Luckily, Prototype is here to translate: Move over, bloodhounds, there’s a new odor detector in town.

The Wasp Hound, designed by the two scientists, is a hand-held device containing five parasitic wasps. These flying, stinger-less insects have outperformed dogs in tests that measure scent detection of cadavers, but research shows that they can be taught to sniff out anything: explosives, drugs and even that newly resurgent scourge: bedbugs.

Yes, wasps can be taught to react to the whiff of bedbugs’ pheromones. All that Mr. Rains and Mr. Lewis say they need to get their company, SmartHound Technologies, on the road to addressing the nation’s outbreak of bloodsucking pests — among many other problems — is $200,000. But so far, raising capital for research and development has been a challenge.

“If you suddenly discover a new chemical, there’s all kinds of chemical companies,” Mr. Lewis says. “All you have to do is plug it in to an existing infrastructure.” But when it comes to training bugs to swarm, no infrastructure exists. “So we’ve got this new tool with this big gap that we need to cross,” he adds. “At this point, that’s where we’re at: How can we get across that divide and take it to the marketplace?”

The Wasp Hound provides a window into the difficult process of turning scientific research — especially groundbreaking research — into a marketable product. Mr. Rains, 45, an associate professor at the University of Georgia, and Mr. Lewis, 68, a retired research entomologist who worked for nearly 40 years for the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, have jointly patented the Wasp Hound with their respective institutions. They have teamed with the Georgia Centers of Innovation, a state economic development program, to begin attracting investors. But they know they face an uphill battle.

“The term ‘wasp’ elicits a certain fear, though ours don’t sting people and are friendly,” Mr. Lewis says. Then there’s this problem: “We don’t know how to work with people who are venture capitalists. That’s not our thing; we’re scientists. I guess you’d say we’ve floundered a little bit.”

The genesis of the Wasp Hound goes back to 1988, when Mr. Lewis and a colleague, J. H. Tumlinson, published a paper in the scientific journal Nature that demonstrated how the associative learning process used by insects rivals that of higher organisms. These findings, which spawned more published papers — and which Mr. Lewis says were so radical that “had we suggested them 25 years earlier, we would have been laughed out of our profession” — led to the idea that wasps, like dogs, could potentially be used to detect targets.

First, Mr. Lewis and his colleagues had to answer an important question. While their research showed that wasps were undeniably learning and responding to chemicals and stimuli within their natural context, it was less clear whether they could learn to track things not found in their habitats: incendiary devices, say, or the chemicals typically used in arson. The answer: “We found they could detect almost anything.”

Then it became an engineering problem: how to design a tool that harnessed this insect’s skills in a way that people could easily use? That’s where Mr. Rains came in. “We devised a way of detecting the change in behavior of the wasps that would tell us when they detected an odor,” he says. “Pavlov’s dog, when you rang the bell, would always salivate. Well, wasps don’t salivate, but we found some specific behaviors they did do.”

When wasps have been trained to associate a particular odor with a reward — a good, long drink of sugar water — they get excited when they smell it. “They really move around,” Mr. Lewis says. “Like pigs to a trough.” But unlike pigs, these adult wasps live only about three weeks.

Building the Wasp Hound was a process of trial and error. The first device designed by Mr. Rains required the wasps to head toward the odor source by crawling through an opening equipped with an infrared signal that, when interrupted, would alert researchers that the odor was present. But the system didn’t provide immediate results necessary to track an odor to its exact location. “You could tell well before the wasps actually went in the hole that they’d discovered the odor,” Mr. Rains says.

That prototype was scrapped, and another was designed. This one was equipped with a fan that pulls air into it. If being used in a hotel room, say, it would be aimed at the headboard of the bed, a common spot for bedbugs. A cartridge that contains five wasps is popped into the device. A camera tracks the wasps’ movements, and those images are fed into a software program that measures food-searching behavior — what nonscientists would call swarming. “It tells us, usually within about 20 seconds, if they’ve detected the odor,” Mr. Rains said.

MR. LEWIS says he believes the Wasp Hound could be the first of a series of products that put to use what “nature invented first.” With Mr. Tumlinson and another colleague, T. C .J. Turlings, he published an article in the journal Science in 1990, for example, that showed that when a plant is stressed — a corn seedling, say, being eaten by beet army worms — it actually sends distress signals, emitting odors that attract the natural enemies of the pests. He says he can envision using certain plants as “sentinels” for particular chemicals.

“There’s all kinds of ways that harvesting natural systems could create tools,” he says “We’re just at the tip of the iceberg of potential. An association of industries could develop around it once we make this happen.”

But first, they need the Wasp Hound to pave the way by showing there’s a market. While they hope to eventually use the product for all kinds of detection — from forensics to food safety — they are counting on the furor surrounding bedbugs to encourage people to give their wasps a chance. A market price for the product has not yet been determined.

The short life span of the wasps may be a drawback, but the insects can be produced “in large numbers at pennies per thousand,” Mr. Lewis said. In other words, dogs may be man’s best friend, but wasps are cheaper.

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Luckily, Prototype is here to translate: Move over, bloodhounds, there’s a new odor detector in town.

The Wasp Hound, designed by the two scientists, is a hand-held device containing five parasitic wasps. These flying, stinger-less insects have outperformed dogs in tests that measure scent detection of cadavers, but research shows that they can be taught to sniff out anything: explosives, drugs and even that newly resurgent scourge: bedbugs.

Yes, wasps can be taught to react to the whiff of bedbugs’ pheromones. All that Mr. Rains and Mr. Lewis say they need to get their company, SmartHound Technologies, on the road to addressing the nation’s outbreak of bloodsucking pests — among many other problems — is $200,000. But so far, raising capital for research and development has been a challenge.

“If you suddenly discover a new chemical, there’s all kinds of chemical companies,” Mr. Lewis says. “All you have to do is plug it in to an existing infrastructure.” But when it comes to training bugs to swarm, no infrastructure exists. “So we’ve got this new tool with this big gap that we need to cross,” he adds. “At this point, that’s where we’re at: How can we get across that divide and take it to the marketplace?”

The Wasp Hound provides a window into the difficult process of turning scientific research — especially groundbreaking research — into a marketable product. Mr. Rains, 45, an associate professor at the University of Georgia, and Mr. Lewis, 68, a retired research entomologist who worked for nearly 40 years for the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, have jointly patented the Wasp Hound with their respective institutions. They have teamed with the Georgia Centers of Innovation, a state economic development program, to begin attracting investors. But they know they face an uphill battle.

“The term ‘wasp’ elicits a certain fear, though ours don’t sting people and are friendly,” Mr. Lewis says. Then there’s this problem: “We don’t know how to work with people who are venture capitalists. That’s not our thing; we’re scientists. I guess you’d say we’ve floundered a little bit.”

The genesis of the Wasp Hound goes back to 1988, when Mr. Lewis and a colleague, J. H. Tumlinson, published a paper in the scientific journal Nature that demonstrated how the associative learning process used by insects rivals that of higher organisms. These findings, which spawned more published papers — and which Mr. Lewis says were so radical that “had we suggested them 25 years earlier, we would have been laughed out of our profession” — led to the idea that wasps, like dogs, could potentially be used to detect targets.

First, Mr. Lewis and his colleagues had to answer an important question. While their research showed that wasps were undeniably learning and responding to chemicals and stimuli within their natural context, it was less clear whether they could learn to track things not found in their habitats: incendiary devices, say, or the chemicals typically used in arson. The answer: “We found they could detect almost anything.”

Then it became an engineering problem: how to design a tool that harnessed this insect’s skills in a way that people could easily use? That’s where Mr. Rains came in. “We devised a way of detecting the change in behavior of the wasps that would tell us when they detected an odor,” he says. “Pavlov’s dog, when you rang the bell, would always salivate. Well, wasps don’t salivate, but we found some specific behaviors they did do.”

When wasps have been trained to associate a particular odor with a reward — a good, long drink of sugar water — they get excited when they smell it. “They really move around,” Mr. Lewis says. “Like pigs to a trough.” But unlike pigs, these adult wasps live only about three weeks.

Building the Wasp Hound was a process of trial and error. The first device designed by Mr. Rains required the wasps to head toward the odor source by crawling through an opening equipped with an infrared signal that, when interrupted, would alert researchers that the odor was present. But the system didn’t provide immediate results necessary to track an odor to its exact location. “You could tell well before the wasps actually went in the hole that they’d discovered the odor,” Mr. Rains says.

That prototype was scrapped, and another was designed. This one was equipped with a fan that pulls air into it. If being used in a hotel room, say, it would be aimed at the headboard of the bed, a common spot for bedbugs. A cartridge that contains five wasps is popped into the device. A camera tracks the wasps’ movements, and those images are fed into a software program that measures food-searching behavior — what nonscientists would call swarming. “It tells us, usually within about 20 seconds, if they’ve detected the odor,” Mr. Rains said.

