I have a black walnut (maybe 16 to 18 inch diameter) in the back yard of this house that I just recently moved into. A significant portion of the crown had died along with several limbs on the way up. It had a lot of new growth this spring so I took a close look at it and found a bunch of ants going up and down the trunk. They look a bit smaller than what I call a carpenter ant.
To make a long story short, I topped the dead wood out of the tree to minimize the falling limb hazard. What's the best way to give these ants the boot? Thanks
-Ryan
To make a long story short, I topped the dead wood out of the tree to minimize the falling limb hazard. What's the best way to give these ants the boot? Thanks
-Ryan