beckygardener said:...I wished I had a large property so I could move bird feeders far away from the house. I believe that is what attracts the ants. I also have hummingbird feeders which is another problem with carpenter ants. They like sugar!
I have feeders close to the house and even on the house and never had many ants attracted to them; I feed the birds just about everything, even fruit in the warm months. About hummingbird feeders, ant moats keep them out. I've seen ants crawl up the shepherd's hook, but they cannot stand water so end up going away.
This is one type of ant moat I use, but this specific one was filled with jelly for the Orioles because I had so many that year, so I used an ant moat as a feeder. Usually you hook one above a feeder and have it filled with water.
