Archive for March, 2010

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Great Pest Control Links

There are a lot of great pest control blogs out there on the web. Here is just a few of the great ones that I like to explore. Al Hoffer’s Pest Protection South Florida blog had a cool post on the PPMA video contest winners. Adams pest control recently had a great post on Allergens. [...]

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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Bees are coming out to play

An article in yesterday’s Arizona Daily Star highlights some of the reasons bees will be out in full force this year. With Tucson’s extra wet weather this year and an excessive amount of wildflowers bee activity is expected to increase significantly this month.  The bee article highlights some great safety measures in dealing with bees [...]

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Monday, March 29th, 2010

Moths invade Napa Valley

Moths are in wine country folks! Check out the article below. FRESNO, Calif. – One of the dirty secrets of California’s wine country is now on everyone’s lips. Somehow a voracious, grape-eating moth has found its way nonstop from Europe to the heart of the Napa Valley, the land of three-figure cabernet. With valuable fruit [...]

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Sunday, March 28th, 2010

Weekly account winners

See your account number listed below? Simply contact us at roachman@azpest.com or our offices at 886-PEST and let us know you saw your account number featured on our blog. If you do this within the week, before next Sundays accounts are posted then you will receive your next pest control service FREE! 23801 60232 40023 [...]

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Friday, March 26th, 2010

Pro Best Pest talks termites

Our friends up at Pro Best Pest Management in Phoenix were recently interviewed about termite swarming season. Keith Birkemeyer, a pest expert for Pro Best discusses the implications of termite season and urges home owners to inspect for termites on a regular basis. Congrats and thank you for sharing Keith! Enjoy. http://www.callprobest.com/frame.php?Page=9

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Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Bee attacks on the rise

Bee swarms are on the rise in the Arizona region. There have been a few highly documented cases already and we aren’t even in April yet. Please see our newsletter on how to deal with bees in Arizona. Bee swarming season will be fierce and long this year, please be prepared it could help you [...]

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Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Increased poaching a result of tough times?

Is increased poaching in the Arizona region caused by a financial factor? Or is it some other phenomenon that has Arizona’s wildlife on the run. Check out the article below from the AZ republic and let us know what you think. PHOENIX – The nation’s crummy economy may be claiming a new class of victims: [...]

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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Crazy pest laws

While frequenting the highly acclaimed pest cemetery blog I came across a very interesting post. The post highlights some of the bizarre pest related laws that exist in our society today. Some of the laws are obviously out dated and not fully enforced (at least I would hope so). Check out some of the laws [...]

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Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Top 10 weird bug facts

Check out these weird bug facts courtesy of Science Channel. I find fact # 7 particularly perplexing. What do you think? Larvae of one type of midge can survive for three days in liquid nitrogen. The temperature of liquid nitrogen is -321 degrees Fahrenheit. Termite queens will lay up to 30,000 eggs a day, and [...]

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Sunday, March 21st, 2010

Weekly account winners!

See your account number listed below? Simply contact us at roachman@azpest.com or our offices at 886-PEST and let us know you saw your account number featured on our blog. If you do this within the week, before next Sundays accounts are posted then you will receive your next pest control service FREE! 60783 32830 25310 [...]

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