The Bitter - Sweet Truth About Bees

All this time, you find them cute and sweet as the nectar they eat. You see one bee flying in a moment. Then two or three after a few seconds until you look around and find a large bee hive built in one corner of your walls. Lovely nature! I swear that your life will change once you got bitten by bees. And I am pretty sure you don't want to try. So if there's an infestation of killer bees in your are, immediately seek help from your most trusted pest control service and get rid of other harmful pests like black widow spider.

Mosquito Threats

There is no place like home. It is the loveliest place where you can be. Don't let it be invaded by annoying, flying health hazards like mosquitoes. Call your reputable pest control in Daytona Beach Florida.

Who Can Help You Against Pests?

Pest control is a way we preserve comfort within our home. But we just can't protect our place against pest with ordinary DIY pest treatment. Visit Universal Pest Control and learn of the newest and the best way to eliminate pests.

The Indicators of Pest Infestation at Home

Droppings, dusts, and other unusual scenarios within your home can be a sign there something uninvited dwell together with you. Whom to call? Visit Universal Pest Control for the best service under the sun.

Spread of Deadly Disease. Beware! Part 3 "Lyme Disease"

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released an advisory on how to protect yourself and your family from tick bites. The CDC became famous in the movie, Contagion, showing its involvement in disease-plague prevention. The Flu-like symptoms are true. Ticks pass infected saliva into human skin with a bite. The parasites act quickly, invading and feeding on the body’s red cells, introducing disease into the host through an infected bite.

The elderly population, children and people with low immune system are more at risk. It is advisable to seek medical attention immediately, instead of dismissing it as a case of common flu. They say treatment can be effective if the disease is caught early on.

Lyme disease affects various parts of the body in different degrees as it advances. Bacteria enters the skin through the initial tick bite, infection is followed by the spread of a reddish rash associated with common flu-like symptoms. Overtime, the parasites work fast to hijack your system to later produce abnormalities in the joints, nervous system and the heart.

The part one of this article showed a short story I made about a small town that was unknowingly taken over by a strange disease they took for granted as the common flu, later causing pandemonium and rampant deaths which took the CDC officials by surprise. Fiction as it maybe, the symptoms I mentioned attributing to the disease itself is true.

Lyme disease is medically described to have 3 stages as: (1) early localized disease with skin inflammation; (2) early disseminated disease with heart and nervous system involvement, including palsies and meningitis; and (3) late disease featuring motor and sensory nerve damage and brain inflammation as well as arthritis.

Some tips given by the CDC included the following:

1. Spray yourself with DEET or permethrin tick repellent (on clothing and gear)

2.      Always wear pant before venturing in to the forest. Tuck you pants into your boots.

3.      Wear white or light colored clothing, it will be easier to see a tick and kill it right way.

4.      Before entering a wooded or grassy area use repellents containing 20 percent or more DEET.

5.      Nymphs are commonly found on the forest floor and can climb aboard via your feet.

Always use socks and shoes. Boots are recommended. Check them from time to time.

6.      Avoid tick infected areas like tick vegetation. They like tall grass, shrubs and leaf litter, these hitchhikers are just waiting to get a ride via your boot and snack on you.

7.      Perform daily tick checks after being outdoors, even when in your yard.

8.      Use a hand-held mirror or full length mirror to view all parts of your body. If you find a tick, remove it immediately using tweezers.

9.      Important areas to check: Your arms, in and around your ears, inside the belly button, back of the knees, all around your head and body hair, between the legs and around the waist.

10.  Toss your clothing in the dryer upon coming home from the woods. This will avoid the ticks from entering your house which can be carried via your clothing.

So next time you come down with the common flu, please do not dismiss it. Danger may be constantly around us. The common pests might surprise you as they bring not so common problems.

We do not need to wait the last minute to take extra precaution. Whether it is common pests, health condition, weather changes or spread of disease, one must not take for granted things and wait for the hammer to come crashing down.

Get rid of pests, keep yourself updated with the latest diseases, stay healthy, take care of our ecology, be aware of changes in your surroundings and consult a doctor. These tips will save your life. Time is precious. We do not have the luxury of time. Life is short, we must live it well.

Spread of Deadly Disease. Beware! Part 1

Imagine this. Looking out your bedroom window, admiring a picturesque forest, in it is an array of trees each showcasing different colored leaves. Some yellow, orange, red, purple, pink, brown and each showing a palette of beauty beyond your explanation. You feel so blessed to have what you have and you see yourself very fortunate to live in this part of the country. You feel the love, the joy and the abundance.

