What are the most common methods of treatment?
With new technology today there are several methods of treating for termites. The first is the traditional method of placing a barrier of a termiticide under and around the house. This protects the house as long as the barrier is unbroken and the termites are either repelled by the termiticide or killed as they crawl through the barrier. The second and newest method is “baiting” for termites using a bait with a stomach poison or hormone in the bait. The foraging termites take the bait back to the colony and feed the soldiers, larvae, and the reproductives. This is called trophallaxis. The other members of the colony then die and the colony is eliminated.
