We found this recent article written by a NYC co-op board president in Habitat magazine really interesting. He explained what happened when a neighbor in his New York City co-op decided to use a radiant heat treatment to solve bed bed bug problems. To treat bed bugs with radiant heat, a pest control company needs to
Sorry we didn’t publish this sooner, but The New York Times offered some really good advice on how to deal with residential pest control issues. Two small comments on the article: 1- Regarding its bed bug treatment advice, we know carbon dioxide freezing is a superior method to anything else mentioned because it is safer,
“Crazy as a Bed Bug” is an old expression that (according to the website Why Do We Say It) owes its origin to the almost insane antics of a bedbug crawling around on a mattress. Its motions are zigzag, its direction uncertain. Thus, it would appear that the bedbug’s “craziness” was more along the lines
Welcome to our latest Insect Music Friday posting. This week we’re moving from Boll/Bo Weevils to Butterflies- specifically, Crazy Town’s hit from 2000, which was memorably used in the opening credits of the Jack Nicholson / Diane Keaton movie “Something’s Gotta Give.” Yes, we recognize that for some reason our Insect Music series keeps bringing us
A Manhattan woman concerned about bed bugs emailed us, “How soon can Roscoe come?!?” Bell Environmental can be there right away to perform your canine inspection. First, who’s Roscoe? Roscoe the Bed Bug Dog is a beagle who works for leading bed bug and pest control company, Bell Environmental Services. Roscoe is a scent hound
David Allen Coe’s famous song “You Never Even Call Me By My Name” explains that the perfect country western song has to talk “about momma, or trains, or trucks, or prison or gettin’ drunk.” So his friend went back and added a verse to his song with the lyrics: “Well, I was drunk the day
Bell Environmental is not alone in highlighting how bed bugs are a real problem! The National Pest Management Association just announced that pest control companies across the country are seeing more bed bug service calls this summer compared to last year, with some reporting increases of up to 25 percent. “For anyone who may think
We don’t get political on this blog, but like the politicians and reporters heading into an election, we rarely take a day off, and we’re not above grabbing a timely headline as the subject for a blog entry - especially before topics get so far away from us that our comment would be irrelevant and make
After last week’s “Boll Weevil” songs, we’re following up with another golden oldie that we love. Here’s Fats Domino singing “Bo Weevil” – which we think is a close enough title to include in this series. Enjoy and have a great weekend!
Long before there was buzz about Apple’s new iPhone, iPad mini, or any of the apps or games that you could play on these devices (or apps that you can download), Alfred Hitchcock had his own Angry Birds. If you’ve never seen the movie “The Birds,” there’s a special screening of Hitchcock’s frightfest in theaters