Advance Termite Bait System Kit - Questions & Answers

John is mistaken.  Termite baiting systems will only effect the worker termites of a colony, the most important ones whose job it is to find food.  The stations target any termite, young or old, that is a worker and finds the food for the colony.  Baiting systems work by killing the worker termites which provide food for the colony.  If the worker termites die, then the colony crashes.  This can take a few months up to a year depending on the size of the colony and other factors.

Each Advance Termite Bait Station is 7 inches long and 6 inches wide (at the top). Each hole should be the length of the station plus 2 inches to allow water to drain off when it rains. There are complete installation instructions available on our website on the Advance Termite Bait System page if you click on the Product Label link.

Only one component of Advance termite Bait System has an EPA registration number, there is not one number for the whole kit. The Advance Termite Bait Cartridge EPA Registration # 499-488, The Advance Termite Inspection cartridge is not regulated and does not require an EPA reg number. You can always find the EPA number on the MSDS which is always available on our website on the Product Label and MSDS page.

No, the baiting system is a preventative treatment and will only intercept new termite colonies coming towards your home.  The baiting system has wood inside it that is what the termites are looking for.  If a termite colony is inside your house and has already found wood, then they have no reason to leave the house to look for more food.  The only reliable way to get termites out of your home is to treat directly with a liquid application.  This is explained in our "How To Do A Termite Treatment" article on our website.

The answer is a little involved, but basically it is scientifically proven and required that all baiting systems start out with monitoring stations.  Every baiting system on the professional market is that way for a reason.  The reason is because you want the termite colony to infest the station and think that the normal wood inside and normal monitoring cartridge is a valid food source.  They will hit it hard because no termites will be dying at first.  Once they have eaten on the wood and monitoring cartridge for a little while and you replace it with the bait, they will still think it is normal wood and cartridge and injest the bait much faster, ensuring the colony is eliminated.  It has been scientifically proven that if you start out with bait only, and the termite colony starts dying right after eating it, they will leave the station and move on before enough termites have eaten it to kill the colony.  Since the point of the baiting system is to eradicate a whole colony, it is very important enough of them eat the bait or it will not work.  The only way to ensure this is to get them hooked on the normal wood and monitoring cartridge first.

Termidor SC, Premise or Dominion 2L are all considered non-repellents and would be fine to apply as a trench and treat against the foundation if bait stations are present.  Dominion 2L is a Premise generic and one bottle of Dominion 2L makes twice as much finished solution as a bottle of Premise for half the price.  Your Advance Termite Bait Stations typically want to be 2-4 feet away from the foundation, but not under the drip line of the roof.

You should clean out all of the Advance Termite Bait Stations completely and replace the wood base at least every 12 months, or once a year.  Depending on where you live and the climate and amount of rain, you may need to replace the wood base more often.  If the wood bases become very soggy and moldy then you should replace them.

You do not want to place two Advance Termite Bait Stations next to each other, if you have activity. The label does not permit this, and also you could possibly disturb the colonies entry trails into the other station by digging into the ground. Termidor SC is the only liquid that you would want to use near a termite bait station, but you can only place Termidor SC next to the foundation of the structure.