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Protect Yourself From Bed Bugs

Friday, January 6th, 2012 at 2:12 pm  
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Bed bugs have become a serious problem in recent years.

Protect yourself from bed bugsAny place human beings live or gather is a potential target for a bed bug infestation. Bed bugs have ruined many vacations due to infested cruise ships and hotels rooms. Bed bugs are fond of hitching rides to people’s homes after they visited family in the hospital or a nursing home. Bed bugs have stowed away in paper bags full of groceries. They may even climb onto your suit jacket while you enjoy a delicious meal in your favorite restaurant. Bed bugs can be found almost anywhere and they are all too happy to accompany you home to continue to make your life miserable.

With bed bugs seeming to be everywhere, people wonder what they can do to protect themselves.

How can you avoid bed bugs at home and how can you avoid bringing them home from the outside world? Happily, there are solutions to the bed bug problem. You can create an effective bed bug protection plan by using bed bug bags, bed bug sprays, traps or powders and bed bug killing heat enclosures. By combining these three products, you can prevent bed bug infestations and give yourself a solid barrier against the sleep disturbing little pests.

Bed bug bags come in many shapes and sizes.

They are available to enclose luggage, as luggage liners, as pillow covers, to enclose a cushion, mattress or box spring and as general purpose storage bags. Made of heavy gauge plastic with a fully seal-able zipper and re-enforced seams, bed bug bags are an effective way to trap existing bed bugs or to protect items against bed bugs. At home, you should enclose cushions, pillows, mattresses and box springs with bed bug bags. Use them to enclose any items you keep in storage, such as empty suitcases and cartons of personal property. When you travel, line your suitcases with bed bug suitcase liners and keep every item of luggage in a sealed bed bug bag. When you are settled at your destination, enclose the mattress, box spring and pillows in bed bug bags for the duration of your stay.

To further enhance your protection from bed bugs, you should use a bed bug powder, traps or spray in combination with the bed bug bags.

Before you seal a bed bug bag, you should spray, dust the powder or place a trap inside every bed bug bag. This will assure that you kill any bed bugs that may be hiding inside the item sealed in the bed bug bag. You should also place traps, dust powder or spray every around the perimeter of every room and between the mattress and box spring of every bed. You can use your preferred product on sofas, armchairs and other furniture to add even more protection. When you travel, using a powder, spray or traps will help to guarantee that you don’t bring home any bed bugs from your foray to the outside world.

The third part of the bed bug protection plan is to use a bed bug killing heat enclosure

Bed bugs will die when exposed to steady heat of 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Bed bug heat enclosures will heat items to about 140 degrees Fahrenheit and each treatment should last 4 to 5 hours. The bed bug heat enclosure is particularly effective for luggage, clothing, dry clean only items, odd shaped items like shoes or hats, and more delicate items like cds or books. A heat enclosure will save you hundreds of dollars in dry cleaning bills and simplify the decontamination process. When you return from a trip, place your outer wear, clothing and suitcases in the heat enclosure to be extra sure of killing any bed bugs you may have picked up during your travels. Heat enclosures run from $175 to $750 for commercial models and they will last for years of service. This is many times less then the cost of an exterminator.

There you have it;  an easy to use, 3 part, bed bug protection plan that will prevent or kill bed bugs both at home and when you are out in the world. This plan is straight forward, simple and effective. It is affordable and will save you a fortune in professional pest control costs. It really is possible to protect your home and family from bed bugs without bringing in expensive outside help. All it takes is a bit of knowledge and making the effort to follow this simple bed bug protection plan.

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Bed Bugs Are Back: What Does This Mean To Us!

Sunday, December 18th, 2011 at 11:14 pm  
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Just think about bed bugs for a moment and suddenly every little, innocent itch takes on a more sinister meaning

Bed Bugs
by liz.novack under CC BY
Bed Bugs Are Back

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Bed bugs have plagued mankind since ancient times when humans beings lived in caves. By the end of the Industrial Revolution, bed bugs could be found in every nation on earth, infesting our dwellings and ruining our sleep. Cimex lectularius, the scientific name for the little abominations, spread at will until the development of DDT in the mid 1940′s. DDT proved to be so effective at killing bed bugs that by the late 1950′s they were almost non-existent in the modern world. Sadly, this was only a temporary reprieve. By to year 2000, bed bugs were back in force to infest homes, apartments and businesses with frightening regularity. One study, done by The National Pest Management Association, found that since the year 2001, bed bugs infestations have increased by 71% in the United States.

