Raw honey, bad for ants?

[PwnerPie]

Correct. Though it's difficult to control where bees fly. It's possible they fly to some area that was being sprayed

[PAants]

I think it was organic which means pesticides free right?

Organic means nothing. It's a buzzword companies use to market products because they know it's popular right now. If anything, organic could well mean there's less quality control, not more (at least as far as human health goes). In terms of what it means for the safety of ants, who knows? Cyanide is organic, after all.

[antnest8]

I think it was organic which means pesticides free right?

Organic means nothing. It's a buzzword companies use to market products because they know it's popular right now. If anything, organic could well mean there's less quality control, not more (at least as far as human health goes). In terms of what it means for the safety of ants, who knows? Cyanide is organic, after all.

I mean your right in so many ways.

but even though the name is poorly chosen, i thought that there was a test or something farms had to do to become organic, and that less than 1% of farms are. considering though that there is so much "organic" stuff available in stores your probably right about most of it being fake, for me i just stick with sugar water.

[gorgyBEN]

Do not feed your queens raw unprocessed honey. Little incite, bee keepers use a special powder to keep mites and ants out of there hives. This powder is poison to the ants, so when you feed raw honey it contains small amounts of said powder until its processed. The powder is harmless to humans and bees.

One thought, could it be too sticky? Do they need access to an actual water source? I ask this because I noticed the queen pulling at the water cotton and actively drinking the days after putting the raw honey in. I have not seen it since I started using regular honey (still organic) again.

[Formicarufa]

I feed my ants regular set honey
It works for them

If the ants like the food you give them
You don’t need to change it
Especially when the food is basically just sugar