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Bio-Logical
Pest Management, Inc. |
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Alan |
Cohen |
Phone: |
202-237-7509 |
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President |
Fax: |
202-362-3850 |
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Service
Categories: |
structural
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commercial
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school
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landscape |
residential
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golf
course |
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Low-risk,
full-service, structural pest management services and consulting.
Serving the MD/DC/VA metro area. Information & sales of alternative
products nationwide. |
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What
is your definition of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)? |
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IPM is a site-specific
system of management of pests, starting with exclusion. If monitoring
indicates high level of pests, baits may be used with more monitoring,
physical controls (ex. caulking), doorstrips, screen repair, and habitat
modification. |
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Is pest management performed on a specific schedule? |
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Only monitoring
is done on a schedule. Pesticides are never applied without monitoring
for pest populations, and are never applied according to scheduling. |
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How
are pest problems identified? |
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Sticky traps
(pheramone traps for roaches & moths) are used. |
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What practices
do you use to prevent and/or control pests? |
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Check, repair
or install door strips. We also monitor with sticky traps. |
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Do you
use biological controls? |
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Yes, nematodes
are applied to the soil (and in the galleria for termites) and used
for flea control on grass in yards. |
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Yes. Borate
liquid, granular & plate (Stapleton's, Niban, Timbor, Dr. Moss)
baits used for Ant, Carpenter Ant, Cricket, Roach & silverfish
management. |
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Do you
use synthetic chemicals? |
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What
are the top 10 pesticides you use/sell/recommend? |
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TimBor; Niban;
Victor Pheramone Traps; Diatomaceous Earth; Allure Indian Meal Moth
Traps; Dr. Moss Out bait. |
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If pesticides are used, how much are used per year of each? |
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Does
your company perform habitat modification? |
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Drainage changes
to discourage termites, removal of mulch for founations or of carboard
boxes & clutter for roaches or silverfish. |
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Do you
use any physical or mechanical controls? |
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Yes. Caulking
around pipes & electrical conduits, replacing door strips, installing
gravel to replace mulch at foundations, caulking cracks in kitchens,
etc. For fungus gnats, soil in indoor plants must be dried out and
stirred. |
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What
type of fertilizers do you use/sell/recommend? |
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What
do you usually use/sell/recommend for addressing: |
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fleas |
Perma-Treat
boric acid powder (then vacuumed up). |
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carpenter ants
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Niban bait. |
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fire ants |
Not a problem
in my area. |
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crabgrass |
Overseeding and
corn gluten. |
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dandelions |
Corn gluten
pre-mergence. |
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other |
Yellow jackets-ground
nest vacuuming and VictorPest mint oil spray. Mice-copper exclusion
mesh. |
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How do
you evaluate effectiveness of your pest management |
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Monitoring with
sticky traps is performed after any treatment for crawling insects.
Yearly termite monitoring inspections performed (monthly for external
baits stations in season.) |
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