To better understand the problem, we need to take a look at the reasons for the unexpected re-appearance of bed bugs. At the top of the list is the over-reaction of the environmental lobby to the use of DDT that resulted in its banning throughout most of the world. The ban on the use of DDT led to many unfortunate consequences, including new outbreaks of Malaria in poor nations and the rapid return of bed bugs. The hostility to DDT also made the job of getting new pesticides to market much more difficult. Out of control over regulation and excessive safety testing imposed by the FDA under pressure from powerful environmental groups, gave bed bugs several years in which they were able to firmly re-establish their presence.

At the same time environmentalists were playing havoc with pesticides, something far more sinister was taking place. Since the end of the 20th. century, powerful forces have been at work to concentrate populations into immense urban centers while discouraging people from living in rural areas. Under the frightening name of Agenda 21, the United Nations has been working hard to pressure nations to accept this massive program of radically altering where and how we live. Using the same dubious science that the UN used for its “Climate Change” theories, the globalists are working hard to pack us all into easily controlled, highly regulated cities. Cramming millions of human beings into over crowded urban centers is the ultimate recipe for the proliferation of bed bugs.

Another factor in the spread of bed bugs, particularly in the Unites States, has been the almost unrestricted flow of immigrants from nations where extensive pest control is not an economic priority

Bed bugs are notorious hitchhikers and when people travel, bed bugs are always happy to come along for the ride. The unsupervised movement of population has been a major contributor to the spread of diseases and harmful insect species. It is an undeniable fact that un-regulated influx of 20 million immigrants into the United States has also had an effect on spread of bed bugs.

No look at the causes of the resurgence of bed bugs would be complete without examining international trade and the incredible expansion of modern transportation. The United States, for example, imports trillions of dollars of goods from foreign lands every year. Thousands of ships from all over the world dock in American harbors and thousands of planes land at American airports every day. The products they carry are then transported from coast to coast in a wide assortment of planes, trains and trucks. Among the millions of shipments of goods, we can find our old friend the bed bug, once again hitching a ride. Bed bugs may have taken a ship from China to San Diego then a freight train to Oklahoma City and finally a delivery truck to your home on First Street. When you open the cardboard box containing that new 52″ widescreen TV, the little blighters dash for the first crack they can find. Then they patiently wait for darkness to fall before they go in search of a warm blooded victim. Making things even more difficult, bed bugs can live for up to a year without feeding so traveling for weeks between meals is not an issue for them.

Once again we see mankind at the root of the bed bug problem

As human population spirals out of control and continues to grow past the six billion level, more and more people are crammed into less and less space. At the same time. an endless stream of bureaucrats have regulated every single aspect of our lives so completely that it costs upwards of $1000 a room to get a professional pest control specialist to deal with a bed bug infestation. People travel freely and with little respect for national borders. Goods get shipped from Memphis to Mozambique and everywhere in between. With crime and terrorism a constant worry for international trade, the last thing a Customs agent has time to look for is bed bugs. Hopefully, someday, someone will invent a simple easy method to eliminate bed bugs completely. Lets just pray that when it happens, an environmental group doesn’t get bed bugs declared an endangered species.

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Get Rid Of Unwelcome Bed Bugs

Thursday, December 15th, 2011 at 9:55 pm  
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No one wants to deal with bed bugs.

Getting rid of bed bugsThey are a real nuisance and they can be quite difficult to get rid of once they set up housekeeping. Unfortunately, bed bugs have been making a major comeback as a result of increased international trade, over population, the ban on DDT and the rapidly developing resistance of bed bugs to many modern pesticides. So how exactly do you get rid of bed bugs once they rear their tiny, ugly heads? The answer calls for a combination of professional help from a licensed, reputable pest control specialist along with some common sense steps.

Getting rid of bed bugs requires an awareness of the problem and making sure you don’t aggravate the situation by making mistakes.

Probably the worst things you can do is to panic and set off a bug bomb. This will not only render your home unlivable for a time but may just drive the nasty little critters deeper into hiding without getting rid of them. Instead here a some steps you can take to help with the problem and get rid of bed bugs:

1. Be sure to inspect and change your bed linens often; at least twice a week.

2. Be sure to wash bed linens and blankets in hot water and then run them through a hot dryer not once but twice. If you can’t wash your blankets, place them in direct sunlight for several hours then have them dry cleaned.

