tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11419636192811376202024-03-13T20:36:14.735-07:00NY Pest Control & Bed Bug Exterminating Blog of Standard ExterminatingStandard Exterminating | Standard Pest Management Of New York. Is a full service pest control company serving Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island, and Long Island since 1929. Our commitment to safeguarding health and property in commercial and residential environments has made us the right choice for over 80 years. If you have pest problems with insects, rodents, bed bugs, birds, raccoons, squirrels or anything else give us a call.Standard Pest Managementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12513892078208736942noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141963619281137620.post-1158112489746223232012-08-14T09:30:00.002-07:002012-08-14T09:30:41.358-07:00Freshman’s Guide To Avoiding Bedbugs Bedbugs are back! Much to the chagrin of Americans from the city to the plain, these cryptic biting insects have witnessed a steady resurgence over the past decade. Causing near hysteria from homes and hotels to hospitals and public transportation, the hard-to-find, difficult to treat, hard-biting bed bug has a reputation as a nuisance that is truly well earned.<br />
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One area where concerns have recently been on the rise is the college campus, where the climate is ripe for the proliferation of these blood-sucking bugs. If your freshman is heading to school this fall, this comprehensive guide will get you ready to battle bed bugs from prevention to extermination.<br />
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Whether you are leaving for the semester or getting away for the weekend, you never know when or where you will encounter bed bugs. The first step in prevention is to carefully conceal all clothing, bedding and personal belongings in bed bug proof luggage liners or sealed plastic bags. If you get to the dorm and discover an infestation, your possessions will remain protected until the problem has been rectified.<br />
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Before you bring anything into your housing situation, look closely around the premises for live or dead bed bugs, fecal markings, cast skins or blood spots. These nocturnal insects typically find shelter near their hosts, so carefully scrutinize existing beds and mattresses, in addition to headboards, nightstands and any cracks or crevices. Bed bugs are notoriously hard to spot and identify, so if there is any evidence save a sample and contact a pest management professional for confirmation.<br />
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Proceed With Caution</h4>
Even if you are clear upon first inspection, considering the rise of incidents on college campuses, it’s prudent to be proactive. Store clothing in bed bug proof garment and laundry bags and be sure to place a bed bug proof encasement over your mattress or box spring. They will create a seal to keep bugs out while containing any already living inside where they will starve and expire.<br />
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Create a Perimeter </h4>
Bed bugs are hitchhikers, but they can also walk short distances, making visitors and neighbors your biggest concerns. Properly applying a product like diatomaceous earth in potential entry points is recommended to stop and kill crawling bugs, while sealing all cracks, crevices, and openings will limit where bed bugs can enter or find shelter. Finally, set monitor traps under and around the bed and check them frequently for early detection.<br />
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Minimize clutter and make it part of your regular cleaning routine to check for signs of infestation, especially if you’ve had guests and after vacations. When traveling for the weekend or heading for spring break, keep your clothing in sealed bags, and wash your laundry and bedding often. Using hot water and detergent in conjunction with machine drying for more than 30 minutes on high heat will effectively kill bed bugs.<br />
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Don’t Hesitate</h4>
A bite, blood spot, or sighting is all the reason you need to call in the pros. Bed bugs are difficult to control without expert knowledge, proper tools and sustained diligence. The sooner you respond the more likely you are to contain the problem, avoiding a full-fledged infestation. The process of thoroughly treating for bed bugs may be temporarily inconvenient, but beats being bitten in the night by bloodthirsty pests.<br />
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Come Home Alone</h4>
