Dealing With Bed Bugs

Identifying Bedbugs 101

Michael Colongione | Posted 04.05.2012

Michael Colongione

It's no secret that bedbugs are running rampant throughout colleges, homes, offices and hotels across the country. These pesky creatures have worked their way into the cracks and crevices of our beds, offices and cars, and spread like wildfire.

Bed Bugs: So Many Treatments, So Little Education

Michael Colongione | Posted 05.15.2012

Michael Colongione

As an owner of a pest control company, I am often asked what type of treatment is most effective in ridding a home of bedbugs.

It's Bedbug Awareness Month

Michael Colongione | Posted 03.29.2012

Michael Colongione

"Happy bedbug awareness month!" I bet you never thought anyone would be uttering those words to you.

Eco Etiquette: Used Mattresses - Icky Or Eco?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 09.19.2011

Jennifer Grayson

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. We need a new mattress fo...

Why We Still Can't Stop Bed Bugs

Michael Colongione | Posted 03.29.2012

Michael Colongione

Why are these little bloodsucking critters not going away? It would seem that with all the news stories, we as a public would know the precautions needed in place so that we don't find ourselves battling a case of the bedbugs.

6 Holistic Ways To Help Keep Your Holidays Bedbug-Free

Ellen Whitehurst | Posted 11.17.2011

Ellen Whitehurst

Let's go ahead and take a look at some herbs, essential oils and other holistic repellents that ameliorate the problem before we take a hop on any planes, trains or homeward-bound, packed-with-presents-only automobiles.

U.S. Grapples With Bed Bugs, Misuse Of Pesticides

AP | MATT LEINGANG | Posted 11.17.2011

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenaci...

An Open Letter to Irrational Humans From Frustrated Bedbugs

Christine Egan | Posted 05.25.2011

Christine Egan

Dear paranoid, irrational, germophobic humans: We understand that some of you have become infatuated -- dare we say, obsessed -- with us lately.

The Doggie Detective: How Dogs Are Solving The Bedbug Epidemic

Huff Post Citizen Reporting | Mary Plummer and Bradley Gallo | Posted 05.25.2011

With bedbug reports up 47 percent in 2009, New York City has been scrambling to get the epidemic under control. Getting rid of the bugs can take weeks...

Bed Bugs: Clues On How They Spread

BrickUnderground | Posted 05.25.2011

The same week that NYC's Department of Health finally published a consumer guide to fighting bed bugs, the Journal of Economic Entomology released a c...

Brooklyn: The Bed Bug Borough

BrickUnderground | BrickUnderground | Posted 05.25.2011

The recent news that a Manhattan co-op spent $250,000 battling bed bugs made us wonder if buildings in some NYC neighborhoods were statistically more ...