hello,any help appreciated

[jester]

I'm new to this so sorry if I'm doing it wrong,I have a huge ants nest in my compost bin and there are flying ants in there,I know I need to turn it to disturb them but I have a phobia of flying ants and I don't really want to kill them off because I like nature,should I leave the lid off to let the ants fly away and if I do how long before they go? I shouldn't have let the little beasties get so carried away but I thought they were harmless enough until the nest got to about the height of the actual compost bin,oops.

[dave_norm_smith]

Hi

If they are at the flying stage, leave the lid off and then will have flown by early evening. Then stick a couple of cans of water into the heap and give it a good turn.

P.s. Hi and welcome by the way!

[Florence Fennel]

Hello Jester and welcome to the Vine. When you've sorted out the ants as Dave has suggested, come back and see us again!

[rustylady]

Like Dave said, leave the lid off so they can get on their way. Then if you are like me, run for cover - I hate the bladdy things. Crawling ants I can deal with, but not the flying ones.

[Nicos]

Hi there- and welcome to the Vine!

I've put your question into the wildlife section section so more peeps will see it