Thoroughly inspect all items you are taking home, whether you have experienced bed bugs or not. Wash and dry clothing and bedding at high temperatures, pack in sealed bags and leave behind small furnishings that may harbor bed bugs. Don’t bring anything into the house before a final inspection, checking the lining of bags and backpacks, as well as electronics such as laptops.<br />
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Dealing with a bed bug infestation can be an exhausting experience marked by sleepless nights. Avoid having to go through it by following this guide for prevention and early detection, and immediately consulting an experienced bed bug specialist when suspicions arise.<br />
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Top Ten Bed Bug Prevention Tips for New Freshmen</h3>
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<li>Educate yourself on bed bugs, from what they look like to how they feed and reproduce.</li>
<li>Thoroughly inspect all dwellings before unpacking, whether staying for the night or a semester.</li>
<li>Encase mattress, box springs or futons in a bed bug proof encasement to keep insects out or contained.</li>
<li>Store clothing and personal items in garment bags, luggage liners and laundry bags designed to keep out bed bugs. </li>
<li>Keep floors clear and counter clutter to a minimum to reduce the risk of bed bug infiltration. Regular vacuuming along with discarding the bag or collected debris outside can assist as well.</li>
<li>Frequently wash clothing and bedding in warm water and dry heat for a sustained period of more than 30 minutes. </li>
<li>Don’t bring home second-hand bedding, furniture (especially if upholstered), books or clothing before thorough inspection.</li>
<li>Alert appropriate authorities if bed bugs are suspected in or around your dorm room, apartment building, or house.</li>
<li>Contact a pest management professional for a discreet consultation to confirm the presence of bed bugs.</li>
<li>In the case of infestation, immediately contract an experienced pest management professional to address your bed bug problem. </li>
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Featuring replaceable attractants, the Verifi bed bug detector is the first device to provide ongoing detection for up to 90 days at a time. Your pest management professional can quickly and easily replace the attractants on a regular basis for year-round monitoring. Designed to fit behind beds and other furnishings and operate silently, the Verifi bed bug detector won’t disturb occupants in a room. <br />
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Even if you don’t currently have bed bugs, the continuous detection of the Verifi bed bug detector helps alert you to any newly-introduced bed bug populations at an earlier stage. Early detection of bed bugs can increase the success and decrease the cost of your treatment program.Standard Pest Managementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12513892078208736942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141963619281137620.post-7276150800082095322011-10-28T17:58:00.000-07:002011-10-28T18:08:11.203-07:00What if theres bedbugs in my closet?<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Whole room heat remediation service is a very effective way to treat all those things that you would not want to spray insecticides all over. Customers ask us all the time what do i do about all my stuff? what about all my clothes, my shoes & electronics? When doing a traditional steam chemical treatment the customer is required to go through these things and run everything you possibly can through the dryer and what about the electronics???? With <b>Thermal Remediation</b> you can leave those items as is, the preparation is much less invasive and everything is treated. Here are some images, showing how this closet full of clothing and shoes left as is are heated up ensuring the items are bed bug free. We use Flir Thermal Imaging technology to ensure that everything is heating up beyond lethal temperature. More photos after the jump.<br />
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Sam Bloom, President of Standard Pest Management, passed
away early this morning at the age of 87. Sam started working at Standard in
1960 for his father-in-law and the business is now run by the 3<sup>rd</sup>
and 4<sup>th</sup> generation of Blooms. Throughout the years, Sam grew the
business that provided not only for his own family, but also for the families
of countless employees. Sam was also an active member of the community, serving
on community boards and dedicating his time and efforts to countless religious
