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
Did you read our blog post and ask “Who?” and “What?” Twenty seven years ago this August we got home from summer camp and had to catch up on the movies we missed, especially “Back To The Future,” which was the big hit of 1985. (Spoiler Alert for anyone who hasn’t seen this classic.) At
Be careful outside this year! West Nile virus cases have reached record levels in the US. Climate changes causing heat waves and droughts are thought to be among the reasons, with higher temperatures fostering faster reproduction of both the mosquito and the virus. As Reuters reported: A total of 1,590 cases of West Nile virus, including
They says politics make strange bed fellows. While we are NOT political in this blog or as a company, we do know all about strange bed fellows. Don’t worry, we’re not going to comment on politics even though the national political conventions are taking place this week and next. We appreciate how political cartoonists use their art for very
How bad are New York City’s rat and rodent problems this summer? See this excerpt from the recent New York Times’ article on the NY Rat Academy’s classes on the Upper West Side: Manhattan borough president, Scott M. Stringer, welcomed the students. “The rats on my block, they don’t scurry anymore,” he said, noting that
How big a problem are bird collisions for planes? They’ve quintupled in the last 20 years! See the AP’s new article: An audit of the Federal Airline Administration’s efforts to curb bird strikes of airplanes cited a five-fold increase in bird strikes over the last two decades, from 1,770 reported in 1990 to 9,840 reported
Thanks for all your requests for our Insect Music series, published on Fridays on this blog. We’re glad to be back this week with the PG-version of Papa Roach’s “Last Resort.” (Yes, PG is read as “sensored,” but are curses really hidden when the words are silenced or bleeped, and you can still easily fill
This is the best summary that we’ve seen of the recent study that over the counter foggers don’t work to eliminate bed bugs. Thanks to the Atlantic Magazine for boiling it down. In sum, foggers don’t reach the places bed bugs hide. And if the fog does reach the insects, the chemicals most likely don’t kill
In our 50 years in the pest control business, Bell Environmental has earned a reputation for providing top quality service. We are often asked to bid on pest control situations in hospitals, office buildings, schools, residential apartment complexes, and other places in which there are really bad problems. The managers are dissatisfied with their incumbent