Patent ID: 7820189

Claim:
A process to make a termite bait said process consisting essentially of the following steps: (a) mixing alpha-cellulose, water, and a pesticide to form a mixture; followed by (b) compacting said mixture to a density greater than 1 gram per cubic centimeter to form a compacted composition; followed by (c) drying said compacted composition to remove at least a portion of said water to produce voids in said compacted composition; wherein the composition after step (c) have has from 60 to 99 weight percent alpha-cellulose and 40 to 1 weight percent water based on the weight of said alpha-cellulose and said water, and furthermore the composition after step (c) has from 0.0001 to 10 weight percent pesticide based on the weight of said alpha-cellulose, said water, and said pesticide.