The technique is described and the results of an exploratory field trial are presented. The colony size estimate from weekly termite collections varied considerably, but nevertheless permitted assigning termites at three locations to three categories of greatly different colony size. The sizes of the three estimates were much greater than anticipated and included a multimillion termite complex of interconnected colonies. The results indicate that the technique can be developed for estimating the size of termite colonies involved in evaluations of insecticidal termite bait treatments.

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