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Learn the ins and outs of lift safety before taking on a big job like this, installing bird repellent dishes on the roof tiles of a pier structure. PHOTO: BIRD BARRIER

Build your bird business

Whether you focus on subcontracting or taking it in-house, experts agree: Do your homework first when it comes to bird...

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Expert bird control advice

Is bird control right for your company? Experts share bird control advice for adding the service and learning proper procedures.

Blue Ridge Wildlife & Pest Management Technician Jason Davis installs Bird-Shock Flex-Track on the roof of the National Museum of African American History & Culture. PHOTO: BLUE RIDGE WILDLIFE & PEST MANAGEMENT

Protecting our national heritage from pest birds

Learn how Blue Ridge Wildlife & Pest Management provides the bird control services for the National Museum of African American...

Remembering Dr. Margaret Collins, the ‘Termite Lady’

Dr. Margaret Collins (1922-1996) was the first African American woman to earn a doctorate in entomology, and was a Civil...

Target Specialty partners with 1st Defence Industries

1st Defence Industries partnered with Target Specialty Products with exclusive rights to sell the company's industrial-grade pest monitors, lures and...

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Study finds benefits in ‘bug butter’

Researchers at Ghent University, baked three types of waffles, cookies and cakes using fat from the larvae of black soldier...

Painting the future of WDO control

Our latest issue focuses on trends and technology people are seeing in the termite and other wood-destroying organism (WDO) categories.

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Nothing says ‘I’m over you’ like a cockroach

Zoos in San Antonio and El Paso, Texas, are letting members of the public name a Madagascar hissing cockroach after...

Greg founded his company in 1991. PHOTO: GREG GOETZ

PMP gives formerly incarcerated second chance

President of G.A.G. Pest Control began working with two rehabilitation programs to provide him with fumigation technicians.

Put training in your termite toolbox

Dr. Faith Oi, a University of Florida associate extension scientist, shares litigation and claims in termites and other wood-destroying organism...

The “after” with a vapor barrier and borate-impregnated foamboard insulation installed. PHOTO: CRAWLSPACE DEPOT

Closed crawlspaces are an open opportunity

The consumer-targeted website Crawlspaces.org, maintained by nonprofit energy firm Advanced Energy, features an article with an interesting take on the...

A PMP inspects the condition of existing attic insulation. PHOTO: PEST CONTROL INSULATION

Profit from insulation done right

Whether you train your team or outsource insulation work, here’s what you need to know to make this add-on service...

Offering pest-protection insulation service can make you even more valuable to existing and new customers. PHOTO: SERVICE PARTNERS

An insulation subcontractor’s point of view

Based in Sacramento, Calif., with 13 offices statewide, Alliance Environmental Group offers a variety of services, from asbestos removal and...

Rodent Tales: Misty Goodroad

Misty Goodroad, president of Delcon Termite and Pest Control, shares her experience with rodents during her 30-year career.

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UCR researchers find way to put insects into arrested development

New research from University of California Riverside shows scientists may soon be able to prevent disease-spreading mosquitoes from maturing.