and political organizations. You could not help but like Sam. His friendly
personality and positive demeanor always put a smile on your face. He was kind
and always willing to help his friends, family, employees or anyone that came
across his path. He will be truly missed.<br />
Check out this article about Sam that was in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/17/nyregion/new-york-at-work-rats-are-his-bread-roaches-his-butter.html">NY Times here</a>. </div>
Standard Pest Managementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12513892078208736942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141963619281137620.post-46163903386981961492011-09-10T18:49:00.001-07:002011-10-28T18:01:53.458-07:00In-home bed bug inspections de rigueur at some Manhattan private schools<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTftmp96W4A7GED_fWcSInsXiG5QIzXpjYtuaJ6H0AgjL9_Fc_Ofgq7KUF_hlq6QvaAeS-lo5-8EH1fwUIlnhXxUszBBtmAO2ofVaAjfJM4K8xu4xCcdYsfVzdQcC0gDbz5ohM0Y4VaI/s640/blogger-image-2011721785.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTftmp96W4A7GED_fWcSInsXiG5QIzXpjYtuaJ6H0AgjL9_Fc_Ofgq7KUF_hlq6QvaAeS-lo5-8EH1fwUIlnhXxUszBBtmAO2ofVaAjfJM4K8xu4xCcdYsfVzdQcC0gDbz5ohM0Y4VaI/s200/blogger-image-2011721785.jpg" width="200" /></a>In addition to writing out checks for tuition and extracurricular activities this summer, some Manhattan private school parents apparently found themselves shelling out for a licensed pest control operator to satisfy a new school requirement that all students' homes get visually inspected for bed bugs before the first day of classes.<br />
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"I have dealt with two families that needed bed bug clearance letters for their children's private schools along with the usual doctors' notes," says Gil Bloom, the entomologist and pest control operator who runs Standard Pest Management in Queens. "One was a preschool and the other a primary school."<br />
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Also new this school year: The city has implemented new reporting protocols and requirements (e.g. the Department of Education's Bed Bug Information Kit for Schools), mandating that records and statistics be kept and centralized, and that letters be sent home when the presence of bed bugs is confirmed. <br />
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The new rules may result in more incidents being reported this school year than last, says Bloom, but "overall, more folks are aware of bed bugs in general and as a result, our social institutions are learning and devising better ways to deal with them."<br />
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Bloom sounded cautiously optimistic about the 2011-12 academic future of the city's bed bugs. He took pains to remind us, for example, that schools are considered "transfer sites" rather than "infestation" sites.<br />
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"An infestation describes an established site where bed bugs are not only present but actively feeding and breeding," says Bloom. "A transfer site denotes a location where a bed bug may come off one person and be picked up by another."<br />
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To reduce the risk of home infestation from hitch-hiking bed bugs, backpacks and coats should be kept out of the bedroom and off the couch. Vacuum copiously--throwing out the vacuum cleaner bag afterward--and toss your kid's backpack into the dryer once a week on high heat for 30 minutes to kill bed bugs. For more info, see Your kid's bed bugs and come hear Bloom speak at BrickUnderground's BedbuggedNYC Meetup on Thurs., Sept 15th.Standard Pest Managementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12513892078208736942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141963619281137620.post-65165946710009364562011-09-10T10:34:00.001-07:002011-09-10T11:15:46.533-07:00Standard Pest Management, Queens, N.Y., employs an exclusion strategy to keep mice out of an apartment building’s garbage chute.By June Van Klaveren<br />
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Standard Pest Management, Queens, N.Y., employs an exclusion strategy to keep mice out of an apartment building’s garbage chute.<br />
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Take an old six-story, 72-unit apartment building in New York City, add brick-lined trash chutes filled with cracks and crevices, tons of garbage and a basement where that garbage collected, and you have a recipe for a serious mouse infestation and unhappy tenants.<br />