3. Never use insecticides on bed linens or bedding. This can cause serious health problems for family members.

4. Vacuum and clean all your bedding and furniture often.

5. Vacuum and clean cabinets, floor boards and molding, drapes and curtains, door frames, picture frames and light sockets. Bed bugs love to hide in dark places, cracks and even in electrical sockets.

6. Repair all visible cracks and seams using plaster or caulking. This will help deny bed bugs future hiding places.

7. Avoid purchasing second hand furniture unless it has been professionally inspected and certified bed bug free.

8. Inspect family members for bed bug bites on a regular basis if you suspect bed bugs may be present.

9. Inspect your home regularly for signs of bed bugs, their droppings, eggs and molt husks. Look in the seams of mattresses, under sheets and between your mattress and box spring. Also inspect furniture, drapes and curtains, floor boards and molding, light sockets, cabinets, door frames and picture frames.

10. When you travel, take bed bug traps with you for your luggage and hotel room.

11. Never put luggage on the bed or furniture. Open all luggage on a metal luggage stand.

12. Place bed bug traps in sensitive areas in your home such as bedding, sofas and upholstered chairs. Bed bugs love soft fabrics, plush cushions and places where warm blooded people or pets like to sit or sleep.

13. Remove any paper wrappings from your furniture. Bed bugs love to eat through paper and will even chew through plastic.

14. Carefully inspect all pet bedding and wash it often. Also inspect your pet for bed bug bites.

15. If you think you have bed bugs, bring in a pest control specialist to confirm your suspicions.

These are some of the things you can do to help your pest control specialist get rid of bed bugs and to prevent a re-occurrence of the problem.

Once you determine that bed bugs are present, your pest control professional will treat your home with the appropriate method and advise you on other ways to prevent bed bugs from returning. Bed bugs can be quite a nuisance and getting rid of bed bugs requires calm, well thought out steps. Panic and frantic over reaction will not help and will probably just make things worse. Getting rid of bed bugs will take some effort and incur some financial costs but it will be well worth it for your peace of mind and a good nights sleep.

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Bed Bugs – Dont Let Them Bite

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011 at 8:20 pm  
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A Blast From The Past

There is an old nursery rhyme that goes as follows:

“Good night, sleep tight,
Don’t let the bed bugs bite.
And if they do
Then take your shoe
And knock ‘em ‘til
They’re black and blue!”

 

Kids used to sing this about a century ago and back then they also had real live bed bugs

Bed bugsThen some clever human invented DDT and bed bugs virtually vanished from the modern world. DDT also ended the plague of Malaria for much of the planet. Sadly, unlike many fairy tales, this story does not have a happy ending because some other clever human managed to convince the United Nations that DDT was evil. As a result, DDT has been banned, millions in the Third World are once again at risk of Malaria and in our modern, Western World, bed bugs have made a rather dramatic and itchy comeback.

In just about every American town or city, hotels, home owners and apartment dwellers are going crazy and spending a small fortune trying to deal with these industrious, microscopic vampire bugs. We aren’t talking about Twilight handsome vampires now. We are talking about tiny, little, annoying insects that infest places that humans and their pets like to sleep. They nest in bedding, sofas and pet’s sleeping areas and drink the blood of any available warm blooded animal. Bed bugs will move in to your home, apartment or hotel room and they won’t even help with the bills. Instead they will bite you, give you a rash or blisters and make you itch like crazy. Just thinking about bed bugs is enough to get most people itching in no time at all.

The worst part of bed bugs is getting rid of them.

First you have to drain your bank account paying the exterminator to confirm that you have an infestation of the miserable critters. Then you have to bag up just about everything you own and either throw it out or wash it for hours in boiling water. Of course, the exterminator will offer to spray your home with some highly toxic, highly expensive, non-DDT insecticide. Unfortunately, the bed bugs are probably already resistant to it. So what do we do about these unwelcome guests?

Bed bugs sufferers, don’t despair

There is a happy ending after all. You could use an all natural product called Bed Defense instead. This highly effective, clinically tested product is just what you need to return bed bugs to the history books. Bed Defense has a lot going for it. Its easy to use, inexpensive and it has been developed by professionals with many years experience in the pest removal field. Bed Defense starts to work to moment you open the package and it is effective against over 99.9% of bed bugs. Bed Defense is the number one selling product of its kind and it will work around the clock to protect your family, your children and your pets.

