Termite Baiting System

OVERVIEW OF THE TERMITE BAITING PROCESS

Termite baiting concept made simple:

， Find a solid feeding cycle between the bait stations and the termite colony by "prebaiting", Placing monitoring stations that include a wood monitor or inspection cartridges in the soil. You establish this by allowing the foraging termites eat the wood, "sourcing out" the feeding source.

， If you were to put the "active" or "toxicant" at this point you would kill off the very workers that you need to establish the cycle. Once the termites start eating on that wood or the inspection cartridge, they are introduced to the toxicant or active.

， Termites eat this particular bait, feeding it to the entire colony....and in THEORY the colony dies and the complete colony is eliminated.

Currently, there is no way to substantiate claims of "complete" colony elimination. Laboratory tests do suggest that colony elimination is possible, but in reality they may have multiple food sources, the poisoned bait not being the only food source.

• Population reduction and not population elimination is likely the true story. In laboratory tests termites are confined to a test site given only the bait as the choice of food.

However with proper monitoring and bait placement the termites will consume it, resulting in a population reduction. Because of the smaller population level it will result in less feeding and less damage. This can be a valuable tool. Termite baits are an added measure of security and are best used in conjunction with the traditional soil treatments if you have a current infestation.

In infested structures, it is best to treat the area where termites are found with the barrier or traditional soil treatment. You would be cutting off the termites' current food sources, forcing them to find other sources for food ( the bait). However, do not place the bait and the liquid termiticide in the same place.

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