Patent ID: 6584728
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
A method of treating a termite colony with a termiticide, comprising:locating a bait station on or beneath ground surface adjacent a building to attract termites in the region; the bait station being a container for holding a nontoxic cellulose bait material; the container having a top end and a bottom end; the container having a sidewall extending from the top end to the bottom end of the container; the container having a subterranean opening in the bottom end of the container through which termites may gain subterranean ingress and egress to and from an interior of the container to feed on nontoxic cellulose bait material housed within the container; the container having an opening in the top end of the container with closure means for sealing, opening and resealing the opening in the top end of the container to permit a monitoring of termite activity within the container and through which a termiticide injection tube may be inserted to pass through the container and through the subterranean opening of the container to introduce a termiticide into soil beneath the container without introducing the termiticide into the container where the termiticide would contaminate nontoxic bait within the container; placing a nontoxic cellulose bait material within the container; unsealing, opening and resealing the opening in the top end of the container with the closure means to gain access to the interior of the container through the opening in the top end of the container when the closure means is unsealed; monitoring the interior of the container for termite activity through the opening in the top end of the container while the closure means is unsealed; and after detecting termite activity within the container, introducing a termiticide into the soil beneath the container without introducing the termiticide into the container.