While clearing out a portion of my lot that is at the bottom of a slope, I came across some sections of a tree trunk that had been sawed and stacked in a row. The sections are about 2 feet high and as wide and they sit on the other side of a wire fence that was covered with blackberry vines. Blackberry vines had covered the fence and the trunk sections until I cleared them out; they are in my neighbor's lot which is also covered with blackberry vines, but not as much as my lot had been. I was at the bottom of the slope today right before sunset and was surprised to see two swarms of dry wood termites come out of two different stacks of the trunk sections. I'd like to know what is the best way to deal with these things (or, rather, I should say how should my neighbor deal with them since they are on his property). What sort of treatment should be used and is it necessary to spray the area around the stacked trunk sections? Thanks in advance for any help.

I was at my cabin this past weekend. Went to bed in the loft at about midnight and heard crunching sounds coming from the ceiling/wall (it is an A-frame structure). It sounded just like my cat eating dried cat food. I reached over to see if the cat was on the bed and she was, so it was not her. The sound was from inside the wall/roof. What the heck could this be? Bats? Carpenter ants? It was quite loud and was not a rustling sound like I would think bats would make. We looked outside the building and I can find no place for anything (big) to get in. Any ideas you have would be greatly appreciated. The sound was not from the peak of the building, but from near the floor of the loft (about 6 feet down from the peak, inside the roof/wall).