By nobugsonme on Apr 3, 2008 in bed bug colonies, bed bug lifespan, bed bug monitoring trap, bed bug research, bed bug traps, bed bugs, bedbugs, dr. harold harlan, dr. stephen kells, entomologists, feeding bed bugs, propane, red cross | 3 Comments
Richard Shin reports for The Pioneer Press on research being done by Stephen Kells on bed bugs at the University of Minnesota.
Kells is at least one of the entomologists working on making an effective bed bug trap.
Alas, “we’re quite a distance off” from a monitoring trap, Kells said.
Eventually, it will be a wonderful invention.
It was […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 22, 2008 in CUSE, Center for Urban and Structural Entomology, Luxor Management, Texas A&M, Texas A&M research on bed bugs, bed bug research, bed bug spread, bed bugs, bedbugs, coat piles, colleges, curbside furniture, dorms, flea markets, how to avoid bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, parties, students and bed bugs, thebatt.com | 0 Comments
Independent Texas A&M student paper thebatt.com covers bed bugs this week. They mention the seminars in New York City, and the interesting research out of the Center for Urban and Structural Entomology (CUSE, housed at Texas A&M) on bed bugs and chicken farms. And–because it’s a college paper, perhaps–they dig right into the […]
By Winston O. Buggy on Jan 21, 2008 in 2008 Purdue Pest Management Conference, Bed Bug Dogs, bed bug mattress encasements, bed bug research, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, detecting bed bugs, highlights of bed bug convention, how to avoid bed bugs, how to detect bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs | 4 Comments
This set of notes from the recent Purdue Pest Management Conference is from our bed bug professional-incognito, “Winston O. Buggy.” Thanks, Winston!
Following are some important tidbits covered at the conference submitted for your information and action agendas.
More work is being done on field strains of bed bugs, as opposed to much early work […]