Great Charleen. You can sprinkle cinnamon around the base of the stand on the ground to repell ants. Or use cinnamon stick placed so they will have to cross it to get on the stand. We have ants in two hives and are sprinkling it in the top cover where they are to get them out. Won't hurt the bees. The powdered kind will have to be sprinkled around again when it rains.
