Termites 101
Last spring, just as we were sitting down to dinner, lots of little flying ants came out of the hot air duct in the kitchen floor. Lots means hundreds, and needless to say, supper was ruined. My wife freaked out and ran for the vacuum cleaner, while I took a piece of cardboard and blue painter’s tape and covered up the vent. Hell with the bugs for now; I was hungry.
So were the flying ants, only it turned out they weren’t flying ants they were termite swarmers in search of a new place to dine. (I’ll say it again: aren’t old houses a hoot?) A new site, Termites 101, has lots of great information about the little buggers—all generated by top academic entomologists. The site is sponsored by Orkin, the nationwide exterminating company, but its not infested with lots of come-ons about their services, other than a little tab at the top called Get Help.
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I plan to sell my home in the northeast shortly and find I have termite beams which I am sure either must be replaced or fixed. Please give me the correct advise on what to do. The house is an attached and my neighbor did not want to get termite protection, I have had it for a few years, and now I am in a fix.