Bed bugs have infiltrated homes and businesses throughout New York. In fact, they’ve become something of a national epidemic. They’ve been discovered in some of the highest-end hotels and apartments, and once they’re established, you may need a bed bug exterminator to truly eradicate them. How do you tell if you have bed bugs, though? […]
THIS is what VIKING looks like! What a day… Viking hosted our 2018 kickoff session and we had our biggest turnout yet! Special thanks to Phil Koerner for leading excellent educational sessions, and Bill Kolbe for helping arrange this awesome event! For all those who attended, we hope you really enjoyed the event. You make […]
Anyone who owns a business knows that it is important to make sure it is kept clean and that it always looks professional. Having ants, roaches, rodents, termites or other problems infesting the business can cause some serious complications whether you are running a retail store, a restaurant, hospital, warehouse, or anything in between. After […]
What does the Fall weather mean for Ticks? Just because the weather is becoming cooler, don’t forget fall is a very active time for ticks. Ticks remain active in their adult stage from fall to spring as long as the temperature is above freezing. Each life stage (larvae, nymph and adult) of any species of […]
Bed bugs. Roaches. Rats. Any one of these or other pests will sound the death knoll of a hospitality business. Guests of a hotel who see so much as an ant are liable to complain on trip review websites, doing long-term damage to your brand and business. It’s not just your reputation at stake, either. […]
One of the few pests that can actually do you real financial damage, termites are a problem that need to be controlled immediately and there is no easy way out of it. Termites can infest your home for some time before you start to actually notice the damage. As soon as you see one termite, […]
Pests of Fall: Pest-Proofing Viking’s Guide to Preventing Autumn Pests From Entering Your Home When fall comes, animals begin to prepare for the winter. They look for a warm place to live with easy access to food and water. As you can imagine, your home looks more appealing to most pests than of the areas surrounding it, which is […]
Determining the Source of Your Ant Problem Childhood cartoons showing ants swarming to picnic sites have led many people to believe that if you see ants in your home, it must be because they have a food source in your home. While an available food supply is attractive to ants, it is only one of […]
Important Announcement Rutgers University To NJPCA Network, My name is Adam Butrico and I am President of the Beekeepers Association at Rutgers University. Our group exists to convey the importance of honeybees to the public as well as conduct research on honey bee diseases. In order to stimulate our research, we are looking to […]
“God in his wisdom made the fly.. and then forgot to tell us why”. Odgen Nash’s short poem on the fly aptly describes the relationship of whiteflies to gardeners. While the short part is correct, the fly part is not. You see whiteflies are not flies at all, but are actually plant-parasitic Hemipterans. The classification […]