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Get your team ready for winter driving

Have you reviewed winter driving with your techs and sales team lately? Hazardous storms and inclement weather are a factor...

What makes an attractive target for a merger?

Here's a list of items that can make a termite and pest control company attractive.

Bird-B-Gone: VR Courses

Bird-B-Gone has developed new virtual reality (VR) training courses. This series places professionals in engaging, real-world, 360-degree environments that provide...

Don’t let the bat bugs bite

Differences between bat bugs and bed bugs are subtle, and it takes a microscope and a little training to tell...

Using aerosol sprays for controlling stinging insects

Appropriately labeled contact aerosol sprays can be very effective for controlling stinging insects in residential, commercial and institutional areas, including...

Pest Control Insulation: Three TAP options

Adding an Environmental Protection Agency-registered TAP Pest Control Insulation service just got easier for professionals, with three options available. If...

Before heading out to their various schedules at PestWorld, the Pi Chi Omega group gathered for a photo. PHOTO: HEATHER GOOCH

Pi Chi Omega: On the grow

When members of industry fraternity Pi Chi Omega convened on Oct. 23, during the National Pest Management Association’s (NPMA’s) PestWorld...

10 tips to prepare for a sale

Before buyers take a close look at your business, take steps to increase its value.

Winter prep: Fill structural gaps to prevent overwintering pests

Stinkbugs, ladybugs, cluster flies and yellowjackets — along with bats, squirrels and other wildlife — are all still very active...

Pheromones in tears of baby mice could prevent breeding

Signals from a pheromone produced by male mice to encourage breeding, is replaced with signals from a pheromone produced by...

5 questions with Kevin Lemasters

Read about how Kevin Lemasters' town council position helps him with customer service at EnviroPest.

Liphatech hires Northeast manager

Milwaukee, Wis.-based rodent control product manufacturer Liphatech expands its pest management division sales team with the addition of Barry Pitkoff....

McNeely Pest Control conquers infestation of 3,000 mice

About a year or so ago, Wayne Grush received an unusual call. The technical director of Winston-Salem, N.C.-based McNeely Pest...

Tips for responding to calls about spiders

Here are some things you can do when dealing with customer calls about spiders and potential spider bites.

John Cambridge, owner of the Philadelphia Insectarium & Butterfly Pavilion, left, receives the check from Orkin Region Sales Manager David McDeavitt. PHOTO: ORKIN

Orkin helps Insectarium after robbery

In August, the Philadelphia Insectarium & Butterfly Pavilion was robbed of 7,000 of its insects — and Orkin Pest Control...