MR. LEWIS says he believes the Wasp Hound could be the first of a series of products that put to use what “nature invented first.” With Mr. Tumlinson and another colleague, T. C .J. Turlings, he published an article in the journal Science in 1990, for example, that showed that when a plant is stressed — a corn seedling, say, being eaten by beet army worms — it actually sends distress signals, emitting odors that attract the natural enemies of the pests. He says he can envision using certain plants as “sentinels” for particular chemicals.

“There’s all kinds of ways that harvesting natural systems could create tools,” he says “We’re just at the tip of the iceberg of potential. An association of industries could develop around it once we make this happen.”

But first, they need the Wasp Hound to pave the way by showing there’s a market. While they hope to eventually use the product for all kinds of detection — from forensics to food safety — they are counting on the furor surrounding bedbugs to encourage people to give their wasps a chance. A market price for the product has not yet been determined.

The short life span of the wasps may be a drawback, but the insects can be produced “in large numbers at pennies per thousand,” Mr. Lewis said. In other words, dogs may be man’s best friend, but wasps are cheaper.

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Those actions by flea pests are quite significantly intense throughout specific seasons of the year it was why mange spray is manufactured. It can be because of this that you have to go in mange spray so that you can safeguard your cat from these detrimental pests.

It is crucial to note that compared to a number of the other products on the market this is fairly significantly safer. This is due to the fact it can be developed under tough polices coupled with the best of ingredients which don’t cause any injury to users and also the cats.

Allow us to then examine this concern in higher detail.
The main reason why the mange spray is secure is because it can be mostly recommended and bought by way of an authorized vet’s office. Therefore if you’re extremely much concerned about regardless of whether it really is safe you must get hold of your veterinary doctor.

The official web site of the firm says how they decide to spread this product via their official vets since they are able to make informed judgements concerning no matter whether the product is appropriate or secure for a certain cat or not. In this way the protection criterion is shifted onto the well being professionals around.
It would appeal to your interest to know that the mange spray has become cleared by various experts. The approval has long been done for usage on even pregnant and lactating cats and dogs, dogs of any size, remedy for sarcoptic mange on dogs and the treatments for flea in general on cats and dogs.


The approval of this mange spray by them signifies that the ingredients that are utilised in generating the product don’t genuinely cause any possible trouble for users along with the pets in certain.

The components of the mange spray could include Fipronil which is often a really active ingredient responsible for positive results coming from the usage of the merchandise. There is also the methroprene which is the additive for the killing of the flea eggs. The protection that’s offered by this product is anticipated to continue for thirty days on the cat irrespective of any exercises that it undertakes.

Moreover it’s expected that the product would be quite significantly potent within twenty four hours of application. For those pets that like swimming, it really is still secure for them as the product is waterproof. The mange spray for that reason is one of the safest flea control merchandise you can ever uncover on the market today.



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Those actions by flea pests are quite significantly intense throughout specific seasons of the year it was why mange spray is manufactured. It can be because of this that you have to go in mange spray so that you can safeguard your cat from these detrimental pests.

It is crucial to note that compared to a number of the other products on the market this is fairly significantly safer. This is due to the fact it can be developed under tough polices coupled with the best of ingredients which don’t cause any injury to users and also the cats.

Allow us to then examine this concern in higher detail.
The main reason why the mange spray is secure is because it can be mostly recommended and bought by way of an authorized vet’s office. Therefore if you’re extremely much concerned about regardless of whether it really is safe you must get hold of your veterinary doctor.

The official web site of the firm says how they decide to spread this product via their official vets since they are able to make informed judgements concerning no matter whether the product is appropriate or secure for a certain cat or not. In this way the protection criterion is shifted onto the well being professionals around.
It would appeal to your interest to know that the mange spray has become cleared by various experts. The approval has long been done for usage on even pregnant and lactating cats and dogs, dogs of any size, remedy for sarcoptic mange on dogs and the treatments for flea in general on cats and dogs.


The approval of this mange spray by them signifies that the ingredients that are utilised in generating the product don’t genuinely cause any possible trouble for users along with the pets in certain.

The components of the mange spray could include Fipronil which is often a really active ingredient responsible for positive results coming from the usage of the merchandise. There is also the methroprene which is the additive for the killing of the flea eggs. The protection that’s offered by this product is anticipated to continue for thirty days on the cat irrespective of any exercises that it undertakes.

Moreover it’s expected that the product would be quite significantly potent within twenty four hours of application. For those pets that like swimming, it really is still secure for them as the product is waterproof. The mange spray for that reason is one of the safest flea control merchandise you can ever uncover on the market today.



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In this episode Jeff will discuss the differences in bed bug treatments when the infestation is in a stand-alone, single family house vs. an apartment vs. a townhouse or condominium. From a treatment perspective, the manner with which a pest control company treats bed bugs shouldnt differ depending on a structure. For the most part, the way a company treats a bed in an apartment shouldnt differ from the way it is treated in a house. Where these treatments start to differ is when you start to consider surrounding unit concerns. In a stand-alone, single family home, surrounding units arent a concern. In an apartment, the property management will need to be involved in order to gain access to the surrounding units to make sure that the known infestation wasnt caused by one of the surrounding apartments. In condominiums, townhouses and row-homes, this process can become more complex due to the fact that the surrounding homes could be owned by different people and different management companies and they may not be interesting in allowing you to inspect their home. If that is the case, and they do have bed bugs, it may be almost impossible to eliminate the bugs in the known infestation if they are originating from a surrounding unit that the pest control company is unable to address.


Bed Bugs is a short film originally shown as part of Channel 4's Coming Up season in 2004(?). Synopsis: Ian come down to London to escape his previous life and responsibilities. In London he meets Max.



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In this episode Jeff will discuss the differences in bed bug treatments when the infestation is in a stand-alone, single family house vs. an apartment vs. a townhouse or condominium. From a treatment perspective, the manner with which a pest control company treats bed bugs shouldnt differ depending on a structure. For the most part, the way a company treats a bed in an apartment shouldnt differ from the way it is treated in a house. Where these treatments start to differ is when you start to consider surrounding unit concerns. In a stand-alone, single family home, surrounding units arent a concern. In an apartment, the property management will need to be involved in order to gain access to the surrounding units to make sure that the known infestation wasnt caused by one of the surrounding apartments. In condominiums, townhouses and row-homes, this process can become more complex due to the fact that the surrounding homes could be owned by different people and different management companies and they may not be interesting in allowing you to inspect their home. If that is the case, and they do have bed bugs, it may be almost impossible to eliminate the bugs in the known infestation if they are originating from a surrounding unit that the pest control company is unable to address.


Bed Bugs is a short film originally shown as part of Channel 4's Coming Up season in 2004(?). Synopsis: Ian come down to London to escape his previous life and responsibilities. In London he meets Max.



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Grape planting wouldn’t have been the same without the presence of bug control measures. Such measures are used to keep the grape fruits unfettered by any sort of illnesses and insects.

This art of safeguarding the grape cultivation is widely implemented for little scale as well as gigantic scale production. Being a delightful and sweet fruit, the grape fruit have high probabilities of getting attacked by insects, animals, and sicknesses.

A foundation for growing healthy plants is always providing the correct soil. And let us not forget that raising healthy robust plants will go along way towards minimizing the consequences of pests. Organic insecticides are available for buying. A number of them, like pyrethrum for example, are similarly threatening for humans as they’re for pests.

A mix of 2-3 garlic cloves, 3-4 big chili peppers and two large spoons of some vegetable oil, mixed well in your blender, then strained and added to one litre of water and one spoon of natural soap ( or dishwashing soap ) makes a stronger home made solution for fighting bugs.

When spraying this on your plants, avoid spraying during mid day or in actually hot weather, because that can harm the leaves on your plants by burning them. This shocks away most animal pests in your garden, even mice and moles if you spray near their holes.

The ladybird is extraordinarily efficient, it eats lots of aphids ( and is pretty to look at ). Remember, daylight, daylight and more daylight! Another good tip for grape pest management is to plant your vines parallel to prevailing winds and where there’s a lot of aeration.

Remove any sick leaves from the plant straight away and keep dead leaves off also. Some of the people advocate the snipping off the leaf above and below a growing vine to minimize the advancement of illness. Call around to discover if they use environmentally safe chemicals or other environmentally safe techniques. You also need to keep the area under the plants as clean as practicable.

Keep an eye fixed on plants that are overpowered with insects and illness. You’ve got to cut that part of the plant off and check for any other areas that might be infected. Don’t forget to stay as safe as feasible if you choose to use acute chemical processes.



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Grape planting wouldn’t have been the same without the presence of bug control measures. Such measures are used to keep the grape fruits unfettered by any sort of illnesses and insects.

This art of safeguarding the grape cultivation is widely implemented for little scale as well as gigantic scale production. Being a delightful and sweet fruit, the grape fruit have high probabilities of getting attacked by insects, animals, and sicknesses.