It is late fall, the hunting season has brought about great trade in the locality. This isolated small town, viewed by many tourists as an escape from the city, is buzzing with excitement and realization that the town will have a wonderful Christmas celebration this year due to the increased profit earned during the deer hunting season. Everyone is happy and it is perfect.

Then one day, all of a sudden one-by-one the men in your small town all come down with flu-like symptoms and no one seems to be alarmed. Adding to the health issues people were experiencing was a sudden increase in white-legged mouse population all over the county followed by the unexpected acorn crop problem. Pest companies worked overtime to eliminate the mice unknowingly creating another greater issue they are yet to discover.

In a weeks’ time, your loved one comes down with a high fever followed by the spread of an expanding reddish rash. The local hospital, far from its city counterpart, knowingly not as equipped to take tests as compared to the bigger medical facilities found far away, has dismissed it as the common flu. The doctor said your loved one will be better, the muscle and joint pain, fatigue, fever; swollen lymph nodes are normal symptoms of the flu and will soon go away after some time, but no one got better.

Soon one by one the men of your town die. Cause of death was declared as severe meningitis, some due to cardiac arrest. The ones still living start having difficulty with memory or thinking and complaints of odd sensations such as numbness. Everyone is horrified. The children and women start coming down with the same symptoms and succumb to death with the same cause of death.

A scientist from the CDC, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, along with his partner, a city reporter, who was visiting relatives in town became suspicions, there must be something here. Something big, something is very wrong. They start doing research and conduct interviews. The result of their findings was astounding and horrifying. They called the Director of the CDC and asked for the office to send help. The future of the country depended on it. The town will have to be locked down.

A few miles away was your house, you have not had any sleep for weeks. You were busy giving constant care to your loved one who came down with the flu a week ago. You decide to enter your room, your loved one looks like he is fast asleep with his mouth open. You wonder why you cannot hear the soft snoring you have grown used to over the past 25 years. You look closer, wanting to check if he is OK  You are astounded with what lies before you, the disease everyone thought was the common flu turned out to be something else.

Researching disease brought by common pests does this to a writer like me, also doing extensive scientific research on my articles for website publishing does provide me with numerous possibilities that might come up one day. Who knows? There is a lot of truth in what I have written, except for the 4-inch mutated tick.

Stay on this site and read more. See the next parts of this article to find out more about this deadly disease and what causes it. Know how to symptoms to keep your family safe.

Randomly Relinquishing the “Queen”!

We do not welcome termites to come into our house. One reason is that they possess a bad habit (wood-eating) and the second reason is there are too many of them (in colonies) when they come.  Feeding them is an outright big problem!  Humans do not entertain guests who do not behave properly inside our house, so to speak.  In this case, we speak of termites as unwanted ‘royal guests’ that need pest control.

The termites are ‘royal’ in a sense that they have’ a reigning queen. The mature termite queen (with a life span of 25 to 45 years) can produce 20,000 to 30,000 eggs a day.  Can you imagine their population in just a span of one year?  As the queen increases her size and cannot move freely, attendant workers provide assistance. The queen aside from being a ‘reproductive’ is also responsible for colony integration while the termite ‘king’ (unlike male ants that die after mating) can mate with the termite queen for life. If the queen dies, the winged also a reproductive caste, can replace the queen. Undertaking the labors of foraging, food storage, brood and nest maintenance are worker termites, the main caste in the colony for the digestion of cellulose in food found in infested wood while the Soldier caste, the elite class, is principally a defense against predation by ants. As a result of their wood-eating habits, the termites can severely damage unprotected buildings and other wooden structures inside the house, such as the cabinet, tables, wooden chairs and the like. Since “wood” is their main menu, they also go for other ‘side-dishes’ as  carpets, cloth, paper and other cellulosic materials.  Just imagine the ‘wastes’ incurred in welcoming termites into our very own properties as follows:

§  Money -  the large amount of money spent in building the house

§  Time    - the precious long period of time spent in erecting the house

§  Effort   -   the number of people engaged in the building work

§  Property  -  the damaged house, inside and out, and the yard

We should never underestimate the “teeth” of these ‘royal guests’ as they can ruin the whole house in no time once neglected by the homeowner. Likewise, we should never underestimate too, the pest control companies which offer effective methods in dealing with them because as experts in the trade, they are in the best position to eradicate unwanted guests in our whole property.  They survey the whole area first then stage a ‘coup’ to ‘overthrow’ the queen termite from her throne before the appropriate termite treatment is applied to all corners of the infested area.  Thus, knowing the termite treatment cost from them will enable you to provide the much needed protection for your property.  Act quickly to save the wooden structures in your house.   Houses should be treated with dignity because our abode provides our family the shelter we need so we have all the reasons to love, care, and protect it.

