Bayer 10072 Max Force Fleet Ant Gel, Light Yellow

I had a very large carpenter ant infestation in two of my mature oak trees, it wasn't until I lost a very large branch of the tree that I saw the large black carpenter ants in the fallen part of the tree. After some research I discovered that these ants are very active at night. Armed with a flashlight I went out to my trees around midnight and was shocked at the activity I saw, these ants had several satellite colonies around the base of the trees and were running a line up and down the trunks, thousands of ants on both trees running from top to bottom my trees were infested and these ants have obviously been there for a very long time. My knowledge of ants is that they will either eat sugar or protein so I ordered both types of bait, Max Force Gel was my sugar bait and Advance Granular was my protein bait. In late August of 2019 I started my attack, I placed a small amount of Advanced Granular out and saw that the ants ran to it almost instantly and carried it away, subsequent applications a few days apart did not have the same effect as the first application the ants would almost ignore it but by morning I would notice some bait taken. Thinking that the ants were suspicious of the granules or just changed their taste to sugar I began placing small dabs of Fleet near their lair's at the base of the trees and beside their travel lanes on the trunk of the trees. After about two weeks I completely knocked out the ants in the first tree. Gone no trace at all. The second tree with the larger infestation was now a noticeably smaller colony size but still very active. Not wanting the ants to reject the bait I applied it in the same areas about one every week and a half, spot checks every week or so showed the ant activity getting smaller and smaller, instead of thousands of ants running up and down the tree I would see a handful here and there. By the end of October 2019 the ant colony in the second tree had been eradicated, I can not find one single ant. If you have a carpenter ant infestation this will knock them out, as long as they are feeding on sugar. It's not a one and done application, be persistent and apply the bait near but not on their lanes of travel. This is a slow acting bait and eventually the colony will be eradicated. I will also note that the bait may sometimes come out of the tube a bit liquidy this isn't an issue the ants don't care, remember you only need to place pea sized drops in a few various places where they roam. Out of the four applicators provided in the box it took 2 1/2 of them and 2 months to wipe out all of the ants. If this review was helpful to you please click that it was. Good luck

Great Ant product. I love this stuff for Carpenter Ants. The ants are missing after use of this produce. Follow directions in package and follow youtube.

I used this specifically for carpenter ants. Everything I tried previously fail failed I took a photo of the ants and fed it into AI. It confirmed they were carpenter ants. I had used Terro which did nothing. I tried the little bait granules. That did nothing. AI recommended max force. Even though it’s expensive, I ordered it. I specifically laid it out on the ant tracks. The ant immediately swarmed it, and the vast majority were gone the next day. I then had another ant trail and I put the gel along that track again. They swarmed it and that track was 90% gone the next day. It’s supposed to work over a 1 to 2 week. Period. And I have to say it does exactly that in my experience.

The product came quickly and is easy to use. The instructions could be a little clearer or there could be a video posted on Youtube to make how to use it crystal clear. The box it came in was squashed but the tubes inside were fine. However, I had to tape the box together at the bottom to be able to use it to hold the unused tubes.

We had issue with black carpenter ants in bathroom that appeared early spring. No one happy to see ants in bathroom, so I bought this Maxforce Fleet ant gel based on other reviews. This product comes with 4 tubes of gel bait and 1 plunger. I squirted some of the bait into a few water bottle caps and placed them on the floor out of the way in the corner of the sink vanity and into one crevice at the bottom of the door between the floor and the molding in the afternoon after receiving from Amazon. As other reviewers have said, BE PATIENT and resist the urge to crush the ants, give them the opportunity to take the bait! Initially the ants completely ignored the bait. However a few hours later I was surprised to find alot of them feasting on it, so many in fact that all of the bait that I had set out was completely gone by early morning. I was also surprised that almost all of the ants were gone too, I assume having taken the bait back to their nest. I reloaded the bottle caps with more bait gel, but a few days later, it’s still there, with only a few ants having visiting the bait after their initial feeding frenzy. I used half a tube of the bait gel and it appears to have eradicated the ants. If any ants reappear, I’ll do same as above to eliminate them. If you have issue with carpenter ants, do yourself a favor and try this stuff.

Hands down the best ant bait for acrobat ants. It took only 3-4 days. As you can see on the pictures we got all of ants inside the house. And this bait solve it all.

Early in June I discovered a carpenter ant infestation in one room of our home. I wasn’t thrilled but my wife went ballistic. Naturally she wanted to call an exterminator, Navy Seals, Green Beret or anyone else with a flame thrower who would help her burn the house down if necessary. 😳 I, being the more levelheaded and more frugal individual, did what every scared husband does… “Google it” besides, military branch’s charge so much for house calls nowadays. I read the reviews and ordered this product. I initially had no clue on the best location to place the poison, so it was hit and miss for days. ( To answer your question, yes, she complained and threatened to call the exterminator… for me and the ants during this time.) If you are impetuous, this product is not for you. (Or your wife) You have to find a path the ants are traveling to the outside or water source im assuming. These insects will not come to the poison like a dog to its bowl but when one finds the poison, it’s like Saturday night at the Golden Corral. After finally seeing an ant on the move during the day I placed a dollop on a piece of cardboard and forced the ant on it. Not as easy as it sounds as there are no videos on YouTube on the fine art of ant whispering. The ant immediately dove in to the poison, munching a healthy chunk off and scurrying to a small hole in our trim. Almost immediately others paraded out the hole to the poison and dove in. I actually was able to squirt the plunger with ants present. They stood up and kinda jumped up after it! I loaded the cardboard up and sat back to watch the festivities. Dozens of ants came to feed and carry back to the queen small portions of poison. ( Sorry her majesty) Soon they were staggering like drunken sailors and some died on the spot. Of course the wife wanted to spray them with insecticide, step on them, suck them up in the vacuum ( I hid her flame thrower) but I explained they have to take the poison back to the nest, so she reluctantly pulled up a chair next to me to watch and tell me stories of how she perceives ants are crawling in her body cavities while sleeping 😳 That was three days ago. There has been no signs of live or healthy ants around! I do hear the vacuum cleaner fire off several times a day but she assures me they are all dead. It’s not an overnight process but with military like tactics and plunger of poison, I am victorious! I’m thrilled, she is thrilled….. the ants, not so much.

While the Bayer Maxforce Fleet is a great product, Amazon is shipping very old stock. I ordered this in April 2026 and received product that was manufactured in January 2022, so over 4 years old. The active ingredient, Fipronil, has a typical shelf life of up to 3 years. While the ants may still take the bait, the active ingredient will not be affective on the colony. I would try to purchase this from somewhere that has newer stock.