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The property management company for the building contacted Standard Pest Management in Queens to bid on pest control in three of their newly acquired buildings. Joshua Bloom, quality assurance director for Standard Pest Management, explains, “Inspections of the first two buildings showed no unusual pest activity but in building three, a severe mouse problem was found.”<br />
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The apartment building’s trash chutes previously led to garbage incinerators in the basement but now those same chutes are used to convey refuse to the trash compactor. The garbage then accumulates in the basement compacting unit until it is compacted and removed. Lined with deteriorating brick and concrete, these trash chutes provided ample harborage for mice at the base of the chutes. The building contained two separate chutes, one of which was infested, and the tenants from 10 to 15 units adjacent to that chute complained of rodent activity on higher floors.<br />
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Though the mice were harboring in the basement area, from there they scurried up the chute walls and through cracks and crevices, emerging as unwanted guests into apartments. The garbage from 72 apartments provided ample nourishment for the growing mouse population in the building.<br />
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AN EXCLUSION STRATEGY. Exclusion work is not new, but it continues to be one of the best IPM practices for preventing rodent and pest entry. Rodents can access buildings through openings as small as V inch. Modern IPM practices recommend that rodents be prevented from moving through these pathways by sealing openings.<br />
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“We knew that if we were to rely upon the superintendent to perform any kind of significant exclusion, it would not be successful, and we couldn’t take the risk of leaving it up to management to successfully eliminate the access points,” explains Bloom. “We knew that using our pest-proofing protocols was the only guaranteed solution to this problem”<br />
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One of the tools in this protocol is Xcluder Fill Fabric, manufactured by Global Material Technologies in Buffalo Grove, Ill. The material is made from coarse stainless steel and poly fibers and is designed to form a resilient and impenetrable barrier against rodents and pests. Rodents cannot chew or push through Xcluder, which is 100-percent nontoxic and harmless to the environment, the company says. “It makes more sense to initially exclude the mice instead of relying on baiting and trapping after the pests have already made entry,” Bloom said.<br />
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In addition to Xcluder, the company used Pure Fill foam to help secure Xcluder in place in the chutes. Xcluder is designed to be extremely easy to install due to its highly flexible, compressible nature.Standard Pest Managementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12513892078208736942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141963619281137620.post-44747864670111429092011-06-26T14:44:00.000-07:002011-06-26T14:44:40.141-07:00Ask an Expert: Die, roaches, die with Standard Pest's own Gil Bloom A.C.E.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Q. What's the most effective way to get rid of roaches? Also, are any of the sprays harmful to kids or pets? <br />A. We assume you are referring to ordinary roaches, about half-an inch long, rather than one-to-two inch behemoth beetle-like cockroaches commonly (though incorrectly) referred to as water bugs. The smaller variety can be brought in with groceries or deliveries and occasionally migrate from an adjacent "reservoir" apartment, says pest control expert Gil Bloom. Simply calling an exterminator in to spray may not be enough. If they're coming in from next door, says Bloom, "use of a sealant to caulk around kitchen and bathroom areas and service lines as well as wall-void application of diatomaceous earth or boric acid is a good prevention."<br />
Other tips: Don't leave human or animal food out, empty your garbage cans twice a day, and don't save bags, boxes, newspapers etc. Insect traps can be helpful, says Bloom, as well as a variety of baits that you can buy at the hardware or drugstore and put in the hot spots where you see roaches, or between the scavengers and their food source. "Boric acid baits are the least toxic for non-insects and diatomaceous earth is a reduced risk dust which is effective for most insects including the dreaded bed bug," says Bloom.<br />
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Q. What's the most effective way to get rid of roaches? Also, are any of the sprays harmful to kids or pets?<br />
