PMP Staff – Page 191 – Pest Management Professional

Bell Labs Launches New Homepage

MADISON, Wis. — Rodenticide manufacturer, Bell Laboratories has launched its new company Web site at the same URL, www.belllabs.com. Country-specific product...

Wild Bees Can Be Effective Pollinators

LANHAM, Md. — Over the past few years, honey bee keepers have experienced problems due to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD),...

Whitmire Offers Rebate on Cockroach Bait

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — During the month of April, Whitmire Micro-Gen is offering a special mail-in rebate on its Advance...

ON THE RECORD: Swarm Season Approaches — Be Ready

Great news, everyone — termites are swarming. OK, so that might not be the kind of great news any regular...

Time to Start Thinking about Fire Ant Management

By: Faith Oi Last weekend, the temperature got up into the 80s in Gainesville, Fla. I could not resist doing a...

A Day in the Life of a WMP

By: Mark E. Dotson Editor’s Note: This is Part III of WMP Mark Dotson’s chronicle of a typical day. In the last...

Different Species Require a Different Approach

By: Austin Frishman A cockroach is a cockroach is a cockroach? When it pertains to control and elimination, not so. Sometimes...

Acrobat Ants, Revisited

By: Gerry Wegner Ph.D. Acrobat ants (Crematogaster spp.), are interesting to pest management professionals (PMPs) for a number of reasons. There...

Florida Festival Freed of Fire Ants within 72 Hours

The Florida State Bluegrass Festival is one of the largest and most recognized bluegrass festivals in the US, attracting more than 3,000...

Mattress Safe Achieves Accreditation

CUMMING, Ga. — A bite test and a penetration and escape test were performed on Mattress Safe’s Ultimate Zippered Encasement...

Florida Registers OvoControl G for Ducks and Geese

RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. — The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is the latest state agency to register OvoControl...

Arrow Exterminators Featured on FOX TV as Brown Recluse Spider Experts

ATLANTA — Reports of Brown Recluse spider bites are on the rise in the southeast, although this menacing pest with...

OvoControl P Now Permitted in California Schools

RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. — Innolytics’ OvoControl P, the new birth control product for pigeons, was originally registered by California in July...

Bed Bugs Linger in North Dakota Apartment Complex

From the Grand Forks Herald (N.D.) — Bed bugs have shown up again at an apartment building run by the Grand Forks...

These Aren’t Carpenter Ants!

By: Gerry Wegner Ph.D. Seasoned pest management professionals know that carpenter ants, Camponotus spp., comprise only one genus of ants that readily excavate...