text:  Unfortunately for Hawaii Island, where it was first detected in 1999 in Puna, it took a lot of research to go into it because these ants nest arboreally. There wasn't really much of a way to broadcast and treat, you know, above 15 feet. So they're infesting our forest up in the canopies and there was no way to get bait. And that's where the Hawaii Ant Lab came in.