sometimes i do not understand the logic of some people when it comes to treating fire ants. i have been studying fire ants for 9yrs.I have no idea what they were except ants that bite and why cannot some one get rid of them. I heard people use gasoline,kerosene, hot water, pesticides with water and powders. what they do not understand is the gasoline and kerosene is illegal but also pollutes the ground for many years and get into our ground water. they both have cancer-causing agents in them. people have wells and drink water from the wells,not good. hot water kills the grass and bushes or flowers near the water. powders can get into your lungs if you breath it or the wind blows your way. Don't you know 67 MILLIONS BIRDS DIE every year due to pesticides. Most fire ants pesticides are toxic to fish,birds, and bees. The birds think it is food on the ground. the fish can die from runoff. did you know that 22,000 trouts in Texas in 1998 ingested fire ants-dead winged one, on a river and died because their poison is toxic. We are polluting our ground with too much pesticide so we can have a manicure lawn. A school where i live sprayed at the school last year for fire ants. the following week, a principal told me that 4 yellow finch died and another person say that a teacher got a rash on her arm after they sprayed. So what is it doing to the children? sign of pesticide poisoning is like flu-like symptoms,breathing problems and maybe rash. did you know that children ages 6-11 have the highest level of pesticides in their body. We as parents do not think to get our child tested. we dont realize that the school field where our kids play has pesticides on them and the kids can get pesticides absorbed thro the skin. Parent need the study some web sites on pesticides and the effects they are having on our childrens. If this country is going GREEN why not go green with our soil. We invented our product to be a friend to nature. The bird,bee and fish would be protected from pesticides while you get rid of your fire ants. We did not realize at the time that fire ants fly up in the air to mate,guess what ,they cannot launch off the mound to the air because the mound is covered with the trap. Our invention protects the pesticide from the elements such as wind,rain and sunlight. We have given the ants a hotel with room service.You use less pesticide and it last longer. The ants love the trap because it is warm and heats the eggs up. Will i will quit for tonight Good night