Ants in the compost ?

[MinkyBorage]

The compost has just been moved to somewhere which I now remember is full of Ants every summer, it is now full of Ants and I don't suppose it will be long before there's an ants bnest in there. IS there nything we can do to get rid of the ants without destroying the compost?
Can't have the compost anywhere else.
TIA

You mean the cmopost heap? Is now on an ant hill? I ouldn't worry about it, the compost will soon be full of ants anyway, where-ever it is sited. They will help to break down the waste and are good for the process.

leave the ants alone but if you really want to get rid of them poor boiling hot water on the compost it wont harm the compost but will kill the ants

I had ants in my compost last year, they made wonderful compost! It was a huge nest, I used ot lift the lid of the bin, throw stuff in really fast and run away.But they all disappeared in the autumn, and the compost they left behind was fabulous.

OK great, no donm't have a prob with the ants per se, but guess on balance would prefer it if compost wasn't riddled with them, still, if they're doing no harm, I'll leave them. Thanks

Oh, I started a thread about this too - must be the time of year when ants move into the compost!
I was told not to worry

If you clean out all the ants/worms/flies out of the compost heap, it would not be able to rot down. That is what they are doing.

Ants will live anywhere cool and dark with a plentiful supply of food. You can't gt rid of them, and as girders said, they leave/hibernate in autumn, so you can dig out the compost without worrying.