Fumigation

Fumigation is the process where insects usually certain types of termites and beetles) are eliminated from a structure with the use of lethal gas. Fumigations are carried out using essentially Gas Fumigants such as Sulfuryl Fluoride and Methyl Bromide. These gases are odorless and colorless and leave no residue.

Fumigation is a method of pest control that completely fills an area with gaseous pesticides - or fumigants - to suffocate or poison the pests within. It is utilized for control of pests in buildings (structural fumigation), or commodity fumigation for grain, and products.

Fumigation usually involves the following phases:  First the area to be fumigated is usually covered to create a sealed environment; next the fumigant is released into the space to be fumigated; then, the space is held for a set period while the fumigant gas reaches an state of equilibrium through the space and acts on and kills the insects in the product or structure.  Next the space is ventilated so that the poisonous gases are allowed to escape from the space, and render it safe for humans to enter.

Fumigation is a hazardous operation.  Texas law that pest control operator have specific licenses and on-going training in the fumigation operation to perform the fumigation as the chemicals used are very toxic to most forms of life, including man.
Bizzy Bees has the staff, training and licenses to do this extremely critical type of work for commodities and structural fumigation. 

Pests normally requiring fumigation:

Powder Post Beetle:  You can easily recognize the work of powder post beetles. When the adults emerge, usually, some species leave small holes about the size of a pin in the surface of the wood; others make holes the size of pencil lead. From these holes, a fine, powder like material falls from the holes followed by the emergence of an adult beetle.
Mechanical removal of the infested items or structural fumigation of the entire structure is the most common solutions to this type of infestation.

Lyctid Powder Post Beetles and their damage

Drywood Termite:

Unlike subterranean termites which build colonies in soil, drywood termite colonies do not need contact with soil, moisture, or any other water source. As their name suggests, drywood termites occur in dry wood that may be above ground level. Drywood termites build colonies in structural wood fence and utility posts, furniture, moldings, door and window frames, and so forth.  Drywood termites have not been very common in North Texas, however, more and more cases of these have been showing up recently.  Drywood termite infestations are characteristically identified by the presence of very small fecal pellets with a definitive pinched shape to them.  These pellets are discharged from exit holes created by the termites in the wood members of a structure.  

The majority of Drywood termite infestations require a structural fumigation to eliminate the infestation.

 

Bizzy Bees has the staff, training and licenses to do this highly specialized type of treatment.

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