Termites while splitting wood

[PDutro]

Discovered a termite colony in some rounds I was splitting. I knocked them out, smashed them, peeled off the bark.

My questions is, I know they need wet wood, so am I okay to stack this and cover it. Or should I toss it in the yard debris bin.

 

[kborndale]

Discovered a termite colony in some rounds I was splitting. I knocked them out, smashed them, peeled off the bark.

My questions is, I know they need wet wood, so am I okay to stack this and cover it. Or should I toss it in the yard debris bin.

Leave it in the open for a day or two to let the birds eat the termites than stack it.

 

[stoveliker]

Not sure the termites will be eaten by birds; they'll burrow in immediately beyond the reach of most birds and don't have a habit to take a stroll like ants do.

If you want to keep the round, I'd dry the splits elsewhere (put it separate under a cover and without ground contact)

 

[Highbeam]

Happens all the time. We just ignore the bugs. They are always gone after processing and never to be seen again.

Just keep them from crawling up your leg.

 

[CatfishHunter]

If I encounter a small section of wood that is infested, I toss those into the firepit pile. In fact, there's nothing better than running the firepit will splitting wood. There is always stuff that can get chucked in there.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

I’d split and stack, but watch closely to see if new nut tunnels form suggesting the colony is setting up shop again.

 

[punky chunks]

The termites can't live without their queen (which is probably in the earth wherever the tree came from) and they should die in your wood pile quickly. The black carpenter ants also die off and the tiny beetles that makes the frass in the hickory and sugar maple eventually run out of water. I've seen giant white worms in pine wood before. They made a kind of ticking sound while in the wood. Sometimes in oak with punky sap wood I run into the big black beetles and chickens eat them along with the ants. Fortunately none of these bugs are noxious; the ants white and black don't bite and neither do the beetles and worms.