Once upon a time there was a traditional mill town. As traditional mill towns were, the mill was located at the end of Main Street, not far from the center of town. The grand majority of the townspeople worked at the mill in various jobs.

In the town was a clock shop. The clock shop was on Main Street across from the Town Square. The clock shop was run by Mr. Davenport, which kinda-sorta makes sense since it was named Davenports Clock Shop.

As pest professionals we are often asked for advice on various pest issues and circumstances. This article provides information which may be suitable for use when such queries come your way.

The following article was written at the request of a bed bug victim. Each day numerous bed bug victims seek information from online sources in search of answers to their bed bug related questions. One of the most commonly asked questions may be how do we move from a bed bug infested location without bringing bed bugs with us? While this may seem like a simple question, with bed bugs it seems there are no simple answers.

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At a past Industry meeting someone asked the question above. With the chlorinated hydrocarbons gone for over thirty years now, the majority of today’s pest professionals have probably never enjoyed the use or even the smell of good ole C-100 (chlordane) and/or any of it’s cousins Aldrin, Dieldrin or Heptachlor, we all used back in the day. But seriously, why was that stuff so good and why do we tend to remember it as being the best?

Firstly, let’s remember that C-100, aka Chlordane, was what we manufacturer type folks called “An Eight Pound Product”. This means that there was 8 lbs of Active Ingredient in each gallon of concentrate. The formulation was 72% active ingredient. You can find these labels online to see that this is correct.