Bird-B-Gone: Bird-B-Gone University
Bird-B-Gone offers a free, hands-on, one-day training course designed to teach the basics of bird control to authorized Bird-B-Gone installers. Attendees receive a certificate of completion, as well as free marketing and training materials. Sign up for an upcoming session at its headquarters in... Read more»Penn State entomology offers insect identification services
Michael Skvarla is director of the Insect Identification Lab, which is within Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. Read more»
BedBug University: Bed Bug Boot Camp
Spending countless hours prepping for bed bug treatments? Stop! Your client’s wasting time with extensive preparations and you’re disrupting the bugs, making control more difficult. Join the 600-plus graduates of BBU’s four-day boot camp, and change the way your company... Read more»
Headless bees still pack punch
The next time you’re working with a customer on a stinging insect account, consider Kathy Keatley Garvey’s recent blog post, “Why Dead Bees Can Sting,” on the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) website. Garvey, a communications... Read more»
Bennett receives collegiate association award
Dr. Gary Bennett, a Pest Management Professional Hall of Famer (Class of 2006) and coordinator of Purdue University’s Urban and Industrial Pest Management Center, was recently awarded the 2016 Celebration of Excellence Award for Mature Program – noncredit from the University... Read more»
Entomologist’s stag beetle t-shirt wins contest
With her stag beetle (Lucanidae) design, entomologist Stacey Lee Rice won the UC Davis Entomology Graduate Student Association annual t-shirt design contest for the second year in a row. Last year, Rice won with her design of a wasp riding a penny-farthing. Read more»
UA pest program wins award
The Association of Physical Plant Administrators (APPA) has awarded the University of Alabama the 2016 APPA Effective & Innovative Practices Award for its submission, “The University of Alabama Pest Management Operations.” APPA’s Effective & Innovative Practices Award recognizes new programs... Read more»
Pi Chi Omega awards 2016 scholarships
Pi Chi Omega, the national entomology fraternity, announces four 2016 recipients of the Pi Chi Omega scholarships. Recognizing the need for college-educated professionals in pest management, Pi Chi Omega, the national entomology fraternity, makes available scholarships each year to students... Read more»