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PMP Hall of Fame Spotlight: Dr. Laurel Hansen

The Pest Management Professional (PMP) Hall of Fame Class of 2015 is comprised of Dr. Laurel Hansen, Dr. Phil Koehler, John R. Cook Sr....

Start-Up Diaries: Get Up, Get Out, Give Back

Have you noticed that hardly anyone volunteers anymore? It used to be that you’d have waiting lists to get into...

Photo: Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org

Did You Know: Africanized Honey Bees

African honey bees (Apis mellifera scutella) were first brought to Brazil in the 1950s to increase honey production. In 1957, 26...

Social Success: Why You Need to Humanize Your Business

Use social media to make your company more likeable, trustworthy and attractive to new customers. Many companies are busy adding...

Conducive Conditions: The Tiny Jungle

From the street or sidewalk, this newly refurbished office building appears well landscaped and free of pest problems. However, as...

Ask the Expert: Bed Bugs, Grain Beetles, Termites and Rats

Q. What are the pros and cons of heat treatments for bed bug control? I have had great success with thorough...

Difference Maker: Lloyd Merritt Smigel

Editor’s Note: The PMP staff is saddened to report that Smigel, a former columnist and loyal friend of the magazine, passed...

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Callback Cures: Less is Not Always More

House mice (Mus musculus) are the most common rodents encountered in structures throughout the world. When it comes to controlling...

Time is Money: IPM for IMM

A client with a large warehouse facility calls complaining of moths fluttering around. When asked to describe them, he says they’re...

Mobile PMP: Summer of Mobile Tech

This summer, several software and mobile system manufacturers announced new innovations tailored to pest management professionals’ (PMPs’) needs. Additionally, the...

Most Wanted: Bald-Faced Hornet

Aerially articulate but potentially punitive, bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculate) build abodes that can result in attacks on victims deemed too close...

A Timeline for Termiticides

APRIL 15, 1988 – A day of infamy The termite industry has come a long way since the day chlordane...

Pest Pressure: Feral Cats, Lyme Disease and Ticks

What? Feral cat, Felis catus Where? Decaying urban infrastructures Why? As top-of-the-food-chain carnivore predators, adult cats become strays and then...

Marty and Meg Whitford (Photo: Marty Whitford)

Whit’s World: Daddy’s Li’l Girl is ‘All Growed Up’

Writers write. It’s what we do. Many of us also procrastinate. A prolific writer once said, “I don’t always love...

Pest Pressure: Cat Fleas, Ground Squirrels, Northern Raccoons

What? Cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis Where? Throughout the United States Why? Cryptically creepy and structurally stable blood feeders, nuisance fleas...