Monthly Archives: October 2011

Museum launches streaming video of bat house

  By Nathan Crabbe Staff writer   The University of Florida’s bats are ready for their close-up. Just in time for Halloween, the Florida Museum of Natural History has launched 24-hour streaming videos of the bats living inside the UF … Continue reading

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Wellington condo association sues exterminator over termites

By Susan Salisbury Palm Beach Post Staff Writer WELLINGTON — A Wellington condo association, unhappy with its termite service, sued its exterminator and won. Sheffield Woods at Wellington Condominium Association won a $413,000 jury verdict in its lawsuit against Orkin … Continue reading

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Beucher & Son, Our Seniors In Need Program

It has come to our attention that many of our faithful  “Life in the Rat’s Hole” blog readers and even some of our customers have not heard about our “Seniors in Need” program. This program has been in effect for over a … Continue reading

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Rodent exclusion with expanding foam…Don’t!

I cannot even come close to telling you how many times we have responded to complaints of “noises in the attic”. “It can’t be rats, I fixed the whole darn house, they cannot get in anywhere” most will tell us. I never … Continue reading

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Keep Bugs Outside This Winter

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2011 It is almost time for the annual ladybug invasion. Every year there seems to be some outbreak of critters that want in our home: ladybugs last year and boxelder bugs before that. In addition, mice … Continue reading

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Delaware health officials confirm first case of human tularemia in 8 years

Robert Herriman, Infectious Disease Examiner In a Delaware Health and Social Services press release Friday, health officials report that a 45-year-old Kent County man was laboratory-confirmed for the bacterial infection, tularemia. Confirmation was performed by the Delaware Public Health Laboratory. … Continue reading

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Yes, concrete block homes can get termites! Believe it…or else!

Our story begins with a person who saw  “just two” subterranean termite mud tubes a few years back and thought nothing of it. He lives out of the state of Florida (snowbird) and truthfully was not completely aware of the … Continue reading

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White-nose syndrome taking bite out of bat populations

Bay Naturalist / By Kathy Reshetiloff Bats. Just the word makes some people cringe. Despite what movies, television and literature would have us believe, bats are not terrors of the night. One of the most misunderstood and maligned animals, bats … Continue reading

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New Tick-Borne Disease Is Discovered

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. A new tick-borne disease that may be stealthily infecting some Americans has been discovered by Yale researchers working with Russian scientists. The disease is caused by a spirochete bacterium called Borrelia miyamotoi, which is distantly … Continue reading

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