Bed Bugs in Boro Park!

Boro Park has a special kedusha that keeps them out.

Oregano either crumbled old leaves or pure Essential Oil is a repellent for bedbugs. They don’t like the scent, and it is strong enough to snuff bedbugs.

@AinOhdMilvado Oregano is not a bubba-maaiseh it actually works. How do I know this, because we had a bedbug problem, and we crumbled Oregano Leaves on the infested area. Bedbugs were found dead in the crumbled Oregano. The Essential Oregano Oil is more concentrated, then the Crumbled Leaf. For that one would need to fill a Spritzer Bottle of water and add so many drops of EO. to the bottle, depending on the amount of water added. Besides I would rather not add Exterminator Insecticide in my Daled Amos.

b”h we don’t have such problems. The only advice i can give is DAVEN!

HIE- nothing to be SCARED of. I hope none of us ever have them, but it’s not life threatening!

How would I know if I have them? Are their bites are like other bites-the itchy annoying stuff?

bedbug bites are always in a cluster or a line; you don’t get them one at a time. they are itchy as heck, so u dont’s have to check – if u have them. (the first two slant-rhymed by mistake so i thought i’d have fun