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	<title>Zen and the Art of Pest Management</title>
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		<title>Take Control of Rodents in Food Plants or the Feds Will Take Control</title>
		<link>http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/08/take-control-of-rodents-in-food-plants-or-the-feds-will-take-control/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Snyder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pest Control 101]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[BRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choosing a pest management company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food plants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the stock market crash, gridlock in Washington, riots in London, and, here in Wisconsin, recall elections of state senators, I can sometimes understand the doomsday conspiracy theories that can become popular. For food processing facilities, there&#8217;s a much closer threat.  It doesn&#8217;t matter whether it&#8217;s a facility inspected by AIB, SQF, BRC, or just [...] ... <em>Continue reading <a href="http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/08/take-control-of-rodents-in-food-plants-or-the-feds-will-take-control/">Take Control of Rodents in Food Plants or the Feds Will Take Control</a></em>]]></description>
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		<title>Weed Control is Structural Pest Management</title>
		<link>http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/07/weed-control-is-structural-pest-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 02:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Snyder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advanced Topics in Pest Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green pest control]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So often, those of us who work in structural pest management &#8211; controlling insects, spiders, rodents, and the like around homes and businesses &#8211; don&#8217;t pause to think about weed control. That&#8217;s a big mistake. If you are doing a green pest program, it&#8217;s an even bigger mistake. The same applies if your client is [...] ... <em>Continue reading <a href="http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/07/weed-control-is-structural-pest-management/">Weed Control is Structural Pest Management</a></em>]]></description>
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		<title>Recommended Gel Bait for Ant Swarmers</title>
		<link>http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/07/recommended-gel-bait-for-ant-swarmers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Snyder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pest Control 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a question that I get sometimes: What Gel Bait is Best for Ant Swarmers? First of all, let&#8217;s take a quick stroll through the ant world to see what a swarmer is, anyhow. Swarmers (technically known as alates) are winged ants. Winged ants are normally the reproductive caste of an ant. Ant society is [...] ... <em>Continue reading <a href="http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/07/recommended-gel-bait-for-ant-swarmers/">Recommended Gel Bait for Ant Swarmers</a></em>]]></description>
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		<title>Common Cockroach Harborages in a Home</title>
		<link>http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/07/common-cockroach-harborages-in-a-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Snyder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pest Control 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cockroach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[German cockroaches]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I remember treating an apartment for German cockroaches with my Uncle Leonard. He picked up a phone in the kitchen and told me, &#8220;Always treat the phone.&#8221; I asked, &#8220;Why is that?&#8221; He put the phone down. &#8220;Because once I had a callback and I went through the whole kitchen trying to figure out what [...] ... <em>Continue reading <a href="http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/07/common-cockroach-harborages-in-a-home/">Common Cockroach Harborages in a Home</a></em>]]></description>
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		<title>Bumble Bees: A Time to Kill, and a Time to Build Nest Boxes</title>
		<link>http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/06/bumble-bees-a-time-to-kill-and-a-time-to-build-nest-boxes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Snyder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pest Control 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bumble bees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had a pest problem around my house, and it&#8217;s been the darnedest thing to try to get rid of. Every year, bumble bees have invaded my subarea. One year there was even three different colonies. I know this because my subarea is divided into three different areas (it&#8217;s a long story&#8230; I talk about [...] ... <em>Continue reading <a href="http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/06/bumble-bees-a-time-to-kill-and-a-time-to-build-nest-boxes/">Bumble Bees: A Time to Kill, and a Time to Build Nest Boxes</a></em>]]></description>
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		<title>Eulogy for Safrotin</title>
		<link>http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/06/eulogy-for-safrotin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Snyder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pest News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cockroach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fleas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insecticide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organophosphate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pesticide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postaweek2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[propetamphos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safrotin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/?p=490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you have an insecticide that has a warm place in your heart? &#160; If you&#8217;ve been around for a while, it might be chlordane. Newer people tend to like Tempo or Demand, and people who come from the country of Argentine Ants often name Termidor. For me, it has to be Safrotin. Yes, the [...] ... <em>Continue reading <a href="http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/06/eulogy-for-safrotin/">Eulogy for Safrotin</a></em>]]></description>
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		<title>Beware Insect Mimics and Other Tricks of Nature</title>
		<link>http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/05/beware-insect-mimics-and-other-tricks-of-nature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 02:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Snyder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophy and Pests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mimics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[treehoppers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the great things about going to school at North Carolina State University was that I got exposed to a great group of insects called the Membracids or treehoppers. &#160; Treehoppers are well-known (perhaps even loved?) for their helmets, which are often more outlandish than Phyllis Diller&#8217;s latest hairdo. The one you see here [...] ... <em>Continue reading <a href="http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/05/beware-insect-mimics-and-other-tricks-of-nature/">Beware Insect Mimics and Other Tricks of Nature</a></em>]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening with the Cat, Some Fleas, and&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/05/gardening-with-the-cat-some-fleas-and/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 02:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Snyder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pest Control 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biting pests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fleas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just don&#8217;t understand my cat, Aesun. When I leave the backdoor open and the screen unlatched, to run out the garbage, it seems like it sets off a signal in his kitty command center (which I think is hidden under the coffee table &#8211; why else would he squeeze himself under there so often?). [...] ... <em>Continue reading <a href="http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/05/gardening-with-the-cat-some-fleas-and/">Gardening with the Cat, Some Fleas, and&#8230;</a></em>]]></description>
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		<title>Inspecting Incoming Goods is Essential for Keeping Pests Out of Facilities</title>
		<link>http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/05/inspecting-incoming-goods-is-essential-for-keeping-pests-out-of-facilities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 03:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Snyder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pest Control 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pest News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exotic pests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inspection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postaweek2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spiders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How often do you talk to your commercial clients about inspecting incoming goods, pallets, packages, and so forth for pest activity? If you are like most of us, probably not enough. (Note to readers from the food processing industry, especially quality assurance managers and technicians, production supervisors, plant managers, and so forth: if you don&#8217;t [...] ... <em>Continue reading <a href="http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/05/inspecting-incoming-goods-is-essential-for-keeping-pests-out-of-facilities/">Inspecting Incoming Goods is Essential for Keeping Pests Out of Facilities</a></em>]]></description>
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		<title>Can you really get rid of pests with one treatment?</title>
		<link>http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/04/can-you-really-get-rid-of-pests-with-one-treatment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Snyder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pest Control 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[callback help]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you really get rid of pests with one treatment? This question was posed to me by someone fairly new to our industry. People he had networked with recommended a 30 day follow up with most pests. I disagree. You can get rid of pests with one treatment. Now, before you start lobbing virtual tomatoes [...] ... <em>Continue reading <a href="http://www.tedsnyderonline.com/2011/04/can-you-really-get-rid-of-pests-with-one-treatment/">Can you really get rid of pests with one treatment?</a></em>]]></description>
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