Bell Environmental is not alone in highlighting how bed bugs are a real problem! The National Pest Management Association just announced that pest control companies across the country are seeing more bed bug service calls this summer compared to last year, with some reporting increases of up to 25 percent. “For anyone who may think
We don’t get political on this blog, but like the politicians and reporters heading into an election, we rarely take a day off, and we’re not above grabbing a timely headline as the subject for a blog entry - especially before topics get so far away from us that our comment would be irrelevant and make
After last week’s “Boll Weevil” songs, we’re following up with another golden oldie that we love. Here’s Fats Domino singing “Bo Weevil” – which we think is a close enough title to include in this series. Enjoy and have a great weekend!
Long before there was buzz about Apple’s new iPhone, iPad mini, or any of the apps or games that you could play on these devices (or apps that you can download), Alfred Hitchcock had his own Angry Birds. If you’ve never seen the movie “The Birds,” there’s a special screening of Hitchcock’s frightfest in theaters
We’re proud to post and publish our 100th entry on Bell-Environmental.com’s blog, where we provide advice on and answers to pest control questions and health issues, share bed bug avoidance tips, comment on pop culture, and provide a little humor and music. As we recently published, the West Nile Virus carried by mosquitoes has been a
Apple’s CEO announced the new iPhone 5 today. During his presentation Tim Cook called the device the company’s thinnest, lightest smartphone ever. The phone will run on higher speed LTE networks. The iPhone 5 is made out of glass and aluminum. It has a larger screen that now shows five rows of icons. It looks really
We enjoy reading the The New York Times including its Metropolitan Diary column. The newspaper just published this conversation as one of its “Tales From The City”: Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, 8:30 a.m. Overheard on the M96: Riding the crosstown bus on a steamy summer morning crowded with freshly showered folk en route to work, I overheard
We’re sorry it took us so long to get to this request from one of Roscoe the Bed Bug Dog’s Facebook fans. Let us tell you a story about a Boll Weevil (which if you didn’t know is a beetle that lives in cotton fields) ….. Here’s the song as Leadbelly’s 1934 blues recording, and Brooke
We’ve long warned that rodents (and the parasites they carry) are not just a nuisance, they pose serious direct health threats, as well as indirect health threats. Rodents carry viruses and other problems that can result in complaints, violations, fines and even litigation. In case you missed it this weekend, the Associated Press reported “Mouse-Borne
It’s Back To School for students, families, teachers, and administrators nationwide! It’s important for schools to be prepared for many things during the 2012-3 school year – not least of which is bed bugs! The government has provided fresh resources for school districts to teach their staff about this widespread epidemic. We encourage schools, teachers, and