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Don’t Let Termites Eat Your Money Away

Banknotes destroyed by termites

Yes, termites can eat your money away, literally!  We are not just talking about these pests devouring portions of your home, boats, furniture, paintings or antiques.  Termites are again in the news for almost eating away around $65,000 of banknotes stashed away in a wooden drawer in China. Fortunately for the old lady in Guangdong Province, bank employees were able to identify about 85% of the damaged banknotes.  Nonetheless, the act of ignoring the threat posed by termites cost her close to $10,000. A couple of years ago,…

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Bio-Tech Environmental attends Safety Training

“It is better to lose one minute in life…than to lose life in a minute.” Scary as it may sound, but that is reality. Accidents do happen – anytime and anywhere. And our workplaces are no exception. Bio-Tech Environmental’s Technical Supervisor, Don Johnson Neri, and Area Manager for North Luzon, Ebenezer Luman-ag, recently attended the Safe Work Practices (SWP) Training sponsored by Chevron Business and Real Estate Services (CBRES) last September 27 and 28, 2012. The two-day training was held at the CBRES Office in Makati City and…

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Termites are not just structural pests to control

Termite Gut Microbial Bioreactors

When the word “termite” is mentioned, “pest control” almost always comes to mind for most of us.  But do you know that the same capability that made termites pests to our homes also contributes to our well-being? In nature, termites break down wood that may otherwise remain as wood for a very long time.  Imagine a world where dead trees and other plant materials pile up and ecosystem processes hampered because no animal is capable of digesting cellulose.  Decomposing wood makes nutrients that are locked in trees available…

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New Discovery: “Exploding Backpacks” in Termite Battles

You would think that battles are for the young soldiers. But in a recent discovery by scientists in Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium, a more gruesome sacrifice by older workers is happening in a species of tropical termites. Sending older workers to battle is nothing new in the world of social insects like termites, but this time “exploding blue pouches” are involved in their ultimate sacrifice to defend their colony. Watch the following video courtesy of Livescience. Read more about this shocking discovery about the extent to…

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