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Stinging insects: A bee, or not a bee?
My fear of stinging insects is fed by a few things. Chief among them are my sister’s allergies, which require her to keep an EpiPen handy at all times, and the wasp I stepped on at a public swimming...
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Listen360: Customer Engagement Platform
Listen360 is a powerful, Net Promoter-based customer engagement platform for companies that understand customer feedback is the key to creating loyalty and growing their business. The Listen360...
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NPMA campaign generates jobs for veterans
PestVets, the veterans group established by the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) in March 2015 to actively promote the recruitment of veterans to the pest management industry, has generated...
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Industry loses a legend: Harry Katz
Pest Management Professional (PMP) Hall of Famer Harry Katz died Sunday, Aug. 28, at the age of 101. As PMP Chalk Talk columnist (and fellow Hall of Famer) Dr. Austin Frishman said of Katz at the time...
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Video: Python chokes PMP on reality TV show
Pest management professional Craig Freeman of Stop That Pest in Birmingham, England, was filming the reality TV show “Deadliest Pests Down Under” in Australia when he was nearly strangled by a python....
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Zoecon: Zenprox EC and Zenprox Aerosol
Zenprox EC and Zenprox Aerosol offer quick knockdown with extended residual control of bed bugs, cockroaches, ants and spiders — as well as controlling a broad spectrum of other insects. Both...
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Tips & Tricks: Know core bed bug harborage
Joe Barile Bed bugs are parasites that feed only on blood. Research has demonstrated that “core” bed bug harborage will be located in, on or close to sites where people sleep or sit for extended...
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Purdue entomologist and team receive USDA grant for neonic research
Kaplan Congratulations to Ian Kaplan and his Purdue University team for receiving a $3.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture to fund...
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2016 NPMA Academy wrap up
Still focusing on motivation, collaboration and innovation, this year’s National Pest Management Association (NPMA) Academy took place July 20-22 in Orlando, Fla. Now in its 21st year, it was once...
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PCT Inc. celebrates 40 years
The Pest Control Technicians Inc. family of employees. On July 23, 2016, Pest Control Technicians Inc. (PCT) of Norristown, Pa., celebrated its 40th anniversary at the Academy of Natural Sciences of...
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How to sweep away cellar spiders for good
Photo: Olaf Leillinger Cellar spiders (family Pholcidae) are common pests in basements and crawlspaces. They build abundant cobwebs and are often found hanging upside down between joists and in dark...
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PCO Bookkeepers
PCO Bookkeepers is an accounting and business advisory firm obsessed with providing pest management companies the information they need to prosper in a competitive business environment. Serving pest...
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Arrow acquires Florida Pest Management
From left are Arrow’s Tommy Giardino, Shay Runion and Tim Pollard; Florida Pest Management’s Morri and John Sims; and Arrow’s Kevin Burns and Martin Hood. Atlanta-based Arrow Exterminators announces...
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CO2 conference set for December
Pest management and lawn care industry leaders will gather in Raleigh, N.C., Dec. 6-8, to attend an exclusive owner’s summit hosted by Coalmarch Productions, a pest control and lawn care marketing...
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How to recruit employees in a connected world
Authors’ Note: The world of recruiting employees continues to drastically change and evolve. It used to be that you just placed an ad in the newspaper, and then you would receive so many faxes you...
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ServicePro: ServSales
As a new feature to ServicePro’s ServSuite management software, ServSales automates sales prospecting and provides better management of your future customers. It takes users from a prospect to a closed...
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The Spider that Ate My Neighborhood! (or: My Late-Summer Porch Pal)
Giant Killer Spider descending from the evening sky into my neighborhood (except, not really). Maybe you’ve heard of the 1972 novelty (not-quite-a) hit, “The Cockroach that Ate Cincinnati” by Rose...
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Petersburg becomes Sun City Truly Nolen manager
Tucson-based Truly Nolen Pest Control has promoted John Petersburg to manager of its Sun City, Ariz., service office. Petersburg joined the company in 2015 after three years in retail management for a...
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Thank you for registering.
Thank you for registering for the upcoming Pest Management Professional webinar, “Insecticide Resistance: Mechanisms and Management,” sponsored by Control Solutions Inc. A link to the live event will...
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Squirrel infestation: 35-year nightmare solved
The homeowners have finally gotten their house back.Photo: Bill Earl Every squirrel infestation is annoying, but one that went on for three-and-a-half decades was particularly unpleasant. In 2004, I...
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