Here comes summer! Bring on the BBQ, the fun in the sun, and the…bees? These pesky pests are especially beneficial to us here in Florida. In fact, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services says, “Florida’s honey industry is consistently ranked among the top five in the nation with an annual worth of $13 million. Seventeen million pounds of honey are produced in Florida each year and enjoyed around the world In addition; the Florida honey bee industry benefits our state’s fruit and vegetable industry by providing an estimated $20 million in increased production numbers created by managed pollination services that are available in no other way. There are over 100 varieties of popular fruits and vegetables that use pollination to ensure fruitful crops.”
However, just because bees play a significant role doesn’t mean we want them invading our picnics and cookouts. It’s important to hire a trustworthy pest control company to relocate the bees, not exterminate them. In the past bees have been handled by removing the entire beehive and killing all the bees inside. Here at Ant-Ser we have a different approach. We will use a vacuum to safely remove all the bees on your property and then remove the hives. The bees are then relocated to a secure place far away from your home. So leave it to us to safely remove and relocate those pests around your home.
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Friday, August 12th, 2011How To Kill Spiders Effectively!
Monday, August 31st, 2009Spiders are easy to kill and very tricky to keep out. First let us look at some details about them.
- There are about 1000 species of spiders in the United States. They live everywhere, even inside homes and buildings. The brown recluse and the widow spiders are considered venomous spiders; however, most spiders are not harmful to man.
- Spiders feed entirely on living insects or other animals, they may actively search for their prey, hide and wait for them to pass, or build webs to trap flying insects.
Control:
Non-Chemical Control of Spiders
Outside lights should not be left on at night. Trash, lumber piles, bricks, weeds, and outside structures are good breeding places for spiders and should be cleaned up. Inside the home spider webs should be brushed down. The egg sacs should be destroyed, vacuum cleaner attachments may be used to clean walls, and the collected debris should be destroyed.
Chemical Control of Spiders
Chemical control of spiders is difficult outdoors because web spinning spiders do not tend to contact treated surfaces. Inside the house, space sprays containing pyrethrins or pyrethroids are effective in killing spiders. Space sprays have little residual activity and should be applied when spiders are noticed. Dust formulations can be used in crawl spaces, attics, and utility areas to provide long-term protection. The insecticidal dusts tend to cling to the spider webs for long periods of time. When spiders chew their webs to recycle the silk they consume the toxicant and die.
I hope this helps anyone who reads this.
Honey Bees and Their Collapse.
Monday, August 17th, 2009I just found this article on honey bees. Those poor bees have so much against them. Click Here.
Like I have said for the past 19 years, “You can put you money on the insects cause they will always comeback”.
Oh by the way if you need help fighting those pests visit our site @ ANT-SER for your professional needs.
The Expert Bug Man
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009I am not one who toots his own horn-however I am going to do it. I am now an Associate Certified Entomologist. This a limited availability credential with a stringent qualifying procedure. I look forward to any and all inquiries about the pest world or just general questions. Inquire @ www.ant-ser.com.
Well I appreciate you listening.
Have A Great Day,
Jeff Ahrens, A.C.E.
Rats And Mice Can Be Hard To Get Rid Of.
Thursday, July 16th, 2009Rats and mice are important rodent pests entering homes and warehouses for food and harborage. These rodents like food that people eat and this is why Contrac® All-weather Blox® Rodenticide works. They contaminate 10 times as much food as they eat, with urine, droppings and hair. They can carry at least 10 different kinds of diseases including bubonic plague, murine typhus, spirochetal jaundice, Leptospirosis, rabies, ratbite fever, and bacterial food poisoning. Many times rats bite sleeping children while trying to get bits of food on the child that were not washed off before going to bed. Rats and mice also start fires by gnawing matches and electrical wires in homes.
House mice normally live outdoors in fields, occasionally migrating into structures. In houses, they live behind walls and in cabinets and furniture. House mice are brown to gray in color with the tail as long as the body. Adults weigh about 1/2 ounce. Their droppings are 1/8 inch long and rod-shaped. The movement of rats and mice is usually related to food, water, or harborage. Knowing where they are likely to go is important to controlling them.
Rats use any method to get to food, water or harborage. Their excellent sense of balance enables them to run on pipes, narrow ledges, and utility wires. Rats, especially roof rats, will climb anything their claws will hold on to, including wires, pipes, and rough walls. Because rats are excellent swimmers, they often live in sewers and occasionally enter homes through toilets.
Recognizing Rat and Mouse Signs
Since rats and mice are active at night and are rarely seen during the day, it is necessary to recognize signs of their activity.
Droppings and Urine – Most people first recognize rodent problems by finding droppings or urine stains in and around buildings. The urine glows under ultraviolet lights and glows blue-white when fresh.
