Yes, we know.
We’re actually back where we started, with no one returning our calls.
The bill was signed by the Mayor on March 18. It’s been four weeks.
I can tell you what we’ve concluded after a year of doing this: very few people actually care about bed bugs.
A bed bug can complete its life cycle in 4 weeks given the right temperature. So, probably not quite yet. Unless you keep your apartment really warm.
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Please write to support the Community Integrated Pest Management Program at Cornell
Check out some notes on the New York Entomological Society's January bed bug seminar
Please help disseminate the NYC Health Department's new bed bug guide:
NYC info: Bed Bugs in New York City
New from the National Center for Healthy Housing, What’s Working for Bed Bug Control in Multifamily Housing: Reconciling best practices with research and the realities of implementation (PDF)
New research on the active spread of bed bugs in buildings, essential reading for policy makers and property managers
Check out the innovative work of the Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force
For property managers: bed bug management contract specifications, Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association.
Recommended article: Bed Bugs: A Systemic Pest Within Society (PDF), Stephen Kells, American Entomologist, 2006
Bed Bugs Are Back: Are We Ready? (PDF) from WoodGreen Community Services, Habitat Services and Public Interest in Toronto
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Humbug.
Yeah, well.
Sad but I suppose we should have seen it coming.