Every year about this time, we post a blog or two about how to avoid bed bugs when traveling and staying in hotels or motels. In the past, we’ve provided general information in these blogs: Bed Bug Prevention for Travelers Holiday Travel? Worried About Bed Bugs? Here’s How Hotels Inspect This time we provide inspection
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My daughter just got back from a school trip to Arizona and she has itchy bites all over her legs. They stayed in a dorm-like hostel and I think it had bed bugs. How can you tell if a bite is from a bed bug? K. H., Boston, MA You can’t. The reason is that
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Absolutely, you say. Don’t be so sure. It’s surprising the number of people who coexist with bed bugs and don’t even know it. A research team from Rutgers University found that one in every eight low-income apartments in New Jersey had bed bugs…and 50% of the time, the residents didn’t even know it! The researchers
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As summer travel season gets under way, the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) wants to promote public awareness about bed bugs during its annual Bed Bug Awareness Week. “We’ve witnessed a significant resurgence in recent years, “ said Cindy Mannes, executive director of the Professional Pest Management Alliance. “And while pest control companies are battling
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Got red satin sheets on your bed? If so, and if you have bed bugs, new research might have you considering a switch to bleached white sheets instead. Researchers say that bed bugs prefer the colors red and black and shun bright whites. A research team from Union College in Nebraska and the University of
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Our office manager at work told us someone found a bed bug in one of the offices down the hall. Now everyone is freaking out, worried about getting bitten or that we might take bed bugs home. Could that happen? V. B., Deerfield, NH First, I hope that your office has contacted a professional exterminator
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Have you ever been tempted to buy a “new” mattress that was labeled as “Reconditioned?” You better think again. That used mattress may not have been reconditioned at all. There are also unscrupulous companies that collect discarded mattresses and then re-sell them as new to unknowing consumers. Their suppliers are paid about $5 for each
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For the fourth time, the National Pest Management Association has conducted a nation-wide poll of member pest control companies about their experiences in treating for bed bugs. The 2015 survey of 236 companies confirmed that bed bugs are still a very real problem. We sometimes forget that bed bugs are a relatively new pest, at
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Most everyone in the country by now knows that bed bugs are an ongoing problem with no easy answer. Those of us who work in the pest control industry know that the most challenging part of bed bug control involves multi-family housing or apartment complexes. Not only do you have a lot of residences basically
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