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Termites must return to the central colony every few days to feed the colony (liquified wood ) including the queen, king, young nymths, soldiers, winged reproductives.

Premise or termidor termiticides are recommended because of their effect that is delayed that is deadly. Termites travelling through treated soil areas will accumulate and transport the compound straight back to the central colony nest to nourish others therein. Highly powerful to kill the termites in a colony.

The termite treatment cost is around $2000 to $5000 for an average size home depending on  location, type of construction, chemical utilized, insurance policy, and warranties implemented.

THE INSTALLATION OF A CHEMICAL SOIL BARRIER requires specialist knowledge and equipment to form a whole and continuous barrier around building - as illustrated below:

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Occasionally a sub-nest may exist ie where termites create a nest in a wall cavity of a home especially where a regular moisture source exists eg from faulty plumbing or guttering.

Particular care and equipment can be employed to detect sub-nests in a building incuding a moisture metre, microwave and infrared cameras - but each have their limitations.

There are several types of control substances registered by the relevant State and/or Federal Government Authority for use in termite control as a soil treatment compound.

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WARNING: Several outdated goods are solvent based termite control dyes which may lead to health problems to asthmatics during the drying process.

Termidor and Premise are the more powerful effective alternatives. Both are water based, have no smell and of ultra-low danger to humans, dogs, cats and other creatures.

Termidor and Premise do NOT have an obnoxious odour or emit airborne residues or fumes. Both are enrolled as a hazard insecticide with a CAUTION notation on the tag.

Fipronil, the active ingredient in Termidor, has been used in the USA, Australia and other countries, such as flea and tick control on millions of cats and puppies. Termidor and Premise represent modern technology.

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Some alternative termiticides have a strong repellency action to deter foraging termites. Whereas Termidor and Premise are non-repellant to the termites.

Termites can enter the soil zone without detecting the Termidor or Premise compound.

The repellant nature of other goods mean the termites can discover the compound and will proceed along the treated soil regions, actively seeking a gap to Continued gain entry into the building.

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Premise has been used as land treatment barrier against termites for more than eight years in the USA with excellent results for long term termite control. We are not aware of any significant problems during this period.

Premise will act to kill termites, in the concentration treated soil areas abutting the building. With Premise, termites which forage in the lower concentrated treated soil areas, will become disorientated, stop feeding, and therefore are fatally diseased by natural fungi and micro-organisms in the dirt.

Both Bayer Premise and BASF Termidor claim their products will transfer from one influenced termite to another... the technology aimed at eradicating the queen termite and the entire colony - refer to the animated illustration under:

Termites tunneling in the Premise treated soil area abutting the building (of high concentration - near the point of application) are killed outright.

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Termites tunneling in the outer parts of a Premise treated soil area (of reduced concentration) will not detect the Premise which adheres to their own bodies and has a delayed lethal effect of many days - enough time to be transferred back to the central colony nest.

After 250 million decades of living underground, subterranean termites have evolved with a very thin waxy skin (called an exoskeleton) that readily absorbs moisture.

Premise adheres to the termite exoskeleton and is readily adsorbed via the exoskeleton and into the termite's body to immobilize and kill the affected termite within a few days.

The termites spread the Premise to other termites during regular physical contact, particularly when working together in close proximity, grooming and feeding the remainder of the colony, a normal function of their everyday life.

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Termites carry away or cannibalize other dead termites, further spreading the deadly effect of the Premise chemical across the colony.

The Sentricon termite monitoring and baiting system was developed by Dow AgroSciences, USA. The Sentricon bait is an insect growth regulator, which is designed to be spread across the colony by the worker termites.

An insect growth regulator affects termites by stopping the moulting process needed to grow. Since the worker termites die off, the termite colony declines to the point at which it can no longer sustain itself, ultimately leading to it is collapse and elimination.