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Worker little black ants can be as small as 1.5 mm in length, and queens can measure up to 4 mm. Their antennae consist of 12 segments and end in a three-segmented club. Their pedicel, the ant waist, is two-segmented. Little black ants have no spines, and their thorax is unevenly rounded. Although little black ants bear a stinger, it is too small to be effective against most threats. Both males and female reproductives have wings before mating season, though males die soon after mating and females shed their wings. Little black ants are omnivorous and will eat insects, sweets, honeydew, vegetables, greasy or oily foods, corn meals and plant secretions as well. Little black ant workers forage in trails, which are frequently seen along sidewalks and foundation walls. Little black ant colonies have moderate to large populations, with two or more queens in one colony. Little black ant swarms are common from June to August, during which time mating occurs and mated females form new colonies. Newly established colonies grow rapidly. Outside, they build nests in areas such as woodwork voids, rotting logs, cracks in cement, lawns and open areas. Indoors, the little black ant can be located in wooden items as well as in walls and the junction between the carpet and walls. When infestation occurs, gaps and cracks in exterior walls should be sealed. It is important to remove decaying wood, firewood and other debris surrounding a home or building if an infestation is suspected. While it is difficult to see little black ants due their small size, their nests can be located by following the trail of a worker ant back to its colony. Pest control experts provide the most effective treatment of little black ant infestations.

The following surveys the evidence that Colonial Williamsburg improperly disposed of the former Carters Grove Visitors Center on the Carters Grove property itself.  The evidence is drawn from photos, legal documents, county records, maps, information from Colonial Williamsburg employees, internal Colonial Williamsburg documents used in legal filings.

Colonial Sense wants to put you in the Christmas spirit, and what better way than going on another house tour with us. We all know how much we love to see how other people decorate their homes for the special holiday of Christmas. We know in Colonial times that Christmas was not a big celebration with all the trimmings it has today. We therefore will keep it simple and show you one of the oldest home tours that you can attend each year, the Christmas in Odessa Homes Tour.

Colonial Sense finally made it to the 68th Annual Waterford Homes Tour and Crafts Exhibit in Virginia on Friday, October 7, 2011. The fair would continue for the next two days with a different list of homes to tour. The weather was fabulous, and the crowds seemed large.

Buy 150" Colonial Pedestal Mailbox from Wilshire Fireplace Shops. This Mailbox is an Available in Different Colours like black & White, Bricktone, Bronze, Khaki, Patina Stone. We have different located mailboxes shop in California, Los Angeles. For more info on mailboxes contact at - info@wilshirefireplace.com

It was a concept in gardening brought over by the colonial Pennsylvania Germans in 1683, but originally was designed by residents of Swiss cloisters and monasteries. The gardens were laid out in multiples of eleven feet with the most common size being fifty-five or sixty-six feet. This was because the length of an eighteenth century fence panel was eleven feet. The surrounding fence in a foursquare garden was composed of two posts, two rails, and pickets which were fifty-two to sixty inches high. The twelve foot rails were made of chestnut which fit into chestnut or locust posts. The flat side of the rail was placed on the outside of the garden. The pickets were of white oak, pine, chestnut, and rarely black walnut split or sawn wood which was nailed at intervals of no more than one and one-half inches.

The Shakers typically had in their homes floor-to-ceiling built-in-the-wall cabinets which required use of a step stool. Not all shelves received continual use; however, shelves which were rarely used did have items stored on them. Using these shelves required the use of a step stool. These step stools could range from a simple step stool to a more elaborate step stool with dovetails, half-moon or scalloped sides, and storage compartments within the stool. Colonial Sense is provided you plans for two step stools. The first stool pattern does not use any dovetail joints. The boards are simply nailed together with either regular or small square nails. The second step stool was made in Canterbury, New Hampshire in the 1800's and is designed as both a step stool and a storage compartment.

The method of protecting the exterior of the house with clapboard boards has been used since colonial times. It has been the first choice of colonists to protect their homes from the weather using these overlapping wood planks on the sides of their homes. Clapboard houses were most prevalent in the New England States. It was considered "dressy" to use clapboard for exterior boards, especially when many of the earlier homes were of log structure and meant to be temporary dwellings for the colonists. Clapboard also kept out the winter winds yet allowed the house to breathe in summer.

New Mini-Project at Colonial Sense -- How to build a Bentwood Trellis

New article at Colonial Sense on dried flower arrangements (with how-to instructions)...

Doreen Joslow is co-owner of Richard Scofield Historic Lighting, a manufacturer of quality reproductions. She has a love of history and beautiful objects along with a sense of responsibility to preserve knowledge of how things are made and why. She has had the opportunity to be involved for decades in her local Historical Society as well as renovating her 1836 center chimney Colonial home over a period of 29 years.

Here we will discuss some repairing signs that will help you to to detect air conditioning repair the colony tx at early stage so that you can deal easily.

With over 12,000 species and each colony housing up to 500,000 members, its clear ants are no ordinary pests. To make matters worse, many species bite, are incredibly organized and lift up to 20 times their natural weight.

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Ants are important to our enviroment as exterminators we understand that are able to keep them from your homes and buildings. A thorough ant inspection of your property is always performed by your Seattle Ant exterminator technician to search out existing trouble spots, that you may or may not know about.Eliminate condition conducive to ant nests and treat in the areas where ants find ways onto your property and into your home. A thorough search and destroy procedure is performed by your Ant exterminator technician to find all existing colonies.

While selecting furniture, you need to consider the kind of your choice of various styles in furniture. There are three main styles like Traditional, Contemporary and Casual. In these main styles, there are various different trends available. As traditional fashion comes from the 16th century that consist of Early American, Georgian, Colonial Revival and Federal. Contemporary style begins with the rise of the 20th century and will consist of Gothic Revival, Art Deco, International Modern and High Tech. Casual style furniture is there for a long run as it is the mix of both contemporary and traditional style and it consists of Cottage, American Country and Rustic Revivals. Dickson Avenue is the Furniture Store in Sydney that can give you these varieties of furniture.

It may be safely said that applebutter is an American dish, and specialized still more, a Pennsylvania German one. Rarely do we hear of applebutter being made in the Southern or New England States, in the early part of the nineteenth century. In Pennsylvania, however, as the apples turned rosy red in the fall, the thoughts of farmers turned to applebutter, and in many cases the making of it was the excuse for a regular frolic, a welcome change in the monotonous life of the farmer's family.

This basket, among other uses, is perfect for carrying eggs. The curved twin bottom holds eggs in place perfectly and even if there are only a few in the basket, they won't roll around. Appalachian baskets are made with intersecting hoops ("bools") and evenly-spaced ribs held together with tight weaving.