The 2012 Bed Bugs Minnesota Conference recently took place in Plymouth, Minn. Local station, KSTP spoke with Todd Leyse of Adam’s Pest Control, and leader of the conference, who shared some bed bug prevention tips.  

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A recent article on StarNewsOnline.com  spoke to a public housing commissioner, a canine bed bug detection specialist owner and various pest management professionals to get information and tips bed bugs. Jung Kim, bed bug specialist with the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in Raleigh, shared his hardest bed bug case with Star News [...]

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In previous posts to Bed Bug Plague, we shared the bed bug infestation issues the University of Nebraska-Lincoln dealt with last year in their dorms. (Insurance and False Positives for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Update, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln Battling Bed Bugs) Now it seems the blood suckers are back – JournalStar.com [...]

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The New York Times’s City Room blog recently shared a humorous post regarding a conversation overheard on a bus in New York City that went like this: “So she moved the bed near the wall and sure enough they got bedbugs and she’s all bitten up, but he doesn’t have a single bite.” “What do [...]

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The Federal Trade Commission recently filed deceptive advertising charges against two companies manufacturing bed bug remedies. One marketer claimed to eliminate bed bugs with natural ingredients such as cinnamon and cedar oil. To read more regarding the cases, check out the full FTC release.

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Protect-A-Bed exhibited and sponsored this year’s Bed Bug University North American Summit in Las Vegas. The summit gives industry professionals the chance to come together to share information regarding bed bugs and the removal of them. In an article in Las Vegas Sun Protect-A-Bed’s very own inventor of ThermalStrike™, Mike Lindsey, was interviewed regarding the [...]

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Recently, USAToday Travel’s Kitty Bean Yancey found her Vegas hotel on a bed bug registry. Instead of overreacting, Yancey did the smart thing and called the hotel for more information. Since she has stayed there in the past and hasn’t had any problems, she wanted to hear firsthand whether bed bugs were an issue. Bed [...]

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An Iowan man recently set a mattress on fire at a local motel, after a coworker called him from the motel for assistance. According to reports in the Times-Republican, health inspectors found no evidence of the pests in any rooms at the motel. Pest management professionals would caution that setting a mattress on fire is [...]

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Yahoo! Travel recently shared some tips from Missy Henriksen, The National Pest Management Association’s vice president of public affairs, on how to avoid bed bugs while traveling. Check your room upon arrival. Be sure to look through the room thoroughly. For tips on what to look for check out Bed Bugs 101. Request a different [...]

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