Bed Bug Blurbs (client testimonials and our take on the pest control industry)
The Incredible Story of DDT
Date: February 24, 2012
Up until this point, we’ve discussed bed bug management in the form of sprays and fumigants. While these methods did work, they tended to be expensive, not entirely effective and somewhat dangerous. It wasn’t until the invention of DDT – or dichloro-diphenyltrichloroethane – that one, single solution met the needs of every bed bug sufferer. Originally created in 1874 by – Read more…
Carrie’s Story: A Bed Bug Precautionary Tale
Date: February 16, 2012
In 2010, Carrie P. lived in Toronto. She shared a basement apartment with a friend; there were 2 other apartments in the building. When Carrie moved in she had no idea that there were problems in the building. Not the usual problems – noise, bad smells or landlord issues – but small problems. And lots of them. Carrie moved in – Read more…
Bed Bugs Not Welcome at the Cleaners
Date: January 23, 2012
According to CBC News, dry cleaners are now rejecting bed bug infested clothing. Basically, if they’ve come into contact with an infestation, they’re not welcome in the building. To many owners, accepting infested items is likely just too risky. As inspector Jay Harlow says, “Bed bugs are a non-discriminatory insect,” meaning they don’t care about where they go or who – Read more…
The History of Bed Bugs: Part 3, Insecticides
Date: January 17, 2012
For the past couple of weeks we’ve talked about the history of bed bugs, but we haven’t yet touched on how people have gotten rid of them. For as long as there have been bed bugs, people have been trying to kill them – and at times, somewhat creatively. People have come up with all sorts of concoctions, some liquid, – Read more…
The History of Bed Bugs Continued…
Date: January 14, 2012
In the 1920s and 1930s, bed bugs were a problem comparable to mosquitoes or rats. In poorer, more densely populated areas, infestations were at their worst. That’s not to say that wealthier homes didn’t see infestations, because they did. Bugs were brought in on infested items, and sometimes moved from home to home by traveling along walls, pipes and gutters. – Read more…
The History of Bed Bug Management – Part 1
Date: January 3, 2012
Bed bugs have been around for a really, really long time. The first recorded incidences can be found in Aristophanes’ play The Clouds, written in 423 BC, where the main character Strepsiades loudly complains about a horrendous infestation. Literary references abound; they can be found in Pliny, Shakespeare, Orwell, and even in Rolling Stone magazine. As long as there have – Read more…
Bed Bug’s Hardiness Discussed
Date: December 28, 2011
You’ve probably heard the rhyme: Goodnight, sleep tight. Don’t let the bed bugs bite. If they do, Hit them with a shoe, Then they will not bother you. It’s been around forever. In fact, my mom used to sing it to me when I was a kid. The rhyme got me thinking, though. Why have bed bugs reemerged? And why – Read more…
Hairy Limbs Keep Bed Bugs At Bay
Date: December 20, 2011
I found another interesting bed bug article on the BBC News site this week. I’m not sure just how accurate the claims are, but I’m certainly willing to entertain the ideas. As with North America and other parts of the western world, the U.K. is also experiencing a steep rise in bed bug infestations. For this reason, parasitic research has – Read more…
Resistent Bed Bugs from the Tropics
Date: December 14, 2011
According to the BBC News in the United Kingdom, new evidence suggests that the re-emergence of bed bugs can be blamed on insecticide use in the tropics. Researchers say that exposure to treated bed nets and linens have helped bed bugs become resistant to the chemicals that are used to kill them. The hope is that these findings will convince – Read more…
Is the Bed Bug problem overstated?
Date: December 6, 2011
Is the bed bug problem overstated? I read an interesting article on Canada.com this morning. Its author, Mike Stachiew, questions where all the bed bugs have gone, and implies that the North American epidemic is in fact not an epidemic at all. Stachiew’s story: While travelling in northeastern America, Stachiew saw the occasional sign on the side of the road – Read more…
New Bed Bug technology is here!
Date: November 30, 2011
New bed bug technology developed As bed bug infestations increase across North America, scientists are scrambling to find better ways of detecting and eradicating them. Yesterday, Science News released an article about a technological breakthrough that will make the search for bed bugs that much more effective. Bed bug battlers can now search for the pests in houses using the – Read more…
Getting to know the Bed Bug – Bed Bug Facts
Date: November 25, 2011
Getting to know the bed bug Bed bugs are making a huge comeback and suffice to say, you’re probably not interested in making friends with this nasty little pest. But how can you stop something if you know nothing about it. Really, the only real solution for combatting is education. The more you know about Cimex lectularius, the better. What – Read more…
Bed Bug Myths
Date: November 21, 2011
Last week, I spotted a City of Guelph bus with an interesting message on the back. It read: “This is a bed bug” and there was a giant green arrow that pointed to a tiny dot. The point of the ad was to show just how small bed bugs are, but how problematic they can be. More information is offered – Read more…
Paramedics and bed bugs. Do you have the answers?
