Video: How to Stop Ants From Becoming Permanent Residents

There are more than 2,000 species of ants all around the world. Most of them are harmless, but some can bite and sting. Others are destructive to homes and buildings. 

 All of them are considered “social” and, when one comes in, others follow. How many get in and how much they infest your facility depends on your response.

View the Straight Talk episode below for an explanation from Jennifer Gordon, Ph.D, an urban and medical entomologist, on how ants get into a building, what they are looking for, and how they can quickly populate despite efforts to exterminate them. She outlines several key strategies that can be implemented in the fight against ants. 

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