When checking the termite baits, doesn the sudden introduction of light (when the top of the bait is opened) cause the termites to be disturbed and leave the bait?
No. However in nearly every other termite bait system this is often the case. But not in the Green Termite Bait. Here’s why… The time it takes to open the top of the bait is but a few seconds, followed by just a few more seconds as the previously prepared termiticide is added. Two dark plugs are promptly placed over the application holes in place of the original windows. Because conditions are returned to “as they were” inside the bait in such a short time, the termites soon settle down again and go about their feeding. Because the termites are already well established in the bait before we apply the termiticide, they have marked the bait as a preferred source of food using special pheromones. Even if they should abandon the bait, it will only be temporarily. They will return to finish their meal and consequently ingest the termiticide and transfer it back to the nest where it will soon be passed on to the Queen (a process called trophallaxis) and she is then doomed and so is her col