A foundation for growing healthy plants is always providing the correct soil. And let us not forget that raising healthy robust plants will go along way towards minimizing the consequences of pests. Organic insecticides are available for buying. A number of them, like pyrethrum for example, are similarly threatening for humans as they’re for pests.

A mix of 2-3 garlic cloves, 3-4 big chili peppers and two large spoons of some vegetable oil, mixed well in your blender, then strained and added to one litre of water and one spoon of natural soap ( or dishwashing soap ) makes a stronger home made solution for fighting bugs.

When spraying this on your plants, avoid spraying during mid day or in actually hot weather, because that can harm the leaves on your plants by burning them. This shocks away most animal pests in your garden, even mice and moles if you spray near their holes.

The ladybird is extraordinarily efficient, it eats lots of aphids ( and is pretty to look at ). Remember, daylight, daylight and more daylight! Another good tip for grape pest management is to plant your vines parallel to prevailing winds and where there’s a lot of aeration.

Remove any sick leaves from the plant straight away and keep dead leaves off also. Some of the people advocate the snipping off the leaf above and below a growing vine to minimize the advancement of illness. Call around to discover if they use environmentally safe chemicals or other environmentally safe techniques. You also need to keep the area under the plants as clean as practicable.

Keep an eye fixed on plants that are overpowered with insects and illness. You’ve got to cut that part of the plant off and check for any other areas that might be infected. Don’t forget to stay as safe as feasible if you choose to use acute chemical processes.



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When covering up with a blanket or getting into bed at the end of the day, unwanted pests like bed bugs may also be accompanying a relaxing evening. When it comes to eliminating bed bugs and other household pests like bed bugs, Alliance Environmental Group employs new technology to get rid of them safely. Alliance Environmental Group introduces ThermaPureHeat, a non toxic pest control method that utilizes heat to kill bed bugs, termites, and other pests like bed bugs.

Household scavengers that thrive in mattresses, pillows, quilts and other textiles, bed bugs seek nutrients found in human skin cells and pet dander. Often found in homes and businesses such as hotels, it is important to treat a bed bugs infestation as quickly as possible. ThermaPureHeat provides an environmentally safe process for killing bed bugs without chemicals.
“Bed bugs are not a new problem but we are seeing an increase in bed bugs in the hotel industry,” says Company Spokesperson Bill Wood. “Ideal for homes and businesses, ThermaPureHeat offers a non toxic, minimally invasive method for killing bed bugs. Our customers not only benefit from an environment free of bed bugs, but indoor air quality is also improved through the implementation of ThermaPureHeat.”
The use of heat to kill pests like bed bugs is more effective and safer than the use of chemical treatments and saves customers time and money. While most chemical treatments require evacuation of a structure, ThermaPureHeat produces results in a matter of hours and buildings are safe to re-enter immediately after treatment. ThermaPureHeat works by raising the core temperature of a structure to 140-160 degrees Fahrenheit with the use of specially designed heaters. This non toxic pest control method can be applied to an entire structure or specific areas depending on the severity of the problem. Safe for people and animals, this method kills pests like bed bugs and improves air quality within a building.

“ThermaPureHeat is ideal for homes, hotels, large residential complexes, offices, and other buildings. Treatment can be completed in a matter of hours and our customers can conduct their lives and business as usual,” explains Wood.
Beyond killing bed bugs, ThermaPureHeat may also be used to rid structures of mold, fungus, odors, and mildew. ThermaPureHeat is a convenient, effective, economical, time-saving solution for the elimination of pests like bed bugs and other harmful environmental elements.
For more information about Alliance Environmental Group’s pest and mold removal services please visit Alliance-Enviro.com.

About Alliance Environmental Group
With 51 years of combined experience Alliance Environmental Group provides innovative solutions in the areas of asbestos, lead and mold abatement, demolition, air duct cleaning, pest control, and emergency response. Alliance has successfully completed more than 45,000 remediation projects ranging from bed bugs elimination to residential mold removal in California and surrounding areas.



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When covering up with a blanket or getting into bed at the end of the day, unwanted pests like bed bugs may also be accompanying a relaxing evening. When it comes to eliminating bed bugs and other household pests like bed bugs, Alliance Environmental Group employs new technology to get rid of them safely. Alliance Environmental Group introduces ThermaPureHeat, a non toxic pest control method that utilizes heat to kill bed bugs, termites, and other pests like bed bugs.

Household scavengers that thrive in mattresses, pillows, quilts and other textiles, bed bugs seek nutrients found in human skin cells and pet dander. Often found in homes and businesses such as hotels, it is important to treat a bed bugs infestation as quickly as possible. ThermaPureHeat provides an environmentally safe process for killing bed bugs without chemicals.
“Bed bugs are not a new problem but we are seeing an increase in bed bugs in the hotel industry,” says Company Spokesperson Bill Wood. “Ideal for homes and businesses, ThermaPureHeat offers a non toxic, minimally invasive method for killing bed bugs. Our customers not only benefit from an environment free of bed bugs, but indoor air quality is also improved through the implementation of ThermaPureHeat.”
The use of heat to kill pests like bed bugs is more effective and safer than the use of chemical treatments and saves customers time and money. While most chemical treatments require evacuation of a structure, ThermaPureHeat produces results in a matter of hours and buildings are safe to re-enter immediately after treatment. ThermaPureHeat works by raising the core temperature of a structure to 140-160 degrees Fahrenheit with the use of specially designed heaters. This non toxic pest control method can be applied to an entire structure or specific areas depending on the severity of the problem. Safe for people and animals, this method kills pests like bed bugs and improves air quality within a building.

“ThermaPureHeat is ideal for homes, hotels, large residential complexes, offices, and other buildings. Treatment can be completed in a matter of hours and our customers can conduct their lives and business as usual,” explains Wood.
Beyond killing bed bugs, ThermaPureHeat may also be used to rid structures of mold, fungus, odors, and mildew. ThermaPureHeat is a convenient, effective, economical, time-saving solution for the elimination of pests like bed bugs and other harmful environmental elements.
For more information about Alliance Environmental Group’s pest and mold removal services please visit Alliance-Enviro.com.

About Alliance Environmental Group
With 51 years of combined experience Alliance Environmental Group provides innovative solutions in the areas of asbestos, lead and mold abatement, demolition, air duct cleaning, pest control, and emergency response. Alliance has successfully completed more than 45,000 remediation projects ranging from bed bugs elimination to residential mold removal in California and surrounding areas.



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Say Goodbye to Bed Bugs, Nationally Recognized Pest Control Expert Is Leading Efforts to Exterminate Bed Bugs in the New York City Region

The resurgence of bed bugs in the past few years has brought on the need for more comprehensive solutions and new treatments for this problem. The number of bed bug complaints in New York City tripled from 2004 to 2008, going from more than 1,000 to over 7,000. Residences as well as hotels and motels have suffered in the New York City area from the growing problem of bed bugs.

Bed bugs are developing a resistance to the chemicals that have previously been useful in their extermination and control. Stern Environmental Group is at the cutting edge of testing new technology when it comes to bed bug eradication. One of only several firms using Cryonite in the United States, Stern Environmental Group now provides this new poison-free bed bug eradication treatment that uses the freezing power of Carbon Dioxide snow to rapidly freeze bed bugs in all life phases. This new freezing treatment, which has been popular in Australia and Europe, even kills bed bugs eggs which have typically been immune to traditional chemical treatments.

If you need help for your own bed bug problem or want to know what is happening in the fight against bed bugs, turn to pest control expert Douglas Stern, managing partner of the Stern Environmental Group, LLC. Douglas Stern, who has recently been quoted on bed bugs and other pest control topics in several national publications such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and Business Week, has been in the pest control business for over 10 years. Distressed home and business owners have turned to him for years for successful pest control and now the media is turning to this regional expert too. Stern Environmental Group services clients in the New York City metropolitan area and is based in New Jersey, but advises media from around the country on bed bug control issues.

In addition to providing residential and hospitality industry service for bed bug extermination using Cryonite as well as providing traditional chemical treatments, Stern also sells special bed bug bite proof mattress covers and box spring encasements. These quality covers allow bed bug sufferers to keep expensive bedding after treatment after they have been treated for bed bugs. These special covers made for the pest control industry and extensively tested in the laboratory to be bed bug bite proof and bed bug escape proof, are available for purchase online in the Stern Environmental bed bug product store.

Clients who have suffered with bed bugs have sent the firm unsolicited comments about their experiences with the Stern Environmental Group extermination staff. Here are just a few comments that have been received by Stern Environmental Group recently on their services:

“The service technician responsibly took the time necessary to ensure total extermination of the bugs almost as if he was working in his own home. The methods and processes utilized by Stern ultimately proved to be outstanding since my infestation is now completely remedied.”
“A bed bug infestation is a very disheartening and horrible ordeal to go through and your staff was very kind to us and sensitive to our dilemma.”

