gpsman <gpsman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> Walter Cohen <w_co...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>> I'm trying to determine which company has the better, more effective
>> termite baiting system (and ultimately elimination of the colony).
>>
>> The Sentricon system, licensed by various pest control companies
>> also uses these round baiting stations placed every 10 feet or so
>> around the outside of the house foundation. Sentricon is
>> made/licensed by Dow AgroSciences so I assume the bait/poison is
>> made/trademarked by Dow. Each 'station' is monitored electronically
>> monthly (or quarterly?) The system is warranted to 'eliminate' the
>> colony, not just kill the few termites that come into contact with
>> the bait and reduce the colony. The system is installed and
>> monitored for 2 years.
>>
>> Terminix has what seems to be their own system which looks amazingly
>> like the Sentricon baiting system. They use similar (to the
>> Sentricon system) round soil baiting stations placed every 10 feet
>> or so around the outside house perimeter. The price is similar to
>> the Sentricon system and is monitored for 2 years.
>>
>> Not sure about the bait/poison in the Terminix system. It must do
>> something very similar to the Sentricon bait/poison.
>>
>> Any ideas on what/how the Terminix system works and if it is as good
>> as the Sentricon system?
>
> Crossposted to alt.consumers.pest-control.
>
> I didn't have enough experience with baiting to make any sort of
> judgment.
> I sold Sentricon, but the concept of luring termites from one food
source
> to another as an effective means of control never made sense to me.
Thats not what its about. The bait stations are a way of getting the
termites to take
back what is poisonous to the colony, back into the colony where it kills
the entire colony.
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