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Analyze your bed bug expertise - Pest Management Professional
Editor’s Note: Questions for this month’s test were contributed by Greg Baumann; Foster Brusca; Doug Foster; Pete Schopen; and Mark Sheperdigian, BCE. Want to know your grade? Send your answers to pmpeditor@northcoastmedia.net, and we’ll let you know how you did.
What should all technicians have in their work vehicles? - Pest Management Professional
We asked Pest Management Professional’s columnists and editorial advisory board members to name essentials to keep in work vehicles. Here are some of the experts’ responses from our September 2022 print edition. Please take a minute to answer our latest one-question poll on this topic and let us know how you promote disinfecting and sanitizing services: Reader poll: What should all technicians have in their work vehicles?
A deeper dive into the world of termites - Pest Management Professional
Pest Management Professional magazine (PMP): Some time ago, we interviewed a guest termite who gave us a lot of good information about subterranean termites (see “Callback Cures” of PMP’s September 2021 issue). That information made us thirsty for more information about this cryptic, yet fascinating insect. Today, we are going to catch up with our previous guest termite who agreed to return. Welcome back to PMP! Termite (T): Thank you, and I am glad to be back. I mean, I am really glad to be back.
Visit and revisit sites of bird control jobs - Pest Management Professional
Before anything else, preparation is the key to success: When getting ready to start a bird control job, the best practice is to visit — and in some cases, revisit — the site to be prepared for the coming job. If you misjudge the setup, you could waste days, or even weeks of time scrambling to get the missing pieces together. To prevent this from happening: Inspect the jobsite once more. See whether any of the site conditions changed from when you originally scoped out the work.
Bird control tips for new construction projects - Pest Management Professional
A bird exclusion strategy should be part of building construction plans from the start. IMAGE: AYMAN-ALAKHRAS/ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS/GETTY IMAGES For most new construction projects that contain bird control, the project will include a specification code for Division 10 Specialties. Either 10 290 bird control or (CSI Format) 10 81 13 bird control devices. The Division 10 code will consist of a specification section that will describe the bird control product and acceptable manufacturers.
Bird deterrent vs. bird exclusion - Pest Management Professional
This sparrow is one of three non-protected bird species, the other two being the starling and pigeon. PHOTO: PCHOUI/ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES PLUS/GETTY IMAGES Time after time, I go on site inspections, and I find bird spikes being used to control a sparrow problem with severe nesting or pigeons nesting within bird spikes. When conducting an initial site inspection, you must understand that certain bird species and bird pressure levels will require different bird control methods.
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