Date: November 10, 2011
Should paramedics have the right to know where the bed bug-infested properties are in their community? As the bed bug epidemic in Canada becomes more and more prevalent, public service workers are beginning to worry. In Winnipeg, paramedics want the city to list all which buildings are infested. Why? Because the likelihood of taking accidentally taking a problem home increases – Read more…
Why Are Bed Bugs So Hard To Kill? The Real Facts.
Date: November 1, 2011
Entomologists have been grappling with this question for as long as they’ve been battling bed bugs, but the answer has remained a mystery – until now. Virginia Tech Professor of Entomology Dr. Zach Adelman, author of a recently published paper in a U.S. science journal, has made an important discovery that may answer the question at last. Bed bugs, those – Read more…
Simcoe County battles bed bugs
Date: October 28, 2011
Simcoe County battles bed bugs Bed bugs are becoming a huge problem to Simcoe County residents, according to an article found in the Barrie Examiner. When concerned mother, Diane Manouris, discovered that one of the school’s families had been struggling with an infestation she seriously considered removing her children from their school in Barrie. She’d feel much better if other – Read more…
Extreme Bed Bug Measures
Date: October 21, 2011
Taking extreme measures I found an interesting news story in the Toronto Star about a man who installed a hatch – very similar to those found on sailboats – in his door. Why did he install the hatch? He did it to prevent thousands of bed bugs living in his building from entering his Toronto residence. According to the Toronto – Read more…
Bed Bugs bugging student dorms
Date: October 13, 2011
Bed Bugs in Residence In the past couple of weeks, there have been over twenty articles written on bed bug discoveries across Canada. The Ottawa Citizen, CBC news, Maclean’s magazine and CTV news have all reported bed bug infestations in residence apartments at two Ontario Universities. Apparently both universities have sprayed in an attempt to wipe them out – to – Read more…
All you need to know about a Bed Bug infestation
Date: October 7, 2011
We did this interview recently with a friend. This is a true story and shows you just how bad it can get. If you trust heat for a treatment the first time you see bug evidence, or let our trusty dogs confirm the infestation, you don’t have to go through this. Trust us! 1. How did you discover that you – Read more…
Follow up to BC Bed Bug Story
Date: September 26, 2011
On August 26th, Heat-N-Go posted a blog about a major infestation in Nanaimo, BC. The details for our blog post were taken entirely from an article found on Canada.com. Since then, we’ve had an opportunity to speak personally with Sherayna Mattson to get a better idea of just how bad the experience was. It is our hope, and Sherayna’s, that – Read more…
Toronto Bed Bugs Battles
Date: September 12, 2011
According to the Bed Bug Registry site, there have been 2270 reported cases of bed bugs in Toronto alone, making Ontario’s capital Canada’s largest haven for the nasty little critters. After careful analysis of the maps, there is definitely a correlation between population density and the number of reports. That is, the more people there are in an area, the – Read more…
What’s a Bed Bug Nurse? – Well they’re approved in Toronto!
Date: September 8, 2011
As promised, here’s the follow-up story to our earlier post on Toronto’s need for bed bug nurses. Toronto’s city budget committee unanimously approved the motion to accept provincial funds – including a sum total of $225,000 to hire three public health nurses. Toronto’s mayor, Rob Ford, and his executive committee still have to approve the acceptance of the money, though. – Read more…
Toronto needs bed bug funding and public health nurses
Date: September 7, 2011
The city of Toronto is experiencing a serious increase in reported bed bug infestations. In 2003, there were merely 43 infestations reported to public health. In 2009, that number rose to 1,300. Last year, more than 2,000 homes reported bed bug infestations. In response to the increase, the Bed Bug Project was formed in Toronto in 2008. The Bed Bug – Read more…
Major Bed Bug Infestation
Date: August 26, 2011
This morning, I found yet another interesting bed bug article on Canada.com. The story, which takes place in Nanaimo, BC, is about a family that has been suffering a major bed bug infestation. Similar to other stories we’ve heard, tenant Sherayna Mattson did not know where the bed bugs had come from, nor what to do once she’d discovered them. – Read more…
Bed Bug Infestations – Part 1
Date: August 18, 2011
Bed Bug Infestations – Best Practices: Part 1 As the frequency of bed bug reports increases, it has become necessary to put together a best practices guide for landlords, superintendents, building managers and tenants. Since infestations are relatively new in the Toronto region, relationships between tenants and landlords have become increasingly strained as whose responsibility for what is uncertain. Hopefully, – Read more…
Bed Bug Academy
Date: August 17, 2011
Alex Branch’s opening sentence in Pest exterminators get lessons on battling bedbugs, published on July 29th in the Star-Telegram, couldn’t have said it better: “You know you’re becoming a problem when people get together and spend three days discussing ways to kill you.” Hosted by Texas Pest Control Association and Bedbug Central, the first Bedbug Academy of the Southwest is – Read more…
Apartment fire result of propane-fuelled bed bug extermination
Date: July 26, 2011
Last week, Global news reported an apartment fire in Edmonton, Alberta that resulted in $4.5M worth of damage. The cause of the fire was a propane-fuelled heater, which was being used to exterminate bed bugs. Under normal circumstances, the use of a propane heater would not result in fire. In this case, the heater ignited combustible material inside the apartment, – Read more…
Bed Bug problems are going to the dogs… literally!
