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Is Your Business Protected from Stinging Insect Lawsuits?

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Stinging Insect Lawsuits
Stinging Insect Lawsuits

Many business owners are very careful about making sure their properties are safe from hazardous issues that could result in the injury of one of their staff members or a customer. However, far too many of them don’t think about the possible lawsuits that could arise from stinging insects that were not removed properly.

Provoking Bees

Most bees don’t bother humans unless they are provoked. However, they may feel threatened if someone walks too close to their nests. Children will also often play carelessly around bees nests that they don’t realize are close by. The result can be painful stings, which sometimes result in allergic reactions.

Fatal Bee Stings

A person who has never been stung by a bee might not be aware of an allergy. Allergic reactions are worse when a person is stung many times, as is often the case when that person inadvertently stumbles upon a beehive. The result can be severe itching, difficulty breathing or even death.

As a business owner, it’s important to ensure that your property remains free from all potential problems, and in the spring and summer, that means it’s time to think about removing beehives.

When it comes to commercial pest control and dealing with unwanted bees, it’s best to leave things in the hands of a professional. To make an appointment with us, contact us today.

Commercial Services, Insect Control, Pest Management

Time to Protect Your Property from Stink Bug Invasion Is Now

The annual invasion of the brown marmorated stink bug invasion is about to begin and smart New York City and New Jersey commercial building owners have already started scheduling commercial pest control appointments with Stern Environmental. The time to protect your building from stink bug invasion is now before chilly nights force these smelly insects to seek a warm place to spend the winter. Treating exterior building surfaces can help prevent the kind of horrible invasion that occurred when an estimated 100,000 stink bugs took up residence in a Virginia farm shed. (Click here to see the Washington Examiner video.)

An Asian transplant, brown marmorated stink bugs are prevalent in 40 states including New York and New Jersey and do more than $21 billion damage to U.S. crops each year. Pest control should be scheduled before stink bugs begin invading buildings, typically between mid-September and mid-October. Stink bugs seem to be particularly attracted to sunny, light-colored surfaces. In early fall, great numbers of these insects may be seen blanketing sunny exterior building walls. Their goal is to slip inside where they will overwinter in attics and in voids inside walls, behind trim and cabinets and under flooring.

The warm winter has produced a bumper crop of these pests. Don’t wait until these pests start invading. Contact Stern Environmental today to schedule commercial pest control services.

Carpenter Ants, Insect Control, Pest Control, Pest Eradication

How to Find Carpenter Ant Nests

Carpenter ants build their nests in wood, and they are difficult to locate because they do not leave tell tale signs of their presence in a home or building. Although they are not as destructive as termites, they can cause considerable damage if they are allowed to infest wood structures for an extended period of time.

Carpenter ants usually set up their colonies in damp wooden pieces that have previously been damaged by other types of insects. Some of the places in a home where carpenter ant nests are commonly found include door frames, windows, sinks, chimneys, and bath traps. With the right level of moisture, temperature, and protection from environmental changes and predators, the colonies of carpenter ants will thrive.

One way to find carpenter nests in a home is to tap the surfaces of wooden structures. Listen for a hollow sound as this will indicate that the wood is damaged. By tapping on the wood, you will also cause the carpenter ants to panic, and they may flee their nests and emerge from the wood.

If you are experiencing carpenter ant problem in your home, you can call NY, NYC, and NJ pest control experts.

Carpenter Ants, Insect Control

Fast Facts about Carpenter Ants

Carpenter ants are one of the most common types of pests in New York and New Jersey, and they can cause great damage to homes and wood furniture if no measures are taken to control them. Here are some basic facts about carpenter ants.

1) Carpenter ants are ants that belong to the genus Camponotus, and they are given their common name because they set up their colonies in wood.

2) The size of carpenter ants range from a quarter inch to slight more than half an inch.

3) Depending on their species, carpenter ants can be black, dark brown, red, orange, light brown, or yellowish tan.

4) Unlike termites, carpenter ants do not consume wood. When they dig galleries in wood to create colonies, they will collect the wood debris and leave them outside.

5) Carpenter ants play an important role in the natural environment as they can help in the decomposition of wood and control the population of small insects.

6) Carpenter ants usually establish their colonies in parts of wood that are moist.

7) There are two types of carpenter ant colonies, namely, the parent colonies and the satellite colonies. The parent colony houses the queen, her offspring, and a group of workers, while a satellite colony is made up of thousands of worker ants.

Insect Control, Pest Control

What You Need To Know About Termites

The best time to detect termites is during springtime. The winged adult termites will come out of hiding to get some sunshine, and they will mate before they return to their underground colonies, probably for the rest of their lives. Termites can easily establish colonies in homes and buildings, and they can be there for years without being detected.

Termites usually build their colonies behind walls or paneling, or under floor coverings. They feed on wood, and they can cause great damage to wooden furniture or fixtures in your home. It is not easy to detect the damage done by termites because these creatures do not leave obvious signs of their activities. They usually form galleries inside wood structures, and they will feed on the spring wood and leave the outer surface intact. When you find out the damage that they have done, the wood structure is most likely irreparable. 

NY, NYC, and NJ pest control experts have the necessary equipment and expertise to help you detect and get rid of termite infestation in your home.