Category: how to get rid of bed bugs
By nobugsonme on Mar 31, 2008 in bed bug history, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, cryonite, detroit, get rid of bed bugs, heat, how to get rid of bed bugs, mark sheperdigian, michigan, travel, troy | 6 Comments
Neal Rubin writes in a Detroit News Op-Ed column today that
At Rose Pest Solutions in Troy [Michigan], where Sheperdigian reigns as vice president for technical services, the number of bedbug jobs has risen from one or two in 2001 to about 160 last year, with continued rapid growth expected in 2008.
The article goes beyond the […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 29, 2008 in Toronto Public Health, bed bugs, bedbugs, canada, etobicoke, how to get rid of bed bugs, ontario, public education, reg eyre, toronto | 0 Comments
InsideToronto.com reports that there will be a bed bug forum to educate residents about bed bugs and how to deal with an infestation, on Wednesday.
Concern about the recent city-wide rise in bed bug infestations has led to the creation of a bed bug forum, coming to Etobicoke this Wednesday, April 2 at LAMP CHC.”You have a […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 20, 2008 in Advanced K9, Bed Bugs and Beyond, Stern, ThermaPure, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, cold, cryonite, freezing, heat, how to get rid of bed bugs, thermal, vikane, wall street journal | 0 Comments
The Wall Street Journal published an article today mentioning some of the “new” methods of fighting bed bugs. The WSJ mentions Stern’s new Cryonite method, ThermaPure’s heat treatment, Bed Bugs and Beyond’s “poisonous gas,” and Advanced K9’s bed bug dogs.
We’re all familiar with all of these options, and in some cases, with other providers […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 26, 2008 in City of Helsinki Environment Centre, Helsinki, Helsinki Sanomat, Oulu, Pirkanmaa, Rentokil, Tampere, bed bugs, bed bugs and sporting events, bed bugs and tourism, bedbugs, finland, how to get rid of bed bugs, international, jouni siltala, number of treatments | 0 Comments
The Helsingen Sanomat reports that bed bugs are making a comeback in Finland:
In recent years, these nocturnal insects have been detected in homes in the Greater Helsinki area, but also in Tampere and elsewhere in the Pirkanmaa region, as well as in Oulu.
The City of Helsinki Environment Centre receives several inquiries about bedbugs every week. […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 19, 2008 in DE, bed bug success stories, bed bugs, bedbugs, collette, diatomaceous earth, drione, eliminate bed bugs, health, how to get rid of bed bugs, kill bed bugs, pesticides, sofas, steam, success stories, walls | 12 Comments
We have long had a success stories page. And though readers often forget to write and tell us of their success, when they do, I’ve been pasting the stories in there.
Some, however, are longer and more detailed than can fit into the page. So I have decided, from here on in, to give […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 19, 2008 in Qatar, bed bug bites, bed bug treatment, bed bug treatment in Qatar, bed bugs, bed bugs abroad, bed bugs in Qatar, bed bugs in sofas, bedbugs, concrete house, expats, how to avoid spreading bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, international, kill bed bugs, pesticides, reacting to bed bug bites, reader questions | 0 Comments
A reader in Qatar writes,
Hello,
I’ve just found your website doing research on my own problem. I live
in Doha, Qatar (Middle East) and have been suffering through what I am
convinced […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 16, 2008 in apartment building, bed bug notice, bed bugs, bed bugs and tenants, bedbugs, detecting bed bugs, east village, furniture, how to avoid bed bugs, how to detect bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, manhattan, mattresses, new york, nyc, used mattresses and bed bugs | 1 Comment
A bed bug notice found in a building lobby in Manhattan, by our stealthy photo contributor, iPhone Interloper.
Good:
Building management admitting problem publicly, posting notice.
Notice asking for bed bug reports.
Notice reminding tenants secondhand mattresses are a no-no.
Notice is building-wide even though only one unit has apparently identified a bed bug problem.
Even guests can see the note. […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 15, 2008 in NC, bed bug stories, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, consumers and bed bugs, eliminate bed bugs, gaston county, gaston county health officials, gastonia, get rid of bed bugs, hotels with bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, kill bed bugs, north carolina | 0 Comments
This story from Eyewitness News in Gastonia, North Carolina is about a woman named Patricia Starling who lived in a Super 8 motel with her two sons after they lost their home in a fire.
Starling said she went back the motel, captured some of the bugs and gave some to Gaston County health officials. Specialist […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 13, 2008 in 311, SRO, bed bug treatment, bed bugs, bedbugs, bloomberg, boarding house, department of health, health officer, heidi peek, housing and preservation department, how to detect bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, hpd, kill bed bugs, nashua, nelson ortega, new hampshire, nh, nyc, nyc hpd, rooming house | 1 Comment
I am delighted to report this news item from Patrick Meighan of the Nashua Telegraph in Nashua, New Hampshire. It’s a story about how Nashua city Health Officer Nelson Ortega and Deputy Health Officer Heidi Peek spent 4 and a half hours inspecting all 117 rooms in a rooming house in Nashua, and found […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 7, 2008 in bed bugs, bedbugs, how to detect bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, lack of evidence, questions about bed bugs | 12 Comments
“In the Dark” writes,
I hope you don’t mind me asking for some advice here…after spending some time on the bedbugger site. I don’t know yet if I have bedbugs and have not seen any in my apartment on the upper westside, but have discovered bites on my upper body five times now in […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 5, 2008 in 1149 College St., Barren River District Health Department, Bowling Green, Bowling Green Towers, HUD, bed bugs, bedbugs, detect bed bugs, elderly and disabled, elderly and disabled housing, how to get rid of bed bugs, inspecting for bed bugs, kentucky, landlords and tenants, low-income housing, ohio, spread of bed bugs, subsidized housing | 1 Comment
Jim Gaines Reports for the Bowling Green Daily News (Bowling Green, Kentucky) that
A few of the roughly 200 residents in Bowling Green Towers at 1149 College St. have had restless nights due to a pesky problem. Several apartment-dwellers have reported an infestation of bedbugs - but health officials say trouble is being squashed before it […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 5, 2008 in NJ, North Jersey, PCOs, The Record, bed bug epidemic, bed bugs, bedbugs, detect bed bugs, get rid of bed bugs, how to avoid bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, inspections, new jersey, tenants and landlords | 0 Comments
Marsha Stoltz provided a typical regional bed bug news story in The Record Sunday:
Creepy crawly creatures have always been a predictable, if dreaded, part of multi-housing life because of the ease with which they move from unit to unit along shared pipes, wires and cable lines.
Landlords and buildings managers typically address these concerns with monthly […]
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