A. We assume you are referring to ordinary roaches, about half-an inch long, rather than one-to-two inch behemoth beetle-like cockroaches commonly (though incorrectly) referred to as water bugs. The smaller variety can be brought in with groceries or deliveries and occasionally migrate from an adjacent "reservoir" apartment, says pest control expert Gil Bloom. Simply calling an exterminator in to spray may not be enough. If they're coming in from next door, says Bloom, "use of a sealant to caulk around kitchen and bathroom areas and service lines as well as wall-void application of diatomaceous earth or boric acid is a good prevention."<br />Other tips: Don't leave human or animal food out, empty your garbage cans twice a day, and don't save bags, boxes, newspapers etc.<br />Insect traps can be helpful, says Bloom, as well as a variety of baits that you can buy at the hardware or drugstore and put in the hot spots where you see roaches, or between the scavengers and their food source.<br />"Boric acid baits are the least toxic for non-insects and diatomaceous earth is a reduced risk dust which is effective for most insects including the dreaded bed bug," says Bloom. Standard Pest Managementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12513892078208736942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141963619281137620.post-22443293297528271962011-03-13T19:41:00.000-07:002011-03-13T19:41:57.919-07:00Standard Named The Best Bedbug Exterminators In New York!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBGu3ImZoeG5VhQ6U18E3fDkq-z_9BSdZcZeUBTmRpjjccwSQNJ8ISCTXYG4imtXgtsZblN6jJpSxbH9h8v4LcJN_g8AGjQWzcaCl9D_l9xrCo-OczwiZBTc6HWyLIB6LBO8fFYbwyTIw/s1600/best-of-NY.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBGu3ImZoeG5VhQ6U18E3fDkq-z_9BSdZcZeUBTmRpjjccwSQNJ8ISCTXYG4imtXgtsZblN6jJpSxbH9h8v4LcJN_g8AGjQWzcaCl9D_l9xrCo-OczwiZBTc6HWyLIB6LBO8fFYbwyTIw/s320/best-of-NY.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h2 class="primary first-page">Best Bedbug Warrior</h2><dl><dt>Standard Pest Management</dt>
<dd><div class="address">25-80 Steinway St., nr. 28th Ave., Astoria; 718-728-4040; <a href="http://standardpest.com/" target="new">standardpest.com</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUuOOYnLM_m6Wf3n0pQolXQT_EsJIySXoiGWq9rJfmBkB5t88qwjA8kXwSk2TNAusMIZWCSjbbUBe9DiwrKCrdDTFNCMqsxaMXstOEcygP_A90VYfPZ6ccMMDuxi3pin3vNt1-6_PPSA/s1600/20110314_bonycvr_150.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUuOOYnLM_m6Wf3n0pQolXQT_EsJIySXoiGWq9rJfmBkB5t88qwjA8kXwSk2TNAusMIZWCSjbbUBe9DiwrKCrdDTFNCMqsxaMXstOEcygP_A90VYfPZ6ccMMDuxi3pin3vNt1-6_PPSA/s1600/20110314_bonycvr_150.jpg" /></a></div><i>New York’</i>s 2009 pick, Boot a Pest, remains a sought-after bedbug-buster, but another outfit has become a go-to combatant: Standard Pest Management. Its president is Gil Bloom, an entomologist who last year served on the city’s Bed Bug Advisory Board. He’s a regular at bedbug summits, keeping up on cutting-edge methods and, as he puts it, “staying on top of the technical curve.” Multipronged attacks are key, he says, and the newest weapon in his arsenal is known as thermal remediation. The details are complicated, but it amounts to baking an infested space at 135 degrees, nuking the bugs. (It’s especially suited to areas like libraries that can’t be easily emptied.) Standard Pest is also known for quieting frazzled nerves with detailed instructions to prevent reinfestation. <a href="http://nymag.com/bestofny/services/2011/bedbug-exterminator/">Article here </a></dd></dl>Standard Pest Managementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12513892078208736942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141963619281137620.post-10723625113629549732011-03-06T14:00:00.000-08:002011-03-06T14:00:33.412-08:00Pest Proofing: Not just for Rodents! Fruit Flies Too!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>When people think about pest proofing they think about sealing the rodents out, what about the other pests. Sometimes the way items are constructed can harbor insects. In this case the tray in this bar was allowing organic material and liquid inside and allowing fruit fly larvae to thrive! We had to take the bar section apart and seal it up properly to eliminate the condition that was allowing fruit flies to breed. Call Standard Pest Management for any type of pest problem we are the pest proofing experts!(not just for rodents!) <br />
