Swarm of Bees Attack and Force Phoenix Residents Inside

April 19, 2010

A swarm of aggressive bees stung at least one person multiple times near 11th Avenue and Bell Road in north Phoenix and forced neighbors in the surrounding area to remain indoors recently.
The hive was apparently located in a wood pile at a home. It is unknown what disturbed the hive, but the bees attacked two [...]

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Bee Swarm Attacks Phoenix Yard Sale

April 5, 2010

Dozens of people were forced indoors when a swarm of bees attacked at a yard sale on a recent afternoon. Glendale Fire Department spokesman Daniel Valenzuela says about 35 people were the yard when the angry bees attacked.
Witnesses say the very aggressive bees were in their hair.
Valenzuela says several people were treated at a hospital. Three [...]

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High School Closed for Two Days from Pest Spray Incident

March 17, 2010

Do you have any old pesticides in the garage? If so, you could potentially have some banned or non EPA allowed stubstances in your garage. However, but by utilizing a professional pest management company you could limit yourself from having stored pesticides that become banned materials in your possession. These banned pesticides could cause harm to you, your family, pets and [...]

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Just Announced – Invader Ranked #2 in Arizona Pest Control

March 2, 2010

Our customers and friends are so GREAT!
For the fourth year in a row, our customers and friends have voted for Invader Pest Management in Ranking Arizona – The Best of Arizona Business and have helped us reach #2 this year.
This is no small matter to us and we are so thankful for the support and [...]

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Roof Rats & Invader on KTVK 3TV

February 15, 2010

Fred Willey of Invader Pest Management was featured on KTVK 3TV recently helping to spread the word about the growing Root Rat situation in Tempe and Arcadia. A meeting was held in Tempe to warn residents of the dangers of roof rats and to give them more information on how they can help to combat these unwanted [...]

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Who Is Kissing You This Valentines

February 12, 2010

WHO, OR SHOULD I SAY, WHAT’S KISSING YOU
I was notified today about a story that is in the media, apparantly this week UA researchers put out a report finding a high rate of infection (40%) of Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas disease protozoan) infection in kissing bugs in southern Arizona.
However my source thought it prudent to put the public [...]

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What’s Buggin Me Now

February 10, 2010

MORE TAXES  – previously untaxed services are now being considered as another way to find money for the state.
Well, you hear it on the news everyday, more taxes, more taxes, more taxes!  Here they go again,  the next attempt for Arizona is to raise taxes on just about everything else.
That’s right,  below I copied the [...]

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The Bed Bug Resurgence Is So Bad A Law is Needed To Get Them Under Control?

February 9, 2010

The bed bug resurgence has become quite a hot topic issue lately. In fact, a bill designating various responsibilities for landlords, tenants and pest management professionals in the prevention and management of bed bug infestations in multifamily housing was introduced at State Capitol legislature in downtown Phoenix, Arizona last week. 
Under House Bill 2210, only properly licensed applicators would be permitted [...]

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What is it that Customers Really Want or Expect?

January 26, 2010

This is one question that we at Invader Pest Management spend a lot of time on to ensure that our customers are happy.  This is a really tough issue when you get to the meat of it. 
We do a lot of training with our staff and when they are asked this question, we use to get [...]

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Here Comes the Rain Again & the Need for Weed Control

January 20, 2010

Where There’s Water there’s soon to be WEEDS!
That’s the way it is in the desert.  
In the metropolitan Phoenix area, our climate is much different than the majority of the country.  While much of the country is going through an extremely cold and snowy winter, here in the valley of the sun we have been holding [...]

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