Termite Swarm Season Provides Homeowners with Chance to Catch Damaging Pests in the Act

Adams Exterminating Company Says Termites Do us a Favor When They Swarm

(PRWEB) March 31, 2008 -- With termite swarming season about to start, what do Dallas area residents need to know about the risk termites pose to their homes? According to the U.S. Department of...

Jacksonville Termite Swarm Season Begins This Month

Jacksonville, FL (PRWeb) February 11, 2007 -- John Cooksey, vice president and entomologist, at McCall Service, Inc. said today that the termite swarm season is expected to be active as a result of...

Can termites help power cars?

(Image Credit: Public Domain) University of Florida Researchers have been investigating how termites break down wood for food, in order to find an easier way to convert plant material to ethanol. So far they have identified two enzymes the insects use to soften tough molecules called lignin which envelope the sugar molecules. These enzymes could be used for creating cellulosic ethanol, which is ...

Guest Post: A Termite-Riddled House: Treasury Bonds

Submitted by Gonzalo Lira A Termite-Riddled House: Treasury Bonds When termites eat your house, you don’t notice a thing. You don’t hear a thing, you don’t see a thing—you’re house stands there, silent and staid, while you and your family happily go about your days, without a care in the world—   —until your house crashes on top of your head.   Right now, we are at a stage where Treasury bonds ...

Termite terminator additive tested here

Augusta, Kan. — Dr. Bob Davis of Austin, Texas, is a national field representative for the BASF testing program of a “secret additive” in a decade-old pesticide which bugs termites to death.