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illnesses and their families. Next year he hopes to be joined by several members of Standard Pest Managements dedicated staff.Standard Pest Managementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12513892078208736942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141963619281137620.post-59157148141891552832010-12-27T16:03:00.000-08:002010-12-27T16:03:13.620-08:00New York Snow Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPH9fwlWijbk1YshLGiYUZxTJNZrOhnX7QYyKEAa5BMv0NzFM22MEhj_2U1WGeBD7HS6jkYkoUhlZs_lwXXa5kUW2Bupih2QNxSN5M8ao7T2DLfHtRxd-vT5JZvTbFeV1fGQk_FbDBWo/s1600/extruck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPH9fwlWijbk1YshLGiYUZxTJNZrOhnX7QYyKEAa5BMv0NzFM22MEhj_2U1WGeBD7HS6jkYkoUhlZs_lwXXa5kUW2Bupih2QNxSN5M8ao7T2DLfHtRxd-vT5JZvTbFeV1fGQk_FbDBWo/s320/extruck.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXTjg_aXKoK96yRStUPRmC9t9FPt8DrahZtnXpgclGdwdGf-ZPSLwm1sQb8KXPOcNM1rPu9lHK8CHW-lUQ_CMaxPCsPxzi0WPWEbKBGdCFSff_urGNd3aTUS68L8i3V_lDp79xRD5bD8/s1600/jimtruck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbXTjg_aXKoK96yRStUPRmC9t9FPt8DrahZtnXpgclGdwdGf-ZPSLwm1sQb8KXPOcNM1rPu9lHK8CHW-lUQ_CMaxPCsPxzi0WPWEbKBGdCFSff_urGNd3aTUS68L8i3V_lDp79xRD5bD8/s320/jimtruck.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Today there was a big snowstorm in New York City. For those that were lucky enough to get their cars out it was a mess driving around and even harder to find a parking spot. I hope tomorrow is better. Take a look at the Standard Pest Management Professionals working to get their trucks out today.Standard Pest Managementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12513892078208736942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141963619281137620.post-14326415587304201482010-11-28T08:32:00.000-08:002010-11-28T08:32:17.385-08:00New York Dept Of Sanitation To Combat BedBugs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRuyLUpTl2Do3PV8McakPV6Yzj0NKB-D_t4dYO2L6qM4q1Z8gt7twfvLPNstNFotPjrTZIhdR5-4hScUPQu0l3jl9wKQ0qo-UJ2H__t0py6GhB7r-B4noS6sIf8jQQ-ATKeOO0I9VxwM/s1600/feature_bb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRuyLUpTl2Do3PV8McakPV6Yzj0NKB-D_t4dYO2L6qM4q1Z8gt7twfvLPNstNFotPjrTZIhdR5-4hScUPQu0l3jl9wKQ0qo-UJ2H__t0py6GhB7r-B4noS6sIf8jQQ-ATKeOO0I9VxwM/s400/feature_bb.jpg" width="312" /></a></div>Beginning December 3rd, 2010, the New York City Department of Sanitation will require all City residents to fully encase within a sealed plastic bag all mattresses or box springs being discarded for DSNY collection. Under the new rule, failure to place a mattress or box spring out in a proper bag can result in a $100 fine. The Department will delay enforcing the new set-out rule for 30 days, followed by full enforcement beginning January 3rd, 2011. <a href="http://nyc.gov/html/dsny/html/home/home.shtml">Read more here</a>Standard Pest Managementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12513892078208736942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141963619281137620.post-11900381062872075182010-10-09T20:27:00.000-07:002010-10-09T20:27:57.010-07:00Nerd Nite NYC Presents Bed Bugs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoA_-7rJkkcbH57aUwH3y0YDlW4fli5WUMS9h7-RTRhP93ksq4FUljY_jscI4Oi2cvhnpSRBnsVkZAKNNVtNxrvOOV2w2cWntLI_ZsHAaOlWu2VOWapZoXs3zrWPppbCvOfxk3YFBz-Lw/s1600/nerd-night-galapagos-dumbo11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoA_-7rJkkcbH57aUwH3y0YDlW4fli5WUMS9h7-RTRhP93ksq4FUljY_jscI4Oi2cvhnpSRBnsVkZAKNNVtNxrvOOV2w2cWntLI_ZsHAaOlWu2VOWapZoXs3zrWPppbCvOfxk3YFBz-Lw/s320/nerd-night-galapagos-dumbo11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Gil Bloom A.C.E. to speak about bed bugs @ Nerd Nite at Galapagos Art Space in Dumbo Brooklyn "Bed bugs are everywhere in Brooklyn, and now they’re at Nerd Nite! Well, in a not-gonna-bite-you way. Join us on Friday November 12, 2010 for presentations about bed bugs, what we’ve learned about dinosaurs since we were in elementary school, and laser weapons in our military."Read more <a href="http://nyc.nerdnite.com/">here.</a>Standard Pest Managementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12513892078208736942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141963619281137620.post-87167325047319451212010-08-21T18:04:00.000-07:002010-08-28T07:26:59.741-07:00Thermal Remediation, Bed Bug Treatment now available from Standard Pest Management in New York<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhQ0vqGgS7B8pyS9OUPWK_uAar8tgXT7U_08jve7NFsMIGdVxP4Ma38nxDXsX7SIVraPnYItpDsuOFd_veeJITHkXmNwctb3CAyBisb4flAZtE3jJtpeItSryEGEil9rgbmG-fEBVvKs/s1600/EBB-460V+Heater+2nd+Gen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhQ0vqGgS7B8pyS9OUPWK_uAar8tgXT7U_08jve7NFsMIGdVxP4Ma38nxDXsX7SIVraPnYItpDsuOFd_veeJITHkXmNwctb3CAyBisb4flAZtE3jJtpeItSryEGEil9rgbmG-fEBVvKs/s1600/EBB-460V+Heater+2nd+Gen.jpg" /></a></div>Standard is now performing thermal remediation treatments in New York. This a green aproach to bed bug control. Bed bugs begin to die at this lethal temperature, and we maintian this temperature for hours making sure bed bugs in all stages of life are killed. There is less preperation with this service, and it is great for environments with lots of clutter.<br />
