Following up on our recent post, we’re shouting a warning that we’ve given in the past: Bed Bug victims should call professionals instead of self-treating problems- and they should stay away from heat treatments of any kind! Simulating fire-like conditions and using heat to eliminate bed bugs can lead to fires! We’ve read about bed
Bed Bug treatments need to be safe, thorough, and effective. One method of treating bed bugs, thermal or radiant heat, fails on at least one of these essential metrics. Bed bug victims should avoid this dangerous approach to resolving bed bugs. Why do we say this now, and again and again? Because late last week we
Our famous canine Roscoe the Bed Bug Dog is taking over today’s blog. Hi – Roscoe here. Our canine team is enjoying the holidays. Tonight we’re staying up late telling old stories and sharing our favorite bones. Tomorrow we hope Santa brings us our fondest wish – a new XBox! We’ll also settle for some
Well known children’s book author David Shannon just published a new book about lice called “Bugs In My Hair!” David Shannon's Book "Bugs In My Hair!" David Shannon’s Book “Bugs In My Hair!” His publisher described the book as a humorous take on battling head lice. This book is guaranteed to make you laugh, and
We know the scientists reading this blog will find this joke funny…. A scientist has two large jars in front of him. One jar contains many fleas, the other jar is empty. He gently removes a flea from the flea jar, places it on the table before the empty jar, steps back, and commands “Jump,”
Joke of the Week: Dan Soder It’s better to watch Dan Soder reference our favorite insect in his act, rather than reading his act on this page. So, please click here to see his Comedy Central set discussing Hipsters. BTW – Do you know what’s a Hipster and if you are one? Click here.
Who says NY’s bed bug problems are solved? Not Bell Environmental! We’ve been extra busy this month eliminating bed bugs in homes and offices, and we apologize missed a few days of on our schedule of blog entries…… Have you seen this article in today’s NY Daily News “Bed Bugs Camping Out In Lower Manhattan
We don’t usually feature songs that have topped the Billboard Top 100, but it’s nice to mix things up in our Insect Music video series with a little synthpop. (For a history of synthpop, click here. You’ll have flashbacks to the 1980s, including Howard Jones, Depeche Mode, Erasure, A-ha, Erasure, and Yaz.) This week’s music
Now that the elections in New Jersey, New York City and Virginia are done, let’s go back to worrying about what’s really important on the east coast- stink bugs! These ugly insects are a problem from the Northeast all the way to Georgia. As the fall air turns cold, swarms of brown marmorated stink bugs
It’s time to mix up our music series- and move from insects to rodents, and once in a while to another day of the week. We couldn’t think of a better way to include the The Boomtown Rats’ “I Don’t Like Mondays.” Here are the official video: and an live performance of the song at