Reply To: Ants Welcome › Forums › Shipston Beekeepers ‘Let’s talk beekeeping’ Forum › Ants › Reply To: Ants 1st April 2021 at 9:09 am #3850 David JonesParticipant Hi Ray. I think it’s unlikely they are doing any harm – just cleaning up detritus from the hive for you 🙂 In countries where ants are a potential risk to the actual colony, people put the legs of the hive stands in small cans of oil