Watch a treatment here:<br />
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For more info visit <a href="http://www.standardpest.com/Thermal-Remediation.html">here</a>Standard Pest Managementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12513892078208736942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141963619281137620.post-6614325467833676462010-08-04T19:26:00.000-07:002010-08-04T19:26:28.308-07:00WPIX 11 News Interviews Standard Pest Management About Bedbugs <embed type='application/x-shockwave-flash' salign='l' flashvars='&titleAvailable=true&playerAvailable=true&searchAvailable=false&shareFlag=N&singleURL=http://wpix.vidcms.trb.com/alfresco/service/edge/content/94e03367-038d-4202-976b-aebf84c84d01&propName=wpix.com&hostURL=http://www.wpix.com&swfPath=http://wpix.vid.trb.com/player/&omAccount=tribglobal&omnitureServer=wpix.com' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true' menu='true' name='PaperVideoTest' bgcolor='#ffffff' devicefont='false' wmode='transparent' scale='showall' loop='true' play='true' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' quality='high' src='http://wpix.vid.trb.com/player/PaperVideoTest.swf' align='middle' height='450' width='300'></embed> <br />
NY channel 11 WPIX came to interview Standard Pest Management regarding bedbugs.Standard Pest Managementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12513892078208736942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141963619281137620.post-87472010959442746492010-07-30T16:45:00.000-07:002010-07-31T05:16:51.972-07:00Metro Article Mentioning Standard Pest & BEDBUGS!!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCvSRIp633K9lnZjyoJLYMyxnk2oSFqLZhRrTtpSPJ0SrHoAOOWjXkPzYjMBCNfEs7E1IapOpiK6Kf5wcoK0aLE61iUYpZe_vg1CDdwHfigba0m5X3P4vrDmjU8ro0wnEwo84HQbElGk/s1600/cow3os4bhxadu7mf9sqo8w1mwa34wlq.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCvSRIp633K9lnZjyoJLYMyxnk2oSFqLZhRrTtpSPJ0SrHoAOOWjXkPzYjMBCNfEs7E1IapOpiK6Kf5wcoK0aLE61iUYpZe_vg1CDdwHfigba0m5X3P4vrDmjU8ro0wnEwo84HQbElGk/s320/cow3os4bhxadu7mf9sqo8w1mwa34wlq.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">New plan to knock blood suckers dead </b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.metro.us/us/article/2010/07/29/02/1836-82/index.xml">Article from here: </a></span><br />
They’ve invaded our homes, schools and trendy clothing stores. Bed bugs are here to stay, city officials said yesterday, unveiling a $500,000 plan to battle the bloodsuckers to be anchored by a planned Web portal with information about prevention, detection and managing an infestation.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><a name='more'></a><br />
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“We want to say to bed bugs from the City Council: ‘Drop dead,’” City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said. “We’re bringing some money to the table to outspend you and drive you from the five boroughs.”</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While bed bugs don’t carry disease, they do wreck havoc emotionally and economically, officials said, which is why the city created a bed bug advisory panel last year to come up with recommendations. There had been confusion over which agencies had bed bug responsibilities — hence the suggestion to establish a “bed bug team” headed by a qualified entomologist and to create protocols for inspection, code enforcement and for the disposal of items. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“The problem is big. It’s growing. It’s going to be with us for a while,” Dan Kass, of the Health Department, said. But nobody knows why the little creatures — who can live in places other than beds and can survive more than six months without eating — have come back with a “vengeance” after disappearing decades ago, he noted. Theories include changes in pesticides and increase in international travel.</div>Standard Pest Managementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12513892078208736942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141963619281137620.post-41289031226304423992010-07-27T18:17:00.000-07:002010-07-27T18:17:56.763-07:00Bedbugs II: The City Strikes Back! NY TImes City Room Article mentioning Standard & Gil Bloom<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 15px;"></span></span></b></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDpZn9wIPOQUPB_-z5eqUJVu-CPAaUGLFCLIUKAj30Epeg4Kub9FmODWz6uEV_lm1AQ0qGTiF552IANiXCgAXYJvLuJcF2GV4aU9kT-TKU740Te-ypy6bGkFEt2MUfMlk7O6OfISMYN4/s1600/24bedbugs-cityroom-articleInline.