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You don't need insecticides or ant traps to ant-proof your kitchen. Just give it the lemon treatment. First squirt some lemon juice on door thresholds and windowsills. Then squeeze lemon juice into any holes or cracks where the ants are getting in.
Using vinegar instead of bleach is one of the best ways to naturally prevent sugar ants, but be sure to use white vinegar and not a sweet vinegar like apple cider vinegar. Use a 1:1 mixture of vinegar and water to wash off your counter tops.hole cloves are used to repel a variety of unwanted insects including sugar ants. Ants do not like the smell of cloves so use them in the places you see the most traffic such as along baseboards, and under counters.