Date: July 22, 2011
Dogs are being added to extermination teams more and more often now. While inspections have traditionally been conducted alone – and by humans – sniffer dogs are better and faster than humans. In fact, the speed and accuracy with which dogs locate bed bugs makes them a valuable asset to any extermination team – which is why Heat N Go – Read more…
Bed Bug Precautionary Tales
Date: July 8, 2011
This summer’s headlines are alive with stories about bed bugs – and Canada is no different. This morning I discovered this little gem on the CTV News website. According to a survey by the National Pest Management Association in the US, “one in five Americans has had bed bugs or knows someone who has, and 80 per cent are afraid – Read more…
Our 1 year ordeal is over!
Date: July 4, 2011
Thank you very much for resolving our bed bug problem. We had battled the pests for 6 months using a professional pest spraying company. After 13 treatments and many hours of labour to prepare for the spraying we still had a major infestation. Heat-N-Go were called in and true to their guarantee, we are pest free. Your speedy and courteous – Read more…
4 Steps to Preventing Bed Bugs
Date: June 17, 2011
4 Steps to Preventing Bed Bugs Nobody wants bed bugs. In fact, most people who have had them don’t even know how they got them in the first place. The first step to avoidance is knowledge. The more you know, the more you can avoid accidental invitations in the first place. 1. Check for bed bugs after traveling Hotels and – Read more…
Bed Bug Misconception #1
Date: June 10, 2011
Earlier this week we discussed one of the more common, yet irrational, reactions to bed bugs – that is, moving. . This post takes a look at another common reaction – throwing everything out and starting over from scratch. People react in funny ways when they find out they’ve got a bug infestation. They tend to overreact, taking unnecessary – Read more…
Moving on? Don’t be so sure…
Date: June 6, 2011
Moving to get rid bed bugs To some, the idea of living with bed bugs is unbearable, so they pack up and ship out, leaving the bed bugs behind. Or, do they? Sadly, just because you decide to leave them behind, doesn’t mean they actually stay. In fact, since bed bugs set up home deep within your furniture, like it – Read more…
Will heat wreck my belongings?
Date: May 24, 2011
This is perhaps one of the most common questions we get. And you’re justified in your concerns, of course. You’ve probably spent a pretty penny on your belongings and you want to ensure that they’ll survive the treatment. Don’t worry, heat doesn’t wreck things, inexperience does. The first thing most people do when they’ve got a question is go to – Read more…
Great job, thanks!
Date: April 17, 2011
Dear John, Just want to thank you and Andrew and the other gentleman for the great job they did on my house yesterday. I do hope they got home safely (they pulled away at 4:45, so they made good time doing my house). I am extremely grateful for what they did. If any one ever confides in me that they have – Read more…
Safe, Consistent and Cost Effective
Date: April 14, 2011
Please be advised that HEAT-N-GO has performed Bed Bug abatement on several occasions at our university, I have found the service to be consistent and cost effective. Communication has been appropriate and work completed on time as scheduled. Where schedules have changed and timing requires the work be performed either earlier or later, Heat-N-Go has made every effort to meet – Read more…
Professional and timely
Date: March 29, 2011
John: Thanks for the professional and timely work you did for me. I would certainly recommend your company to prospective customers. Best wishes. Ken – Ottawa, ON
Living up to a great reputation
Date: January 15, 2011
Hi John, I think you and your team were fantastic an I do really appreciate the time you and the team spent here. I have absolutely no problem telling anyone what a great job you guys did. I feel that HeatNGo Pest Control lived up to a great reputation. Hope you keep up the good work. Gord
Thrilled with speed and commitment
Date: December 20, 2010
John, I am VERY PLEASED with the service Heat-N-Go an the guys have provided throughout all that has happened in last 3 or 4 weeks. I would recommend Heat-N-Go to anyone who even mentions the word BED BUG because your team was fantastic. Pass on my praises to the guys and wish Lloyd an Andrew a Very Merry Christmas from – Read more…