“My bed bug problem was eliminated 100%; I can now sleep throughout the night.”
“After just one visit, I am finally bed bug free!”
For additional information on bed bugs and new extermination and control options contact Douglas Stern for media interviews and for residential and hospitality bed bug extermination services in New York City, the New York City metro area, and New Jersey. Stern Environmental Group is a top expert in bed bug eradication and a product resource for bed bug bite proof mattress covers and box spring encasements.
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Say Goodbye to Bed Bugs, Nationally Recognized Pest Control Expert Is Leading Efforts to Exterminate Bed Bugs in the New York City Region

The resurgence of bed bugs in the past few years has brought on the need for more comprehensive solutions and new treatments for this problem. The number of bed bug complaints in New York City tripled from 2004 to 2008, going from more than 1,000 to over 7,000. Residences as well as hotels and motels have suffered in the New York City area from the growing problem of bed bugs.

Bed bugs are developing a resistance to the chemicals that have previously been useful in their extermination and control. Stern Environmental Group is at the cutting edge of testing new technology when it comes to bed bug eradication. One of only several firms using Cryonite in the United States, Stern Environmental Group now provides this new poison-free bed bug eradication treatment that uses the freezing power of Carbon Dioxide snow to rapidly freeze bed bugs in all life phases. This new freezing treatment, which has been popular in Australia and Europe, even kills bed bugs eggs which have typically been immune to traditional chemical treatments.

If you need help for your own bed bug problem or want to know what is happening in the fight against bed bugs, turn to pest control expert Douglas Stern, managing partner of the Stern Environmental Group, LLC. Douglas Stern, who has recently been quoted on bed bugs and other pest control topics in several national publications such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and Business Week, has been in the pest control business for over 10 years. Distressed home and business owners have turned to him for years for successful pest control and now the media is turning to this regional expert too. Stern Environmental Group services clients in the New York City metropolitan area and is based in New Jersey, but advises media from around the country on bed bug control issues.

In addition to providing residential and hospitality industry service for bed bug extermination using Cryonite as well as providing traditional chemical treatments, Stern also sells special bed bug bite proof mattress covers and box spring encasements. These quality covers allow bed bug sufferers to keep expensive bedding after treatment after they have been treated for bed bugs. These special covers made for the pest control industry and extensively tested in the laboratory to be bed bug bite proof and bed bug escape proof, are available for purchase online in the Stern Environmental bed bug product store.

Clients who have suffered with bed bugs have sent the firm unsolicited comments about their experiences with the Stern Environmental Group extermination staff. Here are just a few comments that have been received by Stern Environmental Group recently on their services:

“The service technician responsibly took the time necessary to ensure total extermination of the bugs almost as if he was working in his own home. The methods and processes utilized by Stern ultimately proved to be outstanding since my infestation is now completely remedied.”
“A bed bug infestation is a very disheartening and horrible ordeal to go through and your staff was very kind to us and sensitive to our dilemma.”

“My bed bug problem was eliminated 100%; I can now sleep throughout the night.”
“After just one visit, I am finally bed bug free!”
For additional information on bed bugs and new extermination and control options contact Douglas Stern for media interviews and for residential and hospitality bed bug extermination services in New York City, the New York City metro area, and New Jersey. Stern Environmental Group is a top expert in bed bug eradication and a product resource for bed bug bite proof mattress covers and box spring encasements.
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Dust insecticide for killing bedbugs with long lasting controlSafe for use on your mattress and all food areasSafe for pets and children while still killing the bed bugs

Diatomaceous Earth is widely used in organics and is bought around the nation to control bedbugs
10 lbs. comes in two 5 lb. bags ready to be applied

Get rid of bedbugs for good with Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth. You can put this powder down and it will remain effective until vacuumed or washed away. This DE is milled at a consistency much like flour and is a fossilized shell (diatom).

This bed bug killer is considered safe and organic for home and garden use and has been a staple in organic gardening for many years. This diatomaceous earth, from one of the only four deposits in the US that are considered food grade, is purchased and used





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Say Goodbye to Bed Bugs, Nationally Recognized Pest Control Expert Is Leading Efforts to Exterminate Bed Bugs in the New York City Region

The resurgence of bed bugs in the past few years has brought on the need for more comprehensive solutions and new treatments for this problem. The number of bed bug complaints in New York City tripled from 2004 to 2008, going from more than 1,000 to over 7,000. Residences as well as hotels and motels have suffered in the New York City area from the growing problem of bed bugs.

Bed bugs are developing a resistance to the chemicals that have previously been useful in their extermination and control. Stern Environmental Group is at the cutting edge of testing new technology when it comes to bed bug eradication. One of only several firms using Cryonite in the United States, Stern Environmental Group now provides this new poison-free bed bug eradication treatment that uses the freezing power of Carbon Dioxide snow to rapidly freeze bed bugs in all life phases. This new freezing treatment, which has been popular in Australia and Europe, even kills bed bugs eggs which have typically been immune to traditional chemical treatments.

If you need help for your own bed bug problem or want to know what is happening in the fight against bed bugs, turn to pest control expert Douglas Stern, managing partner of the Stern Environmental Group, LLC. Douglas Stern, who has recently been quoted on bed bugs and other pest control topics in several national publications such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and Business Week, has been in the pest control business for over 10 years. Distressed home and business owners have turned to him for years for successful pest control and now the media is turning to this regional expert too. Stern Environmental Group services clients in the New York City metropolitan area and is based in New Jersey, but advises media from around the country on bed bug control issues.

In addition to providing residential and hospitality industry service for bed bug extermination using Cryonite as well as providing traditional chemical treatments, Stern also sells special bed bug bite proof mattress covers and box spring encasements. These quality covers allow bed bug sufferers to keep expensive bedding after treatment after they have been treated for bed bugs. These special covers made for the pest control industry and extensively tested in the laboratory to be bed bug bite proof and bed bug escape proof, are available for purchase online in the Stern Environmental bed bug product store.

Clients who have suffered with bed bugs have sent the firm unsolicited comments about their experiences with the Stern Environmental Group extermination staff. Here are just a few comments that have been received by Stern Environmental Group recently on their services:

“The service technician responsibly took the time necessary to ensure total extermination of the bugs almost as if he was working in his own home. The methods and processes utilized by Stern ultimately proved to be outstanding since my infestation is now completely remedied.”

“A bed bug infestation is a very disheartening and horrible ordeal to go through and your staff was very kind to us and sensitive to our dilemma.”

“My bed bug problem was eliminated 100%; I can now sleep throughout the night.”

“After just one visit, I am finally bed bug free!”

For additional information on bed bugs and new extermination and control options contact Douglas Stern for media interviews and for residential and hospitality bed bug extermination services in New York City, the New York City metro area, and New Jersey. Stern Environmental Group is a top expert in bed bug eradication and a product resource for bed bug bite proof mattress covers and box spring encasements.

 

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Say Goodbye to Bed Bugs, Nationally Recognized Pest Control Expert Is Leading Efforts to Exterminate Bed Bugs in the New York City Region

The resurgence of bed bugs in the past few years has brought on the need for more comprehensive solutions and new treatments for this problem. The number of bed bug complaints in New York City tripled from 2004 to 2008, going from more than 1,000 to over 7,000. Residences as well as hotels and motels have suffered in the New York City area from the growing problem of bed bugs.

Bed bugs are developing a resistance to the chemicals that have previously been useful in their extermination and control. Stern Environmental Group is at the cutting edge of testing new technology when it comes to bed bug eradication. One of only several firms using Cryonite in the United States, Stern Environmental Group now provides this new poison-free bed bug eradication treatment that uses the freezing power of Carbon Dioxide snow to rapidly freeze bed bugs in all life phases. This new freezing treatment, which has been popular in Australia and Europe, even kills bed bugs eggs which have typically been immune to traditional chemical treatments.

If you need help for your own bed bug problem or want to know what is happening in the fight against bed bugs, turn to pest control expert Douglas Stern, managing partner of the Stern Environmental Group, LLC. Douglas Stern, who has recently been quoted on bed bugs and other pest control topics in several national publications such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and Business Week, has been in the pest control business for over 10 years. Distressed home and business owners have turned to him for years for successful pest control and now the media is turning to this regional expert too. Stern Environmental Group services clients in the New York City metropolitan area and is based in New Jersey, but advises media from around the country on bed bug control issues.

In addition to providing residential and hospitality industry service for bed bug extermination using Cryonite as well as providing traditional chemical treatments, Stern also sells special bed bug bite proof mattress covers and box spring encasements. These quality covers allow bed bug sufferers to keep expensive bedding after treatment after they have been treated for bed bugs. These special covers made for the pest control industry and extensively tested in the laboratory to be bed bug bite proof and bed bug escape proof, are available for purchase online in the Stern Environmental bed bug product store.