Bed Defense is not just effective when you already have bed bugs. It can also be used to protect your home before the itching starts and you suspect the worst. Placing Bed Defense in vulnerable areas of your home will help keep the little blighters from ever making an unwelcome appearance.

If you like to travel, Bed Defense should become your traveling companion. Take Bed Defense with you and when you check into a hotel put it by the bed, in your luggage and in the hotel closet where you hang your clothes. Be the smart traveler and avoid joining the ranks of thousands of very unhappy voyagers who took home some bed bugs as a gift from the hotel.

Right now Bed Defense is offering new customers an opportunity to sign up for a free trial of the product. You can use Bed Defense for a month and if it works for you, continue to receive the product. If for some reason, you are not satisfied, just cancel your purchase plan before the first month is over. It is just that simple and in no time, you can stop worrying, stop itching and start smiling again. Bed Defense really is your best defense against bed bugs.

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Bed Bugs and How To Deal With Them

Monday, October 17th, 2011 at 11:40 pm  
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Heres a great way to deal with those horrible things – Bed Bugs!

Bed bugsAn old nemesis from our distant past has returned to pay us a visit and the results can be quite annoying. bed bugs, those tiny, voracious, blood drinking insects pests are making a rather dramatic comeback in our modern world. After an absence from our lives of more than 50 years, bed bugs have once again begun to proliferate in our homes, apartments, hotels, motels and even movie theaters. Anywhere where the lights are dim and warm blooded creatures can be found, bed bugs are rearing their microscopic, ugly heads.

bed bugs have not been directly linked to any serious illnesses or diseases. They do cause skin rashes, chronic itching and blisters. However, just the thought of having bed bugs is enough to set off the panic alarms in most people and before long, every minor itch has a deeper, darker meaning. People start worrying about bed bugs and soon they are at their wits end just thinking about these annoying invaders.

Getting rid of bed bugs once they have infested your home can be an expensive proposition.

Bed bugs like to live in mattresses, sofas, draperies, pet bedding, cracks in your walls and even in the clothes hanging in your closet. Anywhere warm and dark that gives them easy access to a nice, warm blooded body. Since most people are not equipped to handle the situation on their own, they usually end up calling in a professional exterminator and paying a good deal of money to eliminate bed bugs.

Once the exterminator has done their job, the work is by no means over. Any clothing that may have come in contact with bed bugs must be washed in boiling water or professionally dry cleaned. Bedding has to be replaced or wrapped in plastic to suffocate anything that lived through the spraying. The entire home must be vacuumed or preferably steam cleaned to assure that any remaining bed bugs or their eggs are removed. Pet bedding should be thrown out and replaced. This is an expensive, labor intensive process that has become a true nightmare for thousands of families since the return of the bedbug.

Now before you sink into despair, there are many things you can do to be pro-active instead of waiting until it is too late. The solution is to follow an integrated pest management plan. One that includes protecting your home in advance with bedbug traps and regular visits from a professional exterminator. It also requires some common sense and good judgement when bringing new items into your home, especially antiques or second hand furniture. You have to be aware enough to realize that even a cardboard box that contained your new computer could be hiding bed bugs.

Travel must also be planned carefully as many hotels are experiencing a bedbug problem and guests may be bringing home more than just happy memories from their vacations. If you plan to travel, you need to take several bedbug traps along with you and place them in your luggage, by your bed, in the drawers where you put your folded clothing and in the closet where you hang your suits or dresses.

It is possible to protect your home and your family from bed bugs. It juts takes planning, knowledge and a bit of elbow grease to do a effective job. Take the time to become informed by reading the most up to date information available about bed bugs then make your own integrated pest management plan. The first step is to hire a reputable exterminator to inspect your home. If your home is still bedbug free, you and the exterminator should plan out your bedbug prevention strategy for the future. If you are already infested with bed bugs, you must take all the recommended steps to remove them. Afterwards, you should put a complete maintenance and prevention plan in place and follow it to the letter. bed bugs are a nuisance but they can be prevented and they can be eliminated. It can be costly and it does take some work but your home and your family are worth the effort.

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