Pest Control Companies towards Free Infestation of Pests

Pest control is very important not only in the field of agriculture but also in maintaining the structure of homes. Of course, many homeowners are very much particular in the beauty of their houses and once their houses are attacked by pests, it would be the start of a big loss.

Inspecting houses from cracks and crevices and from the presence of pests as soon as possible will prevent large damages. Using adequate and effective measures should also be done to assure the protection of homes from attacks of pest. The use of any products available in markets to kill pest can be used but it is better to consider the help of pest control companies in giving proper treatments to prevent and eradicate pests.

Many people are not aware with the importance of consulting in companies and other organizations that gives services for pest control. There are many organizations established to help people in their problems. One reason in hiring for pest control company is that they give right solutions in dealing with many kinds of pest such as rats, bugs, termites, bees, spiders, cockroaches and others. Since pest controllers have special training  experience and have tools to assure protections against destructive insects, they definitely know the proper, safe methods of selecting and applying protective chemicals. Also, they have faster way in eradicating pest and gives assurance that the problem will not rise again. There will be assurance that homes will be free from pest attack like termites in Florida which destroy foundation of homes, offices and other building structures.

Considering a professional pest control service like pest control company in Florida will make one to save a lot of money and effort. These companies are equipped with highly effective products and more knowledgeable in dealing with best ways to prevent the problem. The companies are composed of trained professionals who know better products that are safe to use and are able to protect home interior and exterior during the process of eradicating.

Complete pest inspection is done by these companies to know all areas of pest infestation and the kinds of pests present in any homes. They can give information that an ordinary person doesn't know. They will create a plan and implement the most appropriate extermination treatment based on the results of the initial inspection. Also, these companies are the one responsible for arranging schedules of follow ups and treatments like termite treatment in Florida because some pest are treated with continuous follow up treatments. 

Be Aware of the Attack of Termites

One of the problems happening in many homes is pest infestation. There are many different types of pest and each gives different threats. These threats are harmful to the health of people or the structure of the houses.  The attack of pest becomes so extensive and causes millions of money loss. Termites, bugs and rodents are few of the many examples of pest.

Termites attack many homes leading them to destruction. It is very important to have knowledge on these kinds of pest to avoid loss.

The attack of termite is one of the causes of million - worth damage per year among houses and other infrastructures. Termites are social insects and raise their young as a group. Colonies of termites eat non-stop a day. Flying termites are often mistaken for flying ants. Insects like termites in Florida have only two body segments, a straight antenna and two sets of wings in equal length while flying ants have three body segments, a bent antenna and two sets of wings that differ in length. Here are the different kinds of termites.

        Subterranean termites can eat a lot of wood and can cause a lot of damage to a house. This kind of termite is considered as the most destructive since they can destroy foundations of the buildings, wooden support beams, plastic plumbing pipes, sub-flooring and even swimming pool liners and filtration systems. This kind of termite has 0.13 inch to 1 inch in size with long, narrow and oval shape. Creamy brown is the color for this kind of termite. Subterranean termites eat wood, wallpaper, plastics and fabric made from plants. Colonies of Subterranean termites can have up to 2 million members and divided into three groups: workers, soldiers and reproductive.

    Another kind of termite is dry wood termites which form their colonies of up to 2,500 members. They have 0.38 inch to 1 inch size with long, narrow and oval shape. Dry wood termites are light brown in color. They build their nests and dig tunnels in buildings. The tunnels cause major damage because wooden support beams can weaken that makes a building lean or fall down.


  Formosan termites live in huge underground colonies and build mud nests inside the walls of buildings. Colonies can be made up to ten thousands of termites in single colony. Formosan termite is the largest kind of termite.  They have 0.5 inch in size with long, narrow and oval shape and yellowish brown color.

 Damp wood termite is another kind of termite that likes to live and feed in very moist wood. There have 0.5 inch to 0.7 in size with a long, narrow and oval shape and brownish in color. This kind of termite usually live in damp, dying wood or in houses with leaking plumbing that keeps the wood wet.

Being knowledgeable about these kinds of termites will help prevent homes from destruction. Proper prevention is greatly needed. It is very important to make sure water drains away from houses. Also, firewood and other scrap wood should also be stored away from the house to avoid any of these termites. There are also organizations that give quality services for pest control like pest control services in Florida. From these organizations proper pest control can be implemented.

Reasons Bugs are Hated

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