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The 5 Golden Rules Of Crawling Around An Attic

Part of any pest control techs/sales persons job is to get into attics. Whether inspecting,treating, setting traps, pest proofing or just being a nice guy and brining down some Christmas stuff, it’s what we do. So with as much time we as an industry have to spend in this void of a home, it seems [...]

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Is Your B&G An 800 Pound Gorilla?

A few years ago I was part of a large group of bug men being led around a a large campus to give a bid for services. There were the big shot sales men from the mega firms, managers of medium sized companies, techs sent out by their bosses and even a little ol single [...]

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Is Pesticidal Chalk A Good Idea?

I remember seeing a commercial quite some time ago about a great new product that killed bugs using crayons. Of course seeing it in action with the pretty blonde housewife smiling as she draws a protective barrier across her counter top is pretty convincing. The kids and the dog go running by and she flashes [...]

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If Pest Granules Covered The World

Some people will go to almost any lengths to rid themselves of unwanted bugs. Whole gallons of ‘Do It Yourself’ killer liquids are applied to every surface of the home while entire aerosol cans are used to lay to waste a tiny wasp nest or lone spider. It seems that more is not enough and [...]

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The Dangerous Myth Of Mothballs

When you think of mothballs do you associate them with pesticides or more of a harmless home remedy that gets rid of just about any unwanted creature you could imagine? I’m thinking most of you feel this pearly white marble or flaked product must be as harmless as dishwashing soap because I see it used [...]

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Don’t Try Pest Control At Home

We’ve all seen the car commercials where the vehicle is speeding over rough terrain or weaving in and out of traffic. I guess we subliminally get a message that tells us, “We could drive that way. We should buy that car.” Well of course in the middle of our fantasy the screen has a tiny [...]

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Borax- Beauty and the Beast

Death Valley, there are no sounds of birds that fill the air, no crickets chirp or children playing in the summer sun, the oppressive and relentless heat sees to that. This desolate section of earth reaches temperatures of 136 degrees and if you were fool hearty enough to visit you might stop by Bad Water [...]

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The Beast Of Borax Can Kill You

So what’s the problem with Borax? Follow this link to see The Beauty of Borax. Peruse any DIY web site or forum where people are trading recipes for a myriad of pest control issues and it won’t be long before you see someone telling the world to use Borax to get rid of ‘said’ problem. [...]

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Chemical spills-do you know what to do?

Do you know how to handle a chemical spill? It doesn’t happen very often but if and when it does it can quickly ruin more than just your day. News agencies just love accidents like these and wouldn’t it be grand to see your companies logo splashed all over the 6 o’clock news with the [...]

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SpongeBob Rules

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea SpongBob square pants, absorbent and porous and yellow is he, SpongeBob square pants. Well I’m told the song goes something like this and I like any other tech who services homes across America has heard this diddy a hundred times as they treat the house while little [...]

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6 things NOT to do with a fogger

Fogging for insects used to be the ‘bomb’ (pun intended) It was the end all cure all and even after a failed treatment the client would just be in utter amazement that an insect would live through such a complete and thorough dousing of their house rather than be upset with the technician. Hey maybe [...]

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Bug Doctor Minute; Voids to AVOID when dusting

The other day I was called out to a regular client for ‘inch worms’ that really just turned out to be Indian meal moths. That was fine, this happens a lot but while I was there we decided to do her regular service which she was due for in about a week. The tech who [...]

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The Bug Doctor Minute; Heavy Doses Kill Less Bugs

I must have a million pictures on my computer and each one has it’s own story. The problem is I can only use so many in an article. To utilize theses pics I’ve decided to do one minute short video casts and explain some aspects of pest control or what have you that these photographs [...]

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Multiple Layers Of Useless Pest Control

I’m constantly amazed by the amount of pesticides I find in peoples homes and I don’t mean what’s still in the bottle. Most insecticides aren’t suppose to be seen after they are applied so for someone to see what you’ve done means the chances are you used to much. The other problem I find is [...]

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Pesticide labels promote bad pest control

true DIY fashion added another 5 or 6 ounces just to make it stronger.
He told me the only reason he bought the stuff in the first place was because the picture on the front looked like the weeds he had in his yard.

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