Termite lure and method

A method of treating a colony of termites with a termiticide wherein a hole is formed through a slab, comprising:

• providing a termite lure to be inserted in a hole passing through a slab;
• the termite lure consisting essentially of a grouping of fiberboard disks made of cellulose fibers;
• the grouping of fiberboard disks having a length and a longitudinal axis;
• the grouping of fiberboard disks having a lowermost fiberboard disk;
• spacer means spacing apart successive fiberboard disks of the grouping of fiberboard disks to simulate termite created cavities between the successive fiberboard disks;
• a rod, having a length greater than the length of the grouping of fiberboard disks, extending through the grouping of fiberboard disks along the longitudinal axis of the grouping of fiberboard disks;
• and the rod passing through a retaining means that frictionally grips a lateral surface of the rod and is slidably mounted on the rod;
• the retaining means slidably retaining the grouping of fiberboard disks on the rod so that the grouping of fiberboard disks can be moved vertically along the rod and positioned at different locations along the length of the rod to permit a lower end of the rod to extend from a lower end of the grouping of fiberboard disks for insertion of the rod into soil beneath the hole and the lowermost fiberboard disk of the grouping of fiberboard disks to be brought into contact with the soil beneath the hole;
• inserting the termite lure into the hole passing through the slab;
• placing the lowermost fiberboard disk of the termite lure in contact with the soil beneath the hole passing through the slab;
• and
• locating the rod of the termite lure to extend from an upper end of the grouping of fiberboard disks upward into the hole passing through the slab.