Clients who have suffered with bed bugs have sent the firm unsolicited comments about their experiences with the Stern Environmental Group extermination staff. Here are just a few comments that have been received by Stern Environmental Group recently on their services:

“The service technician responsibly took the time necessary to ensure total extermination of the bugs almost as if he was working in his own home. The methods and processes utilized by Stern ultimately proved to be outstanding since my infestation is now completely remedied.”

“A bed bug infestation is a very disheartening and horrible ordeal to go through and your staff was very kind to us and sensitive to our dilemma.”

“My bed bug problem was eliminated 100%; I can now sleep throughout the night.”

“After just one visit, I am finally bed bug free!”

For additional information on bed bugs and new extermination and control options contact Douglas Stern for media interviews and for residential and hospitality bed bug extermination services in New York City, the New York City metro area, and New Jersey. Stern Environmental Group is a top expert in bed bug eradication and a product resource for bed bug bite proof mattress covers and box spring encasements.

 

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In order to begin a bed bug treatment, you need to know what bed bugs look like, what they do, what their symptoms are, and how to find them. This can be tricky because bed bugs are extremely small. They are nocturnal and feed from human blood. There are a variety of different kinds and they often reside in mattresses then come out to feed right before dawn. They only feed about five minutes then go back into hiding. They can live anywhere between six months and a year without food and usually only eat once per week, making it even more difficult to spot them.

Bed bugs will burrow down in the seams in mattresses, box springs, and occasionally in the folds of blankets and sheets; however, they can live many other places as well. They are usually found in places that people sleep, such as furniture. They have also been found close to sleeping areas, such as storage boxes under the bed, carpet, and nightstands. A bed bug bite is not dangerous, but it does itch very bad and can cause skin irritations and rashes in people that are allergic.

Bed bugs are a nuisance and can be contracted in many ways. The easiest way to get bed bugs is by living in an apartment. They are often left by the people who lived in an apartment prior to you or they will crawl from one apartment to another in between the spaces in the walls, which makes it very difficult to get rid of them.

Traveling and staying in hotels is another way to contract bed bugs, especially if you are traveling internationally. You can even transport bed bugs home with you if they crawl into your luggage or stay on your clothes. Buying used furniture or clothing is another common way to bring bed bugs into your home.

Once people know their house is infested with bed bugs all they want is to get rid of them. Bed bug bites are probably the easiest way to tell that you have bed bugs, and even that is difficult because the bites are so small and often resemble a rash or patch of red skin. There is nothing distinctive about them, and not all people react to them in the same way. You often will not even notice the bite for minutes or even days after you have been bitten.

One other way to catch bed bugs is to turn a flashlight on in your bed about an hour before dawn and watch you sheets for movement. This can be difficult, as they usually only come out once a week and they don’t all come out at once.

To stop bed bug bites from itching, use simple anti-itch cream. This will not solve the bed bug problem however. For the short term you can use double-sided tape around the bed, but you will have to hire an exterminator to completely rid your house of bed bugs.

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In order to begin a bed bug treatment, you need to know what bed bugs look like, what they do, what their symptoms are, and how to find them. This can be tricky because bed bugs are extremely small. They are nocturnal and feed from human blood. There are a variety of different kinds and they often reside in mattresses then come out to feed right before dawn. They only feed about five minutes then go back into hiding. They can live anywhere between six months and a year without food and usually only eat once per week, making it even more difficult to spot them.

Bed bugs will burrow down in the seams in mattresses, box springs, and occasionally in the folds of blankets and sheets; however, they can live many other places as well. They are usually found in places that people sleep, such as furniture. They have also been found close to sleeping areas, such as storage boxes under the bed, carpet, and nightstands. A bed bug bite is not dangerous, but it does itch very bad and can cause skin irritations and rashes in people that are allergic.

Bed bugs are a nuisance and can be contracted in many ways. The easiest way to get bed bugs is by living in an apartment. They are often left by the people who lived in an apartment prior to you or they will crawl from one apartment to another in between the spaces in the walls, which makes it very difficult to get rid of them.

Traveling and staying in hotels is another way to contract bed bugs, especially if you are traveling internationally. You can even transport bed bugs home with you if they crawl into your luggage or stay on your clothes. Buying used furniture or clothing is another common way to bring bed bugs into your home.

Once people know their house is infested with bed bugs all they want is to get rid of them. Bed bug bites are probably the easiest way to tell that you have bed bugs, and even that is difficult because the bites are so small and often resemble a rash or patch of red skin. There is nothing distinctive about them, and not all people react to them in the same way. You often will not even notice the bite for minutes or even days after you have been bitten.

One other way to catch bed bugs is to turn a flashlight on in your bed about an hour before dawn and watch you sheets for movement. This can be difficult, as they usually only come out once a week and they don’t all come out at once.

To stop bed bug bites from itching, use simple anti-itch cream. This will not solve the bed bug problem however. For the short term you can use double-sided tape around the bed, but you will have to hire an exterminator to completely rid your house of bed bugs.

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Many have become victims of bed bugs at some point or
another in life. Some people may not even know that their
bed has been taken over by these little critters. Before you
can take proper action it would be reasonable to first
identify the insect, look for the symptoms, ways to evade
this dilemma and most importantly how to dispose of this
displeasure.

The insects can be seen with the naked eye. They are
reddish brown and flat. They feed on the blood of humans at
night ; allowing them to become more mobile and move
quickly. These insects are known to live in the cracks and
crannies of where people sleep.

It isn’t complicated to find out whether or not you have
this issue. A clear cut sign would be severe itching at
night. A lot of times when a person has been bitten by this
bug a trail of reddish spots are often left on skin. These
marks on the body can appear red in color and are
noticeable. It’s also possible to see blood or fecal matter
on your bedding, mattress or linen. Constant movement such
as one rolling over throughout the course of the night can
cause the crushing of one of these insects. A mature adult
bed bug will bleed heavily when squashed because it holds
more blood. When a good quantity of anticoagulant is
injected into your system it causes the over flow of your
blood as well as the shedding of the bugs skin, known as
molting can also be found on your linen.

It’s unfortunate but these bugs can live completely
anywhere that is small with folds such as luggage,
furniture, hampers and many other places. Hotel rooms,
dorms, apartments and motels can harbor these insects. They
can be found in the folds of mattresses, couches and chairs.
When checking the possibly areas of infestation check for
mature bugs, bed bug husk and eggs.

Be certain to wash your linen in hot with lots of soap. By
changing your mattress you can decrease the result in be
bugs as well as purchasing a sealable cover or even
vacuuming your mattress.

Warm soap and water can help sooth bites. Other lotions,
ointments and sprays may also be applied like calamine
lotion.

If you are would like to take matters into you own hands
then there are natural remedies such as vacuuming, steam
cleaning and placing the mattress or bedding outside in hot
temperature or cold temperature can kill the bugs.

Search online for professionals who may be available to
come in and exterminate your home. Vikane and Boric Acid are
two of the many chemicals used in the professional world of
extermination to kill insects bed bugs.

No one has to put up with the discomfort and annoyance of
bed bugs. Look for the signs, keep areas where they are
known to habitat clean and decide what kind of remedy works
best for you whether it’s natural home remedies or
professional.

 

 

 

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Many have become victims of bed bugs at some point or
another in life. Some people may not even know that their
bed has been taken over by these little critters. Before you
can take proper action it would be reasonable to first
identify the insect, look for the symptoms, ways to evade
this dilemma and most importantly how to dispose of this
displeasure.

The insects can be seen with the naked eye. They are
reddish brown and flat. They feed on the blood of humans at
night ; allowing them to become more mobile and move
quickly. These insects are known to live in the cracks and
crannies of where people sleep.

It isn’t complicated to find out whether or not you have
this issue. A clear cut sign would be severe itching at
night. A lot of times when a person has been bitten by this
bug a trail of reddish spots are often left on skin. These
marks on the body can appear red in color and are
noticeable. It’s also possible to see blood or fecal matter
on your bedding, mattress or linen. Constant movement such
as one rolling over throughout the course of the night can
cause the crushing of one of these insects. A mature adult
bed bug will bleed heavily when squashed because it holds
more blood. When a good quantity of anticoagulant is
injected into your system it causes the over flow of your
blood as well as the shedding of the bugs skin, known as
molting can also be found on your linen.

It’s unfortunate but these bugs can live completely
anywhere that is small with folds such as luggage,
furniture, hampers and many other places. Hotel rooms,
dorms, apartments and motels can harbor these insects. They
can be found in the folds of mattresses, couches and chairs.
When checking the possibly areas of infestation check for
mature bugs, bed bug husk and eggs.

Be certain to wash your linen in hot with lots of soap. By
changing your mattress you can decrease the result in be
bugs as well as purchasing a sealable cover or even
vacuuming your mattress.

Warm soap and water can help sooth bites. Other lotions,
ointments and sprays may also be applied like calamine
lotion.

