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Just a guess but I sounds like what is called,locally anyway, the dreaded carpenter ant. Tiny little buggers that like to live on the inside of trees.
The local remedy is a ant bate called Amdro. ( available almost anywhere.)
Place a small amount on top of the soil in your pot. Maybe a quarter of a teaspoon on the average pot.
The ants soon find it, take the stuff back to the nest where it kills the queen. Without her the colony soon dies.
Takes a few days but it always works. And no it wont hurt your bonsai.

4-Aug-2003	#12
RonMartin(deceased) Bonsai nare-do-well Join Date: Jan-2003 Location: Summerville SC Country: USA USDA Zone: 8A AHS Heat Zone: 8 Posts: 4,653	Just a guess but I sounds like what is called,locally anyway, the dreaded carpenter ant. Tiny little buggers that like to live on the inside of trees. The local remedy is a ant bate called Amdro. ( available almost anywhere.) Place a small amount on top of the soil in your pot. Maybe a quarter of a teaspoon on the average pot. The ants soon find it, take the stuff back to the nest where it kills the queen. Without her the colony soon dies. Takes a few days but it always works. And no it wont hurt your bonsai.