A viewer has a maple tree, with carpenter ants, what can they do, and can they be treated?
a. Yes, they can be treated. In most of our larger trees, the inside is hollow and there are carpenter ant colonies inside many. Generally, they are not hurting the tree, and in fact, they may be in some ways hollowing it out and drying it out, so they would be beneficial. If you find where they’re, coming in and out of the trunk you can use a number of the over, the counter products like bifenthrin or permethrin, or carbaryl. Apply it where they’re foraging (at the base of the tree) and up the trunk where they’re moving in and out of the trunk. This may take a couple of applications, but if you’re persistent, you can treat the carpenter ants. 2. A view from Papillion planted spring bulbs in their lawn (crocus) and is, very pleased with how it turned out, they want to plant more this fall. The question is can still use a pre-emergent or if that will kill the bulbs? a. No, most pre-emergent is applied in the spring, and is pretty much gone by later summer; most bulb crops can have pre-e
