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Aprehend Proactive Protocol for High-Traffic Areas
Click here to download printable document. Examples of potential businesses, community areas, and “high-traffic” public areas that are suitable for Aprehend proactive bed bug services: Waiting rooms (e.g., health care facilities, government offices, police precincts) Public transport (e.g., buses, trains, airport terminals) Theatres/cinemas Court rooms Libraries…
Turn your good work into a case study and a free bottle of Aprehend.
We often get glowing feedback from our colleagues about Aprehend. Now, we’re turning your good work into Case Studies. A few pictures and a few paragraphs become a valuable learning and marketing tool for everyone. And, you get a free bottle of Aprehend for your time…
Aprehend Training, Part 3: Customer Prep
Customers ALWAYS prep like you ask them to, right? But what if they don’t? Will that affect the bed bug treatment you had planned? Part 3 of Aprehend Training discusses Customer prep. In this 4-minute video, Dr. Jenkins explains the “Minimal” customer prep suggested prior to…
Do chemical insecticide residues impact the efficacy of Aprehend?
This is a question that we get frequently from Pest Management Professionals (PMPs), and rightly so. We all know that homeowners often apply off the shelf insecticides in their attempts to control bed bugs before reaching out to a professional for treatment. Further, chemical applications are…
Case Study: Success in a Heavily-Infested Group-Living Facility
In collaboration with Brent H., EPC, www.environmentalpestcontrol.ca Background Environmental Pest Control (EPC) has been serving homes, cottages and businesses in Southern Ontario, Canada since 1988. They provide pest control solutions for bed bugs, cluster flies, mice, rats, ants, cockroaches, boxelder bugs, pine seed bugs, Asian lady…
Aprehend Training, Part 2: Fungal Diseases of Insects
Can you spare 5 minutes for some continuing ed? The 2nd part of Aprehend Training video series discusses Fungal Diseases of Insects. Dr. Jenkins explains the clever biology of fungi and the mechanisms they use to attack insects. She also discusses why these fungi present little…
Are Bed Bugs Cannibals?
Our industry is all-too familiar with the unpleasant implications of bed bug infestations, whether that be their vampire-like dependency on human blood, or their alarming reproductive practice of traumatic insemination. Despite having this knowledge, in our field there is the frequently asked question Are bed bugs…
Aprehend Training, Part 1: Bed Bug Biology
Hungry for some bed bug info? The first installment of Aprehend Training, Bed Bug Biology, quickly discusses the basics of the bed bug life cycle and how that can influence your treatment protocol and follow-up strategy. Dr. Jenkins also discusses bed bug “traumatic insemination” and how…
In case you missed it…
Dr. Nina Jenkins, our Chief Technical Officer, presented at the 2021 PCT Vendor Showcase. This well-attended session discusses the important elements of bed bug biology and how to use this knowledge in the implementation of bed bug management programs using Aprehend. You’ll also learn how to…
Aprehend Proactive Protocol for Hotels-Motels
Click here to view the printable document. Scheduling Applications of Aprehend should be applied in each room on a quarterly schedule. The hotel can be divided in to 4 sections with all rooms in one section being treated each month. Alternatively, schedule treatments to include all…