Every year, we open our homes to spend the holidays with close friends and family. From Thanksgiving to New Year’s, millions of people travel by plane, train or automobile to spend time with their loved ones. But in addition to clean sheets and towels, holiday hosts should also prepare their homes for an unexpected visitor… Continue reading Bed Bug FREE Holidays
Category: Bed Bugs New York
BED BUG FUMIGATION SPECIALISTS (BBFS) TO INTRODUCE NEW “CIMEX SMART CUBE” AT NEW YORK PEST EXPO 2011
–NEW Bed Bug Elimination Cube offers On-Site Bed Bug Control and Elimination Technology in a Safe, Convenient, Affordable and Effective Way to All — New York, November 3, 2011 – Bed Bug Fumigation Specialists, www.bedbugfumigators.com, the first company specializing in eradicating bed bug infestations using the industry-leading Vikane® gas fumigant, announces a new bed bug… Continue reading BED BUG FUMIGATION SPECIALISTS (BBFS) TO INTRODUCE NEW “CIMEX SMART CUBE” AT NEW YORK PEST EXPO 2011
Don’t bring THEM home…
The next time that you travel, you might want to follow these tips: Use a flashlight or UV light to inspect your hotel room for live bed bugs or evidence of activity such as fecal material, shed skins or bloodspots. If room is suspect, request a different room. Using a business card and hand lens… Continue reading Don’t bring THEM home…
CDC Study: One Death, 100+ Illnesses linked to Bed Bug Targeting Insecticides
Thinking about tackling that bed bug problem in your building by yourself? You might want to think again or at least get a second opinion before you pull the pin on that “bug bomb” in your hand. According to a recent report by the CDC and EPA, from 2003-2010 nearly 111 cases of illness and… Continue reading CDC Study: One Death, 100+ Illnesses linked to Bed Bug Targeting Insecticides
Bedbugs in Hotels: New Data behind the Growing Epidemic
SEATTLE, Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Thousands of US travelers hoped that the bedbugs wouldn’t bite this summer but reports show that they did, at an outstanding rate. In the wake of the 2010 Bedbug Epidemic the number of bedbug reports for 2011 (January 1–September 1) shattered 2010 totals by more than 660%.… Continue reading Bedbugs in Hotels: New Data behind the Growing Epidemic
Top 10 Bed Bug Infestation Spots
Sure, we’ve all heard the nursery rhyme, and we’ve all seen the pictures of rooms cluttered with bed bugs, their nasty skins and droppings, and read the news stories about bed bug infestations, their resistance to pesticides and how they are increasing to pandemic levels throughout the United States. But you are still thinking that… Continue reading Top 10 Bed Bug Infestation Spots
“BedBuggedNYC” : 9/15/11
BRICKUNDERGROUND TO HOLD MEETUP: “BedBuggedNYC”: Thursday, September 15th, 6:30pm-8:30pm –Event Co-Hosted by Neighborhood Social Networking Site Romio.com and Sponsored by Bed Bug Fumigation Specialists– New York, August 22, 2011 –BrickUnderground, http://www.BrickUnderground.com, the online survival guide to finding a NYC apartment and living through the aftermath, has announced its second Meetup event, “BedBuggedNYC.” The free, panel-style event… Continue reading “BedBuggedNYC” : 9/15/11
Bed Bug FREE moving
Once virtually eradicated in the United States, bed bugs have become America’s pest nightmare, especially here in the five boroughs of New York City. Bed bugs are the ultimate hitchhikers, no place is immune from them — homes, apartments, offices, hospitals, assisted living facilities and even five-star hotels. Bed Bugs hide in furniture, mattresses, box… Continue reading Bed Bug FREE moving
Bed Bug Checkpoint
Recently, Habitat Magazine published an interesting article, written by Tom Soter, detailing how Pride Property Management is implementing a new move-in/move-out policy in their buildings to ensure that their for-sale units are free of bed bugs. These days, Alex Kuffel treats the warning he first heard as a child very seriously: “We used to say, ‘Sleep… Continue reading Bed Bug Checkpoint
NPMA: How to Avoid Bedbugs While Traveling
Frommers.com Wednesday, April 13, 2011 They’re back and they’re bigger than ever: After a decades-long hiatus, bedbugs have made a creepy-crawly comeback in hotels, office buildings, department stores — you name it — all across the U.S. In fact, according to a recent poll conducted by the National Pest Management Association(www.pestworld.org), 95% of the pest control… Continue reading NPMA: How to Avoid Bedbugs While Traveling