If you are would like to take matters into you own hands
then there are natural remedies such as vacuuming, steam
cleaning and placing the mattress or bedding outside in hot
temperature or cold temperature can kill the bugs.

Search online for professionals who may be available to
come in and exterminate your home. Vikane and Boric Acid are
two of the many chemicals used in the professional world of
extermination to kill insects bed bugs.

No one has to put up with the discomfort and annoyance of
bed bugs. Look for the signs, keep areas where they are
known to habitat clean and decide what kind of remedy works
best for you whether it’s natural home remedies or
professional.

 

 

 

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Sourcing the best bed bug treatment may not be as easy as you think. For a start there are now hundreds if not thousands of Bed Bug Treatment products on the market all claiming to rid you of your infestation in the blink of an eye. However, the sad fact is that getting a bed bug infestation under control through bed bug treatment can be a difficult and time consuming task.

This article has been written to help you make an informed choice and decide on the right Bed Bug Treatment for your circumstances first time instead of wasting hundreds of dollars.
For now, lets look at your bed bug treatment options.
1. The first option for bed bug treatment and one which certain people will prefer is to telephone for professional exterminators. This is the costly Bed Bug Treatment to get rid of bed bugs; it could lighten your wallet by hundreds of dollars. You will most likely have to move out of your property during the bed bug treatment process and the chances are that the chemicals used to kill the infestation may be fairly dangerous and could have an effect on the health of those living in the house for some time after.
2. The first DIY bed bug treatment is the use of steam. This won’t hit you hard in money terms (perhaps the price of a good steam cleaner) but it will take time and effort. So, here is what you do for this bed bug treatment:

a. Seal off and de-clutter the room, get rid of everything possible such as books, magazines etc. where bed bugs may sleep in day time. Place them in a sealed plastic bag and dispose of them. It is vital during the Bed Bug Treatment that the bags are sealed tightly so not to spread the infestation to other areas of the house.
b. Remove all clothing from drawers and closets and closely examine for bugs at all stages of development. For an effective bed bug treatment, wash all clothing on a hot wash cycle, do this with sheets etc. too. Anything which can’t be washed – try placing in in a tumble dryer for on a high setting for approximately ten minutes – bed bugs cannot withstand heat.
c. Now it’s time for the bed bug treatment for the room. Firstly, vacuum EVERYTHING, the mattress, the box spring, the curtains, soft furnishings, inside drawers and closets, furniture and the floor particularly round the edges. At this point if you find and cracks or holes in the wall or floor SEAL them because they are ideal hiding places for bed bugs. Don’t forget to check the more unthought of places too like smoke alarms, alarm clocks, picture frames, electrical sockets these are also favourite hiding places.

d. Once you have completed this Bed Bug Treatment repeat the whole routine using a steam cleaner. Steam cleaners make a good bed bug treatment.

e. You could leave it at that. However, as an insurance policy you could spray the whole room with a non toxic bed bug treatment spray like Bed Bug Patrol which is completely natural as well as child and pet friendly.

3. The second DIY bed bug treatment is to use as mentioned above a non-toxic bed bug treatment spray, now, I am aware that there are numerous Bed Bug Treatment available on the market but I personally have used Bed Bug Patrol and it seemed to work. But I did carry out steps 2a,b and c above before I used the bed bug treatment spray so I would definitely advise you to do the same.
One bed bug treatment info which I haven’t mentioned is that you must empty the contents of your vacuum cleaner as soon as you finish into a plastic bag, seal it tightly and dispose of it – make sure you do this in the same room as the infestation.

4. The last Do IT Yourself bed bug treatment is to use encasements on your mattress, box spring and possibly pillows. Now, be aware that this will only get rid of bed bugs if the whole room has been treated using one of the other Bed Bug Treatment mentioned above first because it is very unlikely that the bed is the only place in the whole room where they are hiding. This is a particularly good idea for a bed bug treatment if you have gone out and purchased a new bed following an infestation.
Considering all these bed bug treatment options, you should now have an idea which bed bug treatment to use. Make sure to choose the right Bed Bug Treatment to avoid re-infestations.









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Sourcing the best bed bug treatment may not be as easy as you think. For a start there are now hundreds if not thousands of Bed Bug Treatment products on the market all claiming to rid you of your infestation in the blink of an eye. However, the sad fact is that getting a bed bug infestation under control through bed bug treatment can be a difficult and time consuming task.

This article has been written to help you make an informed choice and decide on the right Bed Bug Treatment for your circumstances first time instead of wasting hundreds of dollars.
For now, lets look at your bed bug treatment options.
1. The first option for bed bug treatment and one which certain people will prefer is to telephone for professional exterminators. This is the costly Bed Bug Treatment to get rid of bed bugs; it could lighten your wallet by hundreds of dollars. You will most likely have to move out of your property during the bed bug treatment process and the chances are that the chemicals used to kill the infestation may be fairly dangerous and could have an effect on the health of those living in the house for some time after.
2. The first DIY bed bug treatment is the use of steam. This won’t hit you hard in money terms (perhaps the price of a good steam cleaner) but it will take time and effort. So, here is what you do for this bed bug treatment:

a. Seal off and de-clutter the room, get rid of everything possible such as books, magazines etc. where bed bugs may sleep in day time. Place them in a sealed plastic bag and dispose of them. It is vital during the Bed Bug Treatment that the bags are sealed tightly so not to spread the infestation to other areas of the house.
b. Remove all clothing from drawers and closets and closely examine for bugs at all stages of development. For an effective bed bug treatment, wash all clothing on a hot wash cycle, do this with sheets etc. too. Anything which can’t be washed – try placing in in a tumble dryer for on a high setting for approximately ten minutes – bed bugs cannot withstand heat.
c. Now it’s time for the bed bug treatment for the room. Firstly, vacuum EVERYTHING, the mattress, the box spring, the curtains, soft furnishings, inside drawers and closets, furniture and the floor particularly round the edges. At this point if you find and cracks or holes in the wall or floor SEAL them because they are ideal hiding places for bed bugs. Don’t forget to check the more unthought of places too like smoke alarms, alarm clocks, picture frames, electrical sockets these are also favourite hiding places.

d. Once you have completed this Bed Bug Treatment repeat the whole routine using a steam cleaner. Steam cleaners make a good bed bug treatment.

e. You could leave it at that. However, as an insurance policy you could spray the whole room with a non toxic bed bug treatment spray like Bed Bug Patrol which is completely natural as well as child and pet friendly.

3. The second DIY bed bug treatment is to use as mentioned above a non-toxic bed bug treatment spray, now, I am aware that there are numerous Bed Bug Treatment available on the market but I personally have used Bed Bug Patrol and it seemed to work. But I did carry out steps 2a,b and c above before I used the bed bug treatment spray so I would definitely advise you to do the same.
One bed bug treatment info which I haven’t mentioned is that you must empty the contents of your vacuum cleaner as soon as you finish into a plastic bag, seal it tightly and dispose of it – make sure you do this in the same room as the infestation.

4. The last Do IT Yourself bed bug treatment is to use encasements on your mattress, box spring and possibly pillows. Now, be aware that this will only get rid of bed bugs if the whole room has been treated using one of the other Bed Bug Treatment mentioned above first because it is very unlikely that the bed is the only place in the whole room where they are hiding. This is a particularly good idea for a bed bug treatment if you have gone out and purchased a new bed following an infestation.
Considering all these bed bug treatment options, you should now have an idea which bed bug treatment to use. Make sure to choose the right Bed Bug Treatment to avoid re-infestations.









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The MRSA bacterium was detected in bed bugs found in the beds of three patients in hospital with a deteriorating neighborhood of Vancouver. It was not known that bed bugs spread disease and there is clear evidence that the five bugs found in the patients or their belongings have spread the MRSA or other less-dangerous germ.

Anyway, bed bugs can cause itching that makes the affected are scratch excessively and in turn will fracture the skin, which becomes more susceptible to bacteria, said Dr. Marc Romney, one of the authors of the study.

The study is small and preliminary, "but is a curious finding" that requires more research, said Romney, a microbiologist at the Hospital St. Paul in Vancouver. The hospital is the nearest to the poor Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, near the coast. Romney said that he and his colleagues conducted the investigation after seeing a simultaneous increase of bugs and cases of MRSA in that neighborhood.

Five bed bugs were analyzed. The MRSA, or Staphylococcus aureus resistant to Methicillin, was found in three of them. The MRSA is resistant to several kinds of common antibiotics and can be fatal if it penetrates the skin until blood flow.

Two bugs were VRE Vancomycin Enterococcus faecium resident at vancimicina, a less dangerous form of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Both germs are usually seen in hospitals and experts have been concerned much more than that nurses and other auxiliary health spread the bacterium to insects. It is not clear if the bacteria originated in the bed bugs or if you are picked up her infected, added Romney.

The study was broadcast this week by publishing Emerging Infectious Diseases (emerging infectious diseases), of the United States diseases prevention and Control Center.

