Editor's Choice for the Week of December 6, 2021

Highlights this week include Freeman Elliott being recognized as a 2021 Crown Leadership Award winner; new bed bug research from the University of Kentucky and a pest control company helping to preserve one of its regions important resources.


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Highlights this week include Freeman Elliott being recognized as a 2021 Crown Leadership Award winner; new bed bug research from the University of Kentucky and a pest control company helping to preserve one of its regions important resources.

University of Kentucky entomology researchers have found that skin triglycerides, or lipids, prevent bed bugs from staying very long on human hosts. Their finding could lead to new management strategies for this important human pest.
 
The company is working with the Solano County Department of Agriculture to control the pest, which vector’s the bacterium that causes Pierce’s disease – a disease that kills grapevines.
 
The San Gabriel Valley District of the Pest Control Operators of California kicked off the end of a great season with a tailgate party at the National Hot Rod Association Finals at Pomona, Calif. on Nov. 13.
 
The one-day advanced workshop drew attendees from several states who learned about termite treatment tools, equipment and control methods.
 
Carolina Pest Management has been owned and operated by the Dodd family since its founding in 1939.