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDpZn9wIPOQUPB_-z5eqUJVu-CPAaUGLFCLIUKAj30Epeg4Kub9FmODWz6uEV_lm1AQ0qGTiF552IANiXCgAXYJvLuJcF2GV4aU9kT-TKU740Te-ypy6bGkFEt2MUfMlk7O6OfISMYN4/s1600/24bedbugs-cityroom-articleInline.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/bedbugs-ii-the-city-strikes-back/">Article Source Here</a></span></b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By all accounts, the bedbugs are swarming our defenses.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now after months of planning and, one can only assume, military-campaign-like preparation, the city is ready to release its counterattack strategy on Wednesday at 2 p.m. on the steps of City Hall.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“If fully implemented, the recommendations could reverse the current increase in bedbug activity and actually improve our situation,” Gil Bloom, president of Standard Pest Management, </span></span><a href="http://www.brickunderground.com/blog/2010/04/bed_bugs_are_a_pest_like_no_other_says_new_blueprint_for_controlling_nyc_bed_bug_crisis" style="color: #666699; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">told Brick Underground</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.<span id="more-202238"></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a name='more'></a>Mr. Bloom, one of 10 members of the mayor’s Bedbug Advisory Board</span><a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/city-establishes-bedbug-advisory-board/" style="color: #004276; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">created last year</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, also provided the blog with some of the key points of the 39-page report, which is said to include: 1) a team to coordinate bedbug control efforts; 2) a “Bedbug Academy” for building managers; 3) an online resource of bedbug facts, checked by the city (presumably to counter user-generated sources of information like </span></span><a href="http://bedbugregistry.com/" style="color: #004276; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bedbugregistry.com</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">); 4) better guidelines for disposing of infested furniture and clothes, and better public education about how to handle such items; and 5) higher priority for bedbugs in housing court.</span></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paying for the effort may pose a problem, as Mr. Bloom acknowledged to Brick Underground. “There are many obstacles, including misinformation, unwarranted stigma and fear, and cost factors,” he said. “But if these obstacles are not overcome, the situation will get worse, and the bedbugs will just laugh.”</span></span></div>Standard Pest Managementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12513892078208736942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141963619281137620.post-29482379782682346342010-07-18T12:44:00.000-07:002010-07-18T12:44:20.218-07:00Bobby Corrigan 2010 @ Residex<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yAxuKZ3-aqE54cmJ1_Gc4TElDn7CSt65wblAq8PMnAH0noAXMpLIj-doMngnP8WUGy6tYu84ovO1E7gpehFhtpxZbgEAFduYvOno-UPetFoGbxaql7JJ-BJViyxFNiuxI_o5ZoXncCo/s1600/standard+crew1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yAxuKZ3-aqE54cmJ1_Gc4TElDn7CSt65wblAq8PMnAH0noAXMpLIj-doMngnP8WUGy6tYu84ovO1E7gpehFhtpxZbgEAFduYvOno-UPetFoGbxaql7JJ-BJViyxFNiuxI_o5ZoXncCo/s400/standard+crew1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Just last week the Standard crew attended <a href="http://www.residex.com/">Residex</a> for the annual rodent seminar hosted by Bobby Corrigan and sponsored by Bell Labs. We heard the latest updates in rodent control from one of the industries greatest rodentologist. while there we had the opportunity to also take some company photo. The photo bellow is with Bobby in the middle.<br />
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see another photo on our flickr, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29984674@N08/4747423506/">here</a>.Standard Pest Managementhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12513892078208736942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141963619281137620.post-76635918706835426932010-06-18T13:50:00.000-07:002010-07-27T18:28:53.669-07:00Photos of FliesHere are some funny photos of flies.<br />
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Once the Ratimor was all gone they started eating the First Strike, and i replaced the Ratimor bait.<br />
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