Airways Hotel: Sisters bitten 100 times by bed bugs needed hospital treatment
Daily Mail
The person who left the review, named as Joseph and says he is from Florida, said that 'breakfast wasn't worth the effort', the dining room was too small, the beds were uncomfortable because springs were visibly broken. He added: 'The bed spreads …

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Bed bugs being found in central Illinois
The State Journal-Register
There are now nine individually owned businesses throughout the family in Illinois, Connecticut and Florida. Harty said people “are pretty sure” they have bed bugs when they call about the problem. “They'll have bites all over them,” she said. …

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US Hygiene Adds Bed Bug Fix to Its Line of Highly Effective Cleaning and Pest …
Business Wire (press release)
At this time, homeowners and exterminators started to use hazardous outdoor pesticides inside homes to eliminate bed bugs. US Hygiene, located in Naples, Florida, is the premier solutions provider in the self-performed cleaning, disinfection, …

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Mr. Ralph Citarella Jr. B.C.E. Appointed to BedBug Chasers Advisory Board
PR.com (press release)
Studies have shown bedbugs are building an ever growing tolerance to many of the chemicals used to fight them and heat is the only effective way to kill all the bedbugs plus their nymphs and eggs, which may be deep inside a wall or ceiling. …

Bed Bug-Sniffing Dog Clears Teen of Infestation Accusation
Baristanet
“She's trained to detect live bugs and eggs,” says her owner Jerry Renzullo. “If she finds the scent, she'll start barking and scratching the ground,” he said. I spoke with Renzullo about his professional canine. Dory was trained for her job in Florida …

'Tomatoland' Explores the Seedy Side of Florida's Tomato Industry
Knoxville Metro Pulse
(Did you know some early American colonists thought tomato vines in one's sheets would get rid of bed bugs?) He details the rise of the Florida winter tomato industry in the 1880s, after an enterprising farmer discovered that if he shipped unripe …

POLITICO Influence: Panel prepping
Politico
LITTLE MONSTERS: The National Pest Management Association is out this week with a new study (http://bit.ly/mVr1td) that concludes that bedbugs are now effectively everywhere. While the tools of pest control usually come in the form of chemicals, …

Orange Park Super 8 Motel Bedbug Nightmare: 'I Felt Something Crawling on Me'
First Coast News
Bellamy's shock was enough to wake up her friend Rochelle Perry in the other bed. "And there were bedbugs and red bugs, like, everywhere," said Perry. The women contacted the front desk, but they say no one ever came to check out the problem. …

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Greatest Threat to Bed Bugs Since Last Ice-Age
MarketWatch (press release)
CEO Edwin Marshall added to Shannon's statement by saying, "To put it into perspective, our only real competitor in what is essentially 'an insecticide-free war against bed bugs,' would be the onset of another ice-age! …

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Don't Let The Bedbugs Bite
Patch.com
While ordinary bedbugs do not spread infections, that's not the case for the tropical bedbug, which he said may be more prevalent in Florida as we undergo climatic change. However, diligent mattress and box spring checks are the best ways to spot an …

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Five Things We Learned on Patch this Week
Patch.com
Water is ubiquitous in Florida and it's not difficult to find swimming hotspots in Pinellas County. Experts agree that swimming offers an excellent way to stay fit and live well. Yet it's not without risks. Don't Let The Bedbugs Bite: In mid-May, …

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Dogs Versus Bedbugs
KOLO
A happy dog and unmarked car he says makes the entire operation as discrete as possible. In Florida alone 30000 hotel rooms are screened for bed bugs this way. Parker says if he could do just half of that number, he'd be a happy man.

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Precision helps address concerns about allergens, bed bugs
Fibre2fashion.com
… control technician for the department of Housing and Residence Education at the University of Florida, who provides advice on preventing or minimizing bed bug infestations to members of the Association of College and University Housing Officers. …

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Trained beagle won't let the bedbugs bite
phillyBurbs.com
K9 handler Jessica Wadsworth of Moyer Indoor|Outdoor in Souderton works with Scout, a dog that can sniff out bed bugs. Scout is seen here hitting on a bed bug that Wadsworth hid in the cushions of a chair at their offices on Thursday afternoon for …

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Don't let the bedbugs bite: Helping St. Matthew's House evict some unwanted guests
Naples Daily News
“In the '40s, they were almost eradicated,” but they have made a comeback, nationally as well as in Southwest Florida. Since her department does not have regulatory authority or officially track bedbugs, they do not have hard numbers on the scope of …

Spotting bedbug bites in primary care
Clinical Advisor
LAS VEGAS – Until recently, bedbugs were a distant memory – the stuff of children's rhymes – but an increasing number of patients are seeking care in primary care clinics for skin lesions caused by the parasite's bites, according to a speaker at the …

Souderton company's trained beagle won't let the bedbugs bite
phillyBurbs.com
K9 handler Jessica Wadsworth of Moyer Indoor|Outdoor in Souderton works with Scout, a dog that can sniff out bed bugs. Scout is seen here hitting on a bed bug that Wadsworth hid in the cushions of a chair at their offices on Thursday afternoon for …

Naples shelter gets help with bedbug extermination
The News-Press
For about three years, the center staff has been trying to get rid of an infestation of bedbugs. But Thursday morning, eight technicians from four divisions of Truly Nolen pest control in Southwest Florida showed up at the shelter for a showdown. …

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Powerful insurer Aon enters war against bedbugs
Crain’s New York Business
In the past, the cost of treating bedbugs was seen as an unplanned expense that had to be paid out of pocket by the landlord. Treatment of bedbug problems and replacement of any property was excluded from property insurance policies. …

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Bedbug detection business opens in Brookfield
Danbury News Times
All dogs and dog handlers at Harlem River Hounds are certified by the National Entomology Scent Detection Canine Association, based in Florida. Dogs are trained to detect live bedbugs and viable bedbugs' eggs by their scent. The dogs alert handlers by …

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All Florida Pest Control receives Green Business Certification
PRLog.Org (press release)
All Florida Pest Control's launch of the green “all natural” pest control program is a non-toxic alternative to eliminate all pests from fleas to bed bugs. Consumers such as clients of hotels and health care facilities are taking a more active role in …

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Sniffing out a menace
TheNewsTribune.com
It was because the places with the bed bugs didn't want any witnesses. Beuter himself enjoys the limelight. You might recognize his salt-and-pepper bowl cut and gravelly voice from the television news. His consistent message: creeping bed-bug …

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Dogs sniff out growing pest problem
Glens Falls Post-Star
Northeast Pest Control also has a trained dog, Gator, for bed bug-sniffing purposes. According to a study by University of Florida entomologists, well-trained dogs can be 96 percent accurate in detecting live bugs and their eggs. …

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Dogs won't let the bedbugs bite
Tbo.com
Clausen did some research and got in touch with Bill Whitstine, who owns and operates the Florida Canine Academy in Safety Harbor. There canine detection teams are trained to sniff out bombs, drugs, money, weapons, termites, mold and bedbugs. …

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Local business offers bed bug blasting alternative
FOX19
There is another, not entire well-known way, to annihilate bed bugs and it does not involve extreme heating measures. This procedure involves wrapping your entire house and there is only one company in Cincinnati …

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