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Orange Oil Research Paper

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If you have a wooden fence around your property, chances are you will deal with a termite infestation at one point or another. While liquid termiticide treatments do the trick, these products contain harmful chemicals that are unhealthy to breathe in and that are bad for the environment. Instead, try these two all natural ways to get rid of the termites that are eating away at your fence:

Orange Oil

Orange oil contains an active ingredient called D-Limonene. D-Limonene is an all natural insecticide. When termites come in contact with this active ingredient, it immediately poisons them and destroys all of their cell membranes. When this occurs, the termite essentially loses all its water and protein. In turn, the termite dies.

In order to use this all natural insecticide, you will first need to put on a pair of protective gloves and prepare the orange oil. Simply take a spray bottle and add an entire bottle of orange oil into the spray bottle. Because you want the application to be effective and potent, you needn't worry about adding water to the mix. …show more content…

The hole should be deep enough so that it reaches the population of termites within the wood. Once you have drilled your first hole, take the spray bottle and aim the nozzle into the hole.

Begin to spray the orange oil into the small opening. Continue to spray until the opening is drenched. Next, you will want to drill another small hole on the next post of the fence that is affected by termites. Repeat the spraying process. Continue to do this for all posts that are affected.

In time, you will begin to notice that the termites have fallen out of the holes you have drilled. They will be dead at this point. To dispose of them, simply put on a pair or protective plastic gloves, scoop them up, and place them in a garbage bag. You also may choose to repair the damage from the

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