Fredericksburg, Virginia

Imagine this headline in your newspaper.  You would be very concerned about a disaster that caused five billion dollars in losses. Or damage that in most years is five times the dollar amount of hurricanes and fires combined.  This is a conservative estimate for the cost of controlling termites and repairing termite damage yearly in the United States.

The warm and rainy weather that we have experienced this past fall and winter has been welcomed by increasing water levels in reservoirs and in the soil.  However, it has set the parameters for the largest termite swarm to ever be known in this region.

"The season is just beginning and as the weather gets warmer, I'm sure we'll hear more reports of