Sanitation - Good housekeeping or sanitation is a basic factor in rodent control. Eliminating food, water, and harborage for rats and mice can reduce rodent populations rapidly. To implement sanitation practices:
- Clean up garbage and rubbish.
- Properly store garbage (Metal garbage cans should have tight fitting lids).
- Properly store food (store raw or prepared foods and refuse indoors in covered, rat proof containers or in rat proof rooms).
- Store pet food and bird seed in rat proof containers.
- Remove harborages (remove piles of rubbish, trash, junk, boxes, and protected enclosures).
- Dry up sources of water.
This is Really Cool; Odor Removal For Unexpected Varmints and/or Pests!
Friday, June 26th, 2009Hello, This is a video on the EarthCare odor remover bag we shot while at PESTEX 2009 in England and thought you would enjoy it.
Watch the video below and you won’t believe what David says at the very end. Poor guy, you know he’ll be in a heap of trouble when he gets home.
But, as a professional David knows exactly how to eliminate dead rodent odors, so we’ll keep sending this favorite EarthCare natural Odor Remover to his new condo until he’s let back into his home.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzvITC3kEko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzvITC3kEko
Over the past 17 years, EarthCare Products have solved thousands of odor challenges from dead rodents to skunks to nasty urine odors.
Pest Control Operators having tried many other solutions in the past without success are elated after trying EarthCare with the results they’ve achieved.
We look forward to answering questions about how Earthcare can eliminate the worst odor problems you have, and generate additional revenue to you and your company and increase your profits. Imagine the possibilities.
Call me today, I am awaiting your call.
Bill Vaughan
Earth Care Products
Ph: 760 941-5302
Email: earthcare@msn.com
Our product is available at most Pest Control Distributors
PS: Thought you might be interested to learn what others are saying; read below.
From Thomas Smith, tacsmith@acusd.edu, May 10, 1999
Re: Skunk Spray
Sirs: Yesterday I ordered a substantial quantity of your products in the hopes it will help me solve a terrible problem we have had with skunks. About 6 months ago at least 2 skunks got into our attic. One sprayed when it was caught in a rat trap and another sprayed for some other reason. The whole house stank. The smell got into our upstairs ductwork. I have tried everything to get rid of the smell, with very limited success. Enzyme products such as Simple Solution have done only a little good. We had the ducts cleaned, which helped not at all.
A couple days later:
I received your products and immediately put one bag in the return air duct, one in my boys’ room’s closet, and one in the master BR closet. The granules I spread around in the attic using all 9 lbs. Within 2 hours, probably less in fact, the smell which has hounded us for 6 months was gone! I cannot tell you how grateful I am. As you may have inferred, the smell was just driving me nuts.
I feel like we have our house back. After all I have been through, and all the money I have spent trying to solve this problem, I can truly say, you have an amazing product that does what it claims to do. Please feel free to use my name and testimonial.
Very gratefully yours,
Thomas A. Smith
Jamul, California
From Laurie Wheeler, 9/7/05, LWHEELER@INTRUSION.COM
Dear Earth Care employees,
First I would like to commend you for your outstanding service; my item arrived speedily. I had ordered the Odor Removal Bag because our cats had dragged in some critters while we were gone for a few days and with the ac turned up to 80 degrees one of the dead animals was already decomposing and had leaked stinky body liquids. You can only imagine the smell! I hung up the bag in the offending room and no more stink! Thank you so much for your wonderful product. I hope to never have a need for another one but if I do I will certainly know who to order from!
Regards,
Laurie Wheeler
Odor Removing Bag
Our pest control person recently blocked some places in our house where rats were coming in and out of our garage. Apparently one or more got trapped in the walls and have died there. The smell has been horrendous. Our daughter in law had a similar problem and her pest control person gave her one of your bags. She says it worked perfectly. I need to get some ASAP and wanted to know if there is a place in Los Angeles where I can go and purchase them since ordering them would take a few days to receive.
Please let me know. Thank you. Mayra Prado
New Survey Shows Family and Pet Safety Is Top of Mind for Homeowners Faced With a Pest Infestation
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009WILMINGTON, DE–(Marketwire – June 18, 2009) – According to a national survey released today by DuPont, protecting family, pets and property is top-of-mind for homeowners dealing with pest infestations, they go to www.ant-ser.com for do it yourself products. Forty percent of respondents replied they were most scared of potential bug bites or stings, and another 35 percent were most troubled by the damage to their home or lawn caused by bugs.
The survey also found that the majority (70 percent) of homeowners are concerned about the safety of pest control products and want to handle insect invasions in a manner that poses no threats to themselves, their family or pets. The good news is that consumers don’t have to choose between pests and pesticides they go to www.ant-ser.com for do it yourself products. Today’s pest control options provide homeowners with effective pest management in and around their homes with low impact on their families, pets and the environment. www.ant-ser.com has products such as Talstar, Advion, Demon and rodent baits.
Please follow this link to see the results from a Dupont survey.