Pollinators by Numbers Three-fourths of the world’s flowering plants and about 35 percent of the world’s food crops depend on animal pollinators to reproduce. That’s one out of every three bites of food you eat. More than 3,500 species of native bees help increase crop yields.…
Read More ›Pests are responsible for around 10 percent—or 21 million metric tons—of crop losses every year, but controlling them has led to the widespread use of chemical pesticides. Could birds, spiders and beetles among other invertebrate predators do the job as well? Researchers in Brazil, the United…
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Read More ›The warm summer nights might be gone, but if you thought the pests die with the summer heat, you’re wrong. Unfortunately, cool autumn days aren’t enough to deter pests from entering your home and waging war on your peace of mind. If you’re unsure of what…
Read More ›A local trucking company reached out to Platinum Pest to help with a pest problem they were having. One of their sleeper tractors was infested with bed bugs. We tarped the tractor and fumigated it with Vikane. Did you know that fumigation (Vikane) is the ONLY…
Read More ›Background: Since the dawn of civilizations, farming and establishing settlements have been a keystone piece to improving the quality of life for populations. With permanent homesteads, groups were able to establish an agricultural system; growing crops and domesticating livestock. With these new systems in place,…
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Read More ›Woodpeckers are coming out and wreaking havoc on homeowners. What should you do when they start drumming away? Find out more here!
Read More ›Bugs Be Gone! This customer moved their grandma out of a nursing home that was infested with bedbugs. She had been dealing with them for three years, but when grandma came out of the nursing home, they didn’t know what to do with her potentially infested…
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