Category: detection
By nobugsonme on Nov 6, 2007 in Men's Health Magazine, avoiding bed bugs, bed bug hotels, bed bugs, bedbugs, big business, consumer, consumer warning, delivery trucks, detecting bed bugs, detection, gender, hotels, hotels and bed bugs, travel, travel and bed bugs | 0 Comments
Men’s Health magazine on bed bugs, this month: it’s just a brief snippet in an article of travel tips, but it hits home:
Some Souvenirs Have Legs
Hotels are a haven for bedbugs. Pest-control companies say hotels account for more than 37 percent of their bedbug business, according to Pest Control Technology magazine.
I don’t think I’ve […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 5, 2007 in John Morley, Joni, Pro-tek, australia, bed bug dog, bed bug epidemic, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, big business, consumer, detection, diagnosis, dry steam, get rid of bed bugs, hotels, how to get rid of bed bugs, how to kill bed bugs, mattresses, motels, natural remedies, new zealand, news, professional pest-control services: reviews, suggestion, spread, steam, technological advances, tools and weapons, travel, treatment, treatment in hotels | 2 Comments
In an article today entitled “Hard-worker sniffs out bedbugs,” from the Taranaki Daily News (New Zealand), Sharon Marris writes about bed bug dog Joni who works with Pro-Tek Systems owner John Morley in New Zealand.
We’re familiar with bed bug dogs, here at Bedbugger, but it is interesting to read of the situation in NZ.
“She’s not […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 3, 2007 in bed bug blame game, bed bugs, bed bugs in schools, bedbugs, best practices, blame game, bracken county, children and bed bugs, detection, diagnosis, doe, employee, government, health, health department, how to get rid of bed bugs, how to kill bed bugs, ignorance, maryland, misinformation, new york, pest control, pest control in schools, professional pest-control services: reviews, suggestion, public education, public health, scapegoating, schools, signs and symptoms, students, tools and weapons, treatment, treatment in institutions, treatment in schools, usa, warning, workplace | 1 Comment
More information about the Bracken County Schools bed bug situation. A new article from WCPO.com news says T&M Pest Control is treating Bracken County schools for bed bugs this weekend.
Terry says, “A pest control program for bed bugs is very detailed. You’ve got to get all the crevices. We are doing a little more […]
By nobugsonme on Oct 27, 2007 in Cadwalader, activism, allergies, apartments, awareness, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, big business, bloomberg, cambridge, colleges, condominiums, consumer, curbed, denial, detection, good ideas, gossip, harvard, health, hotels, ignorance, landlords, law, lawsuits, legal, massachusetts, mental health, multi-unit buildings, new york, nyc, public education, public health, real estate, rumors, spread, tenants, treatment, usa, we're doomed, workplace | 0 Comments
Curbed.com, the real estate blog, claims that 30 Lincoln Plaza, currently being redeveloped into pricey condominiums (Curbed mentions a price of $1,185,000 for 647 sq/ft one bedrooms), is infested with bed bugs:
UPPER WEST SIDE—It seems there is a little detail about the condo conversion at 30 Lincoln Plaza that may have been overlooked: “You failed […]
By nobugsonme on Oct 19, 2007 in activism, alberta, apartments, awareness, bed bug blame game, bed bug refugees, bed bugs, bedbugs, blame game, canada, detection, disabled, elderly, eviction, government, ignorance, information and help, landlords, legal, multi-unit buildings, new jersey, notification, prep, public education, social services, tenants, treatment, treatment preparations, usa | 17 Comments
The Daily Record reports that a landlord is trying to evict George Veghte, a disabled man from Rutgers Village, a complex in Parsippany, NJ. He asked for help with his bed bugs. They told him to prep, but he could not follow all steps on his own.
His lease was terminated Sept. 27, about […]
By nobugsonme on Aug 29, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, curbside, detection, dumpster diving, flea market, government, history, housing laws, landlords, legal, misinformation | 6 Comments
I always rant and rave about the absurdity of New York City officials basing their statistics of the incidence of bed bugs in NYC on the number of people who call 311 to report bed bugs as a housing violation.
Here is my rant on NYC statistics, for those who have not read it […]
By nobugsonme on Jul 26, 2007 in 311, activism, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, detection, government, housing laws, landlords, new york, nyc, photos of mattresses, signs and symptoms, tenants, usa | 17 Comments
As New Yorkers know, if you have bed bugs in NYC, you have the option of calling 311 (the city information hotline) and filing a complaint about bed bugs in your rental unit. An inspector from the Housing and Preservation Department (HPD) will come to your home to inspect. More on that in a […]
By nobugsonme on Jul 20, 2007 in bed bug bites, bed bug blame game, bed bug refugees, bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, blame game, connecticut, detection, furniture, hotels, mattresses, misdiagnoses, multi-unit buildings, nevada, new haven, news, public education, spread, tenants, treatment, treatment preparations, usa | 2 Comments
In Reno, they have so few bed bug cases, that the health department called three residents of an apartment complex to tell them their building is infested. (New Yorkers, are you laughing?!)
Unfortunately, as Geralda Miller of the Reno Gazette Journal reports, the advice being given to tenants is not great:
“They’re an indoor critter,” [Jeff […]
By Winston O. Buggy on May 22, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, detection, gentrol, history, hope, pesticides, professional advice, public education, research, snake oil, technological advances, thermal, tools and weapons, treatment | 18 Comments
Editor’s note: this is part two in what will be a three- (or more) part series by a well-known bed bug professional, writing under the pseudonym,
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By nobugsonme on May 15, 2007 in Bed Bug Dogs, J&K, bed bugs, bedbugs, detecting bed bugs, detection, florida, get rid of bed bugs, k9, pepe peruyero, research, tools and weapons, university of florida | 1 Comment
The University of Florida News reports on tests being run by U of F researchers on bed bug dogs:
Nine-pound Nudie’s feet skitter across the concrete floor as she speeds by, keeping her tiny nose to the ground. She scurries around the perimeter of a bed, then hops on top.
“Find your B’s, find your B’s,” handler […]