The lenders say that they require this information to protect the buyer from expensive surprise repairs after settlement. That may be true to some extent, but lenders really need that wood-destroying insect inspection report to protect themselves. The buyer is not the only one with a financial investment in that new purchase.
VIEW MOREThe tem ‘green pesticide’ certainly sounds like an oxymoron, because how can something that kills be ‘green’? Well, the search for more target specific active ingredients for insecticides has produced some amazing discoveries in the past few years. The compound I’d like to bring your attention is chlorantraniliprole, which is the first in an entirely
VIEW MORELadybug on a leafThe National Pest Management Association has just published its “Bug Barometer” which predicts upcoming pest activity for various parts of the country based on the winter weather in each region. In case you’ve already forgotten, our winter weather in Massachusetts and New Hampshire amounted to “excessive snowfall and frigid temperatures.”
VIEW MOREWintertime is the time for colds, the flu, and allergies too. Insect allergens (cockroaches, lady beetles, and perhaps bed bugs) are associated with asthma.
VIEW MOREThe Cooperative Extension Service (CES) was established by the federal government back in 1914 as a way to get research-based information to people to help them improve their lives.
VIEW MOREHahaha, you have to love living in New England during the winter. Here I was thinking we were headed for a brown winter with no snow on the ground at Christmas time and just a little crust of ice on the ground just a bit over two weeks ago then shazam, now we’re buried! The
VIEW MOREHere in the Northeast, we’re getting no relief from the relentless winter. If it’s not snowing, it’s icing. The victory parade for the New England Patriots was delayed due to even more snow in the schedule. Now, thanks to Punxsutawney Phil, we’re scheduled to endure at least another 6 weeks of winter. February 2, Groundhog
VIEW MOREShe did it all for the sake of science. Biologist Regine Gries became a human pincushion for a thousand hungry bed bugs. And she did it over and over again every night for five years! Gries and her husband, Gerhard, are biologists at Simon Fraser University. For eight years, they have been studying bed bugs. If
VIEW MOREIn the pest control industry, we call them total release foggers, or TRFs, but you call them “bug bombs” or “foggers.” I’m talking about those pressurized aerosol cans that many folks think are the only way to get rid of just about any kind of pest. The “bombs” are set off to fill an area
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