The MRSA bacterium was detected in bed bugs found in the beds of three patients in hospital with a deteriorating neighborhood of Vancouver. It was not known that bed bugs spread disease and there is clear evidence that the five bugs found in the patients or their belongings have spread the MRSA or other less-dangerous germ.

Anyway, bed bugs can cause itching that makes the affected are scratch excessively and in turn will fracture the skin, which becomes more susceptible to bacteria, said Dr. Marc Romney, one of the authors of the study.

The study is small and preliminary, "but is a curious finding" that requires more research, said Romney, a microbiologist at the Hospital St. Paul in Vancouver. The hospital is the nearest to the poor Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, near the coast. Romney said that he and his colleagues conducted the investigation after seeing a simultaneous increase of bugs and cases of MRSA in that neighborhood.

Five bed bugs were analyzed. The MRSA, or Staphylococcus aureus resistant to Methicillin, was found in three of them. The MRSA is resistant to several kinds of common antibiotics and can be fatal if it penetrates the skin until blood flow.

Two bugs were VRE Vancomycin Enterococcus faecium resident at vancimicina, a less dangerous form of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Both germs are usually seen in hospitals and experts have been concerned much more than that nurses and other auxiliary health spread the bacterium to insects. It is not clear if the bacteria originated in the bed bugs or if you are picked up her infected, added Romney.

The study was broadcast this week by publishing Emerging Infectious Diseases (emerging infectious diseases), of the United States diseases prevention and Control Center.

Patricia Valadez's past life of glamour can be found in a tattered black leather portfolio, filled with head shots and other photographs from her days as a performer.
Last summer, Ms. Valadez endured a bedbug infestation in her apartment, which compelled her to throw away all her furniture, clothing and most other belongings. The portfolio survived the purge because she had already given it away to her daughter.
Ms. Valadez has chronic depression. For several years before the bedbugs arrived, she had been spending much of her time at home, going out only to buy food or to visit her daughter and granddaughter. ''I'm a recluse,'' she said. ''Well, not anymore, not after this.''
While Ms. Valadez received emotional support from neighbors and friends, the bedbugs set her back financially and left her emotionally and physically exhausted, she said. It does not show: at 61, Ms. Valadez still has a striking appearance.
Ms. Valadez, born in Mexico City, became a naturalized citizen after arriving in the United States with her mother shortly before her first birthday. (Her estranged father never left Mexico City.)
Mother and daughter spent much of their lives in the Upper West Side, the neighborhood where Ms. Valadez still lives and is reluctant to travel far from.

It is easy to imagine her as a cabaret dancer on the New York scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She performed in variety shows, in dinner theater and as part of a dance troupe at Carnegie Hall before pursuing a solo career as a jazz singer. She knew people on the club circuit in Miami and lived there in the mid-'80s. She also spent time singing in Mexico and Puerto Rico and traveled farther afield, to Morocco among other places.
''You always look beautiful, you're a blessing to the world; keep on doing what you're doing,'' a passer-by said as Ms. Valadez and Luna, her pit bull, began their morning walk.
''I'm kind of a legend around here,'' she explained.

At 40, Ms. Valadez decided to start over. At Hunter College, she earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and sociology, and she went on to counsel prisoners at Arthur Kill Correctional Facility in Staten Island and Bayview Correctional Facility in Manhattan. She specialized in behavior modification and substance abuse.
''It worked out really well, but I burned out after a year,'' she said.
She later became the director of development at Iris House in Manhattan, a center for H.I.V.-affected women and their families, and was involved with nonprofits helping Haitians in New York.
About 2003, she said, the depression she has fought her whole life started to win. She became unable to work; she went out less and less. Today, she is slowly crawling out of that deep hole of mental illness.
''Life has a way of forcing change,'' she said. ''I'm no longer a recluse; I get dressed and I put makeup on.''
These days, the rhythm of her life is set by Luna and her routine of daily walks. At her public housing complex, she is a member of the tenants' association and the tenant patrol watch. Ms. Valadez, who lives on $761 a month in Supplemental Security Income and receives $200 a month in food stamps, can afford her $250 rent and cover necessities, but the need to replace many household items at once after the bedbug infestation was far beyond her means.
Her therapist at the Service Program for Older People told her about The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund and helped her submit a proposal to the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, one of the fund's seven beneficiary agencies.
The fund provided Ms. Valadez with $1,000 to buy new bedding and clothes.
She is grateful but wistful. ''It's hard to get back to normal when everything is brand-new and all the old stuff is gone,'' she said.
HOW TO HELP: Checks payable to The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund may be sent to 4 Chase Metrotech Center, 7th Floor East, Lockbox 5193, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11245. All gifts are acknowledged; special letters are not possible. A check intended for a particular agency should be written to and mailed to the agency, noting that it is a Neediest Cases gift. BROOKLYN COMMUNITY SERVICES 285 Schermerhorn Street Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217 CATHOLIC CHARITIES BROOKLYN AND QUEENS 191 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201 CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK 1011 First Avenue New York, N.Y. 10022 CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY 105 East 22nd Street New York, N.Y. 10010 COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 105 East 22nd Street New York, N.Y. 10010 FEDERATION OF PROTESTANT WELFARE AGENCIES 281 Park Avenue South New York, N.Y. 10010 UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK Church Street Station P.O. Box 4100 New York, N.Y. 10261-4100 Donations may be made with a credit card by phone at (800) 381-0075 or online, courtesy of NYCharities.org at nytimes.com/neediest or nycharities.org/neediest. For instructions on how to donate stock to the fund, call (212) 556-1137 or fax (212) 556- 1979. No agents or solicitors are authorized to seek contributions for The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund. The Times pays the fund's expenses, so all contributions go directly to the charities, which use them to provide services and cash assistance to the poor. Contributions are deductible from federal, state and city income taxes to the extent permitted by law. To delay may mean to forget.
PHOTO: Patricia Valadez, with her dog, Luna, has chronic depression. (PHOTOGRAPH BY ÁNGEL FRANCO/THE NEW YORK TIMES)
CHART: Previously recorded $3,490,900 Recorded Wed. 131,492 Total $3,622,392 Last year to date $4,023,954

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Patricia Valadez's past life of glamour can be found in a tattered black leather portfolio, filled with head shots and other photographs from her days as a performer.
Last summer, Ms. Valadez endured a bedbug infestation in her apartment, which compelled her to throw away all her furniture, clothing and most other belongings. The portfolio survived the purge because she had already given it away to her daughter.
Ms. Valadez has chronic depression. For several years before the bedbugs arrived, she had been spending much of her time at home, going out only to buy food or to visit her daughter and granddaughter. ''I'm a recluse,'' she said. ''Well, not anymore, not after this.''
While Ms. Valadez received emotional support from neighbors and friends, the bedbugs set her back financially and left her emotionally and physically exhausted, she said. It does not show: at 61, Ms. Valadez still has a striking appearance.
Ms. Valadez, born in Mexico City, became a naturalized citizen after arriving in the United States with her mother shortly before her first birthday. (Her estranged father never left Mexico City.)
Mother and daughter spent much of their lives in the Upper West Side, the neighborhood where Ms. Valadez still lives and is reluctant to travel far from.

It is easy to imagine her as a cabaret dancer on the New York scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She performed in variety shows, in dinner theater and as part of a dance troupe at Carnegie Hall before pursuing a solo career as a jazz singer. She knew people on the club circuit in Miami and lived there in the mid-'80s. She also spent time singing in Mexico and Puerto Rico and traveled farther afield, to Morocco among other places.
''You always look beautiful, you're a blessing to the world; keep on doing what you're doing,'' a passer-by said as Ms. Valadez and Luna, her pit bull, began their morning walk.
''I'm kind of a legend around here,'' she explained.

