Borax. Borax has a much higher toxicity to practically everything over baking soda. You have sodium tetraborate vs sodium bicarbonate. Sodium bicarbonate is found everywhere in nature. Sodium ions and bicarbonate ions float in your own blood. read more
For ants inside the house, a better deterrent than borax, soda, or poison is peppermint oil. I tried everything, and still had ants in my kitchen and laundry room. After a good deal of research, I came upon the idea of using peppermint oil to destroy their scent trails. read more
And it does more than just kill the ants that come in contact with it – it has the power to kill the entire colony. Borax isn’t a quick killer by any means, but that’s what makes it so effective. read more
You can make effective bait by mixing baking soda and sugar in 1:1 ratio. Sugar in the bait will pull ants towards mixture whereas baking soda will exterminate them. Bleach. Bleach is cleaning agent and is often found in cleaning detergents and cleaning liquid soaps. It is found to be effective in killing pests including ants. read more