The NY Daily News reported on two recent bed bug incidents and issues in New York City Schools. The first article focused on a Brooklyn school, PS 224. The article states that the school’s problem is much worse than the DOE acknowledges. Parents are keeping their kids out of school to avoid these insects. The
We’re continuing our new series of Insect Music blog entries. Who can follow the Beatles and Adam Ant? How about a pop legend? Michael Jackson. While we can’t stretch “Beat It,” “Thriller,” “Dirty Diana,” “Off The Wall,” or even “Bad” to have anything to do with insects, Michael’s first hit single “Ben” is actually about a rat, (no
When we focus our blog posts on one industry, it’s because we have something important to explain. This is our second post on Restaurants and Pest Issues, and we want to spell out the rising stakes for restaurants owners of poor pest control services. Mice, rats, roaches, and flies in your kitchen and dining rooms mean
We’re continuing our series of blog posts on Insect Music. As requested by one of Roscoe the Bed Bug Dog’s favorite Facebook fans, we’re moving directly to Adam Ant: And if you prefer Adam and the Ants, enjoy Stand and Deliver. If that got you excited and took you back 30 years to the Second British
We mark the debut of our new weekly “Insect Music” series (not music for or by insects) with one of the biggest moments in television history: The Beatles’ First Appearance on Ed Sullivan! Enjoy, sing or scream along, and watch this blog for more videos!
It’s been a big week and year for The Simpsons. Congratulations to the Matt Groening and the Simpsons on: Reaching their 500th episode and becoming the longest running sitcom in television history! (We know it happened a few weeks ago, but we had to wait until after our Bed Bug Humor series began to blog
The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) is the trade association for companies in the pest control industry, including Bell Environmental Services. In 2012 the NPMA issued its updated “Best Management Practices for Bed Bugs.” We highlight this now because bed bugs are more prevalent in warm weather and consumer do and should research the best
Below is a guest column from Roscoe the Bed Bug Dog. He’s taking a break from his Facebook and Twitter posts to write a longer commentary here on Bell Environmental’s Blog. For more frequent comments from Roscoe with bed bug advice and lots of pop culture references, become a fan on Facebook and follow him
We recently received an alert about a new bed bug detection product that was described on one of the New York blogs. and promoted by a bed bug blog. What’s the product? A new $30 kit that customers for people to swab little black dots and determine if they are bed bug droppings. It may be effective,
Bed bugs are a sensitive subject for people and so are politics. We don’t discuss politics with our friends, or on this blog, but we do appreciate it when bed bugs are inserted into a topical themes and pop culture and we want to share clever bed bug humor with our readers. Here’s a smart,