enjoy your garden, but you don’t have to kill them. Image digitally enhanced.

Ants won't touch your flowers and plants if you spray them with 1 natural item The pests are more likely to swarm your garden during summer, but not if you take the right precautions first.