Bed bugs are here to stay. Despite increased awareness of bed bug infestation, problems continue to surface.
VIEW MOREAre you traveling this holiday season? Make sure if you’re staying at a friends and or hotel you do not bring bed bugs back to your house.
VIEW MOREAsk any pest management professional. You’ll hear that bed bugs are indeed much harder to control than most other household pests. A 2013 national survey of pest control companies found that the time spent on an initial service for an average size bed bug infestation ranged from one hour to more than five hours, with
VIEW MOREYou might have thought that the bed bug scare was declining because you weren’t hearing about them as often anymore. Not so, according to Virginia Tech bed bug expert and professor Dr. Dini Miller. “We’re into bed bugs now and forever,” Miller said. Not only are bed bugs not declining, but the numbers of bed
VIEW MOREQuestion I’m trying to get my second grade daughter ready to go back to school. Unfortunately, in her classroom, all of the kids hang their backpacks and book bags up on pegs where they touch each other. I read that head lice like to hide in bags and packs so I’m worried about her bringing
VIEW MOREQuestion I manage a small apartment building, just four rental units. One tenant just advised me that he has bed bugs and he wants me to have his apartment treated. His neighbor next door is allergic to chemicals and won’t allow any pesticides anywhere near her apartment. Will a really thorough vacuuming with a crevice
VIEW MOREQuestion We had a bed bug problem in our apartment a few months ago and I think they’re gone. We’re getting ready to move to another city but I’m worried that there might still be bed bug eggs in our things and that we could take them with us to the new place. What can
VIEW MOREQuestion We just had our follow-up treatment for a bed bug infestation. Hopefully we’re done with them. Now I want to get a new bed and new bedroom furniture to make sure we don’t get re-infested from the old stuff. The pest control technician said not to do that. Why? Answer The technician is confident
VIEW MOREQuestion Our daughter just graduated high school and will be going away to college in just a couple of months. She’ll be living in the dorms and it seems like I’m reading all the time about college dorms being infested with bed bugs. What can she do to help prevent bed bugs in her dorm
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