Feb 23 2009
The Structural Pest Management Association of BC (SPMABC) is hosting a free info session on bed bugs and related topics this Saturday (February 28th) at Library Square from 9:00am – 1:00pm. Admission is free, but on a first come first serve basis (the room holds 300 people).
Topics will include:
General Bed Bug Information
Prevention Tips
Detection Methods
Health Concerns
Tenant [...]
Feb 23 2009
Source: NJ.com
A Jersey City public school sprayed for bedbugs yesterday after discovering a bedbug on a student last week, a school official confirmed today..
A teacher at School 14, the Ollie Culbreth Jr. School, found an insect on a preschool student, and the school nurse confirmed that it was a bedbug, said Paula Christen, a spokeswoman [...]
Feb 21 2009
Source: NY Times
LOUIS SORKIN has been an entomologist at the American Museum of Natural History since 1978, and he is an expert in that most reviled blood-sucking creature, the bed bug. As bed-bug complaints in the city have skyrocketed in recent years — calls to 311 rose 34 percent, to 9,213, in the past fiscal [...]
Feb 18 2009
Source: New York Times
New York’s bedbug infestation is getting worse, with almost 10,000 complaints to the city last year – one-third higher than the year before.
“There are lots and lots of people who are having a devastating experience with bedbugs,” said Renee Corea, who helped start the coalition New York vs. Bed Bugs after being [...]
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Feb 15 2009
Source: Portland Tribune
No one wants to talk about them. Just mention the word — “bedbugs” — and feel yourself cringe.
Bedbugs are parasites that live off the blood of mammals and are especially fond of humans – this may explain the cringing.
Local motels insist they’ve never had a bedbug problem. Folks at local secondhand stores claim [...]
Feb 12 2009
Source: Kentucky Kernel
Bedbugs are becoming a problem in dorm rooms across the nation and the bad news: They are hard to prevent.
“We can’t really prevent (bedbugs) because there are so many ways of bringing them in,” said Ben Crutcher, associate vice president for Auxiliary Services at UK.
During the Spring 2008 semester, there was a bedbug [...]
Feb 05 2009
Source: Erie Times News
Gannon University is once again battling bedbugs.
The tiny bloodsuckers were found in one of the university’s apartments Tuesday night, forcing Gannon to move five of its students into a downtown hotel.
It’s the second time this semester and 21st time this school year that bedbugs have been found in a Gannon dormitory or [...]
Feb 04 2009
Source: The Toronto Star
Michael Potter collected bugs as a kid. I’m not sure how
his mother felt, but he collected so many bugs for so long, and studied
them so hard, that he earned a doctorate in creepy-crawlies.
Oh, well, at least he’s a doctor.
Potter
teaches entomology, and does insect research, at the University of
Kentucky. He is [...]