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My family likes peonies, those typically fluffy white flowers, clusters of big petals with somewhat pink centers. So do ants. Ants seem to loooove peonies. Why? I don’t know. I don’t see them collecting anything from the flowers. They don’t move pollen like bees. But, when I see ants crawling all over the peonies, I think of tourists exploring some arty museum with an exotic shape. I think, for the ants, peonies are heaven…or a vacation from the sand hills.
My dad, especially, likes to pick them and bring them indoors. Big mistake. That just invites the ants to have the house to themselves. I’ve heard people say you have to shake the ants off the flowers and other solutions…but I retain my doubts. I think it’s better to just leave the flowers outside and enjoy them where they bloom.
And, when you think about it, that’s good advice for most (if not all) flowers. Enjoy them where they bloom. You don’t have to bring them in/home with you, cutting their lives short, bringing any hidden pests with them.
However, if the flower you find is five feet and somewhere between seven and eleven inches tall, with naturally light blonde, warm brown, saucy red or even thick black hair and a concave (curving toward the face, not the “beak” type) nose, you send her my way…and I will bring her into my home. [Ha.]
*sniff* Aaaah….CHOO! [‘Stupid spring allergies.]
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