At 40, Ms. Valadez decided to start over. At Hunter College, she earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and sociology, and she went on to counsel prisoners at Arthur Kill Correctional Facility in Staten Island and Bayview Correctional Facility in Manhattan. She specialized in behavior modification and substance abuse.
''It worked out really well, but I burned out after a year,'' she said.
She later became the director of development at Iris House in Manhattan, a center for H.I.V.-affected women and their families, and was involved with nonprofits helping Haitians in New York.
About 2003, she said, the depression she has fought her whole life started to win. She became unable to work; she went out less and less. Today, she is slowly crawling out of that deep hole of mental illness.
''Life has a way of forcing change,'' she said. ''I'm no longer a recluse; I get dressed and I put makeup on.''
These days, the rhythm of her life is set by Luna and her routine of daily walks. At her public housing complex, she is a member of the tenants' association and the tenant patrol watch. Ms. Valadez, who lives on $761 a month in Supplemental Security Income and receives $200 a month in food stamps, can afford her $250 rent and cover necessities, but the need to replace many household items at once after the bedbug infestation was far beyond her means.
Her therapist at the Service Program for Older People told her about The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund and helped her submit a proposal to the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, one of the fund's seven beneficiary agencies.
The fund provided Ms. Valadez with $1,000 to buy new bedding and clothes.
She is grateful but wistful. ''It's hard to get back to normal when everything is brand-new and all the old stuff is gone,'' she said.
HOW TO HELP: Checks payable to The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund may be sent to 4 Chase Metrotech Center, 7th Floor East, Lockbox 5193, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11245. All gifts are acknowledged; special letters are not possible. A check intended for a particular agency should be written to and mailed to the agency, noting that it is a Neediest Cases gift. BROOKLYN COMMUNITY SERVICES 285 Schermerhorn Street Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217 CATHOLIC CHARITIES BROOKLYN AND QUEENS 191 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201 CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK 1011 First Avenue New York, N.Y. 10022 CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY 105 East 22nd Street New York, N.Y. 10010 COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 105 East 22nd Street New York, N.Y. 10010 FEDERATION OF PROTESTANT WELFARE AGENCIES 281 Park Avenue South New York, N.Y. 10010 UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK Church Street Station P.O. Box 4100 New York, N.Y. 10261-4100 Donations may be made with a credit card by phone at (800) 381-0075 or online, courtesy of NYCharities.org at nytimes.com/neediest or nycharities.org/neediest. For instructions on how to donate stock to the fund, call (212) 556-1137 or fax (212) 556- 1979. No agents or solicitors are authorized to seek contributions for The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund. The Times pays the fund's expenses, so all contributions go directly to the charities, which use them to provide services and cash assistance to the poor. Contributions are deductible from federal, state and city income taxes to the extent permitted by law. To delay may mean to forget.
PHOTO: Patricia Valadez, with her dog, Luna, has chronic depression. (PHOTOGRAPH BY ÁNGEL FRANCO/THE NEW YORK TIMES)
CHART: Previously recorded $3,490,900 Recorded Wed. 131,492 Total $3,622,392 Last year to date $4,023,954

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“It uses UV light, which is a germicidal,” said Ryan Douglas, chief executive officer of Verilux. “What’s most exciting is that it is killing bedbugs; nymphs, which are the babies, and bedbug eggs.”
Hasn’t this vac-attack thing been tried before?

“Some people have tried to kill germs with vacs,” Mr. Douglas said. “But UV-C is a tricky wavelength of light, it’s hard to harness. What we are able to do is intensify and focus it at the surface so it can be very effective as a sanitizer. With the tests we’ve done on bedbug eggs, none of them hatched.”
That gives us the feeling that some tough adults survived.

“A tough adult bedbug is going to survive DDT, just about everything,” he said. “It’s important to be preventative.”
A vacuum could suck up the adults, we suppose. But then this vac is bagless — and they’re probably tough to spot.
“It has a contained area. And they’re actually visible, kind of reddish brown and about 3 ½ to 5 millimeters in length,” Mr. Douglas said. “What we advise people to do is put the container in a plastic bag and drop the bottom out. Then you tie the bag off and double-bag it and get it out of your house.”





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“It uses UV light, which is a germicidal,” said Ryan Douglas, chief executive officer of Verilux. “What’s most exciting is that it is killing bedbugs; nymphs, which are the babies, and bedbug eggs.”
Hasn’t this vac-attack thing been tried before?

“Some people have tried to kill germs with vacs,” Mr. Douglas said. “But UV-C is a tricky wavelength of light, it’s hard to harness. What we are able to do is intensify and focus it at the surface so it can be very effective as a sanitizer. With the tests we’ve done on bedbug eggs, none of them hatched.”
That gives us the feeling that some tough adults survived.

“A tough adult bedbug is going to survive DDT, just about everything,” he said. “It’s important to be preventative.”
A vacuum could suck up the adults, we suppose. But then this vac is bagless — and they’re probably tough to spot.
“It has a contained area. And they’re actually visible, kind of reddish brown and about 3 ½ to 5 millimeters in length,” Mr. Douglas said. “What we advise people to do is put the container in a plastic bag and drop the bottom out. Then you tie the bag off and double-bag it and get it out of your house.”





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It’s true. Bats can bring bed bugs into your home. It’s not the most common way to get a bed bugs infestation, but does happen.

One customer writes, “We have discovered bed bugs in our bed. I have been bitten for 3yrs. All the docters said I had eczema. I saw a bugs in our bed and looked it up. I am horrified. We live in the Mountains the ceiling in our home is slatted pine planks. We are currently have a Bat problem as well can they be coming from them. Our home is a very open floor plan what do you suggest please help.”

There is actually several specific species of bed bugs that feed primarily on bats. The Cimex hemipterus infests poultry and bats while the Leptocimex boutei feeds on bats and humans. The cimex pilosellus and the cimex popostrella prefer to feed solely on bats if possible.

Bats can make several entrances into your home. The most common way is through the fire place. They will nest their quite often, especially if you do not use the fire place often. If these species of bed bugs hitch a ride into your home via a bat, they will not hesitate to feed on you and your family if they are hungry and left behind without a bat host.
Find the natural bed bugs killer you need for to solve your bed bugs nightmare.
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It’s true. Bats can bring bed bugs into your home. It’s not the most common way to get a bed bugs infestation, but does happen.

One customer writes, “We have discovered bed bugs in our bed. I have been bitten for 3yrs. All the docters said I had eczema. I saw a bugs in our bed and looked it up. I am horrified. We live in the Mountains the ceiling in our home is slatted pine planks. We are currently have a Bat problem as well can they be coming from them. Our home is a very open floor plan what do you suggest please help.”

There is actually several specific species of bed bugs that feed primarily on bats. The Cimex hemipterus infests poultry and bats while the Leptocimex boutei feeds on bats and humans. The cimex pilosellus and the cimex popostrella prefer to feed solely on bats if possible.

Bats can make several entrances into your home. The most common way is through the fire place. They will nest their quite often, especially if you do not use the fire place often. If these species of bed bugs hitch a ride into your home via a bat, they will not hesitate to feed on you and your family if they are hungry and left behind without a bat host.
Find the natural bed bugs killer you need for to solve your bed bugs nightmare.
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In this episode Jeff will discuss the differences in bed bug treatments when the infestation is in a stand-alone, single family house vs. an apartment vs. a townhouse or condominium. From a treatment perspective, the manner with which a pest control company treats bed bugs shouldnt differ depending on a structure. For the most part, the way a company treats a bed in an apartment shouldnt differ from the way it is treated in a house. Where these treatments start to differ is when you start to consider surrounding unit concerns. In a stand-alone, single family home, surrounding units arent a concern. In an apartment, the property management will need to be involved in order to gain access to the surrounding units to make sure that the known infestation wasnt caused by one of the surrounding apartments. In condominiums, townhouses and row-homes, this process can become more complex due to the fact that the surrounding homes could be owned by different people and different management companies and they may not be interesting in allowing you to inspect their home. If that is the case, and they do have bed bugs, it may be almost impossible to eliminate the bugs in the known infestation if they are originating from a surrounding unit that the pest control company is unable to address.

Bed Bugs is a short film originally shown as part of Channel 4's Coming Up season in 2004(?). Synopsis: Ian come down to London to escape his previous life and responsibilities. In London he meets Max.

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In this episode Jeff will discuss the differences in bed bug treatments when the infestation is in a stand-alone, single family house vs. an apartment vs. a townhouse or condominium. From a treatment perspective, the manner with which a pest control company treats bed bugs shouldnt differ depending on a structure. For the most part, the way a company treats a bed in an apartment shouldnt differ from the way it is treated in a house. Where these treatments start to differ is when you start to consider surrounding unit concerns. In a stand-alone, single family home, surrounding units arent a concern. In an apartment, the property management will need to be involved in order to gain access to the surrounding units to make sure that the known infestation wasnt caused by one of the surrounding apartments. In condominiums, townhouses and row-homes, this process can become more complex due to the fact that the surrounding homes could be owned by different people and different management companies and they may not be interesting in allowing you to inspect their home. If that is the case, and they do have bed bugs, it may be almost impossible to eliminate the bugs in the known infestation if they are originating from a surrounding unit that the pest control company is unable to address.

Bed Bugs is a short film originally shown as part of Channel 4's Coming Up season in 2004(?). Synopsis: Ian come down to London to escape his previous life and responsibilities. In London he meets Max.

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Polk County creates bed bug task force

The Associated Press The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa Polk County has created a task force to raise awareness and educate the public about bed bugs.

The Bed Bug Task Force is made up of public health, university, government and nonprofit organizations working together to raise awareness of the challenges and economic impact of controlling bed bugs. Polk County Health Department Director …





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Polk County creates bed bug task force

The Associated Press The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa Polk County has created a task force to raise awareness and educate the public about bed bugs.

The Bed Bug Task Force is made up of public health, university, government and nonprofit organizations working together to raise awareness of the challenges and economic impact of controlling bed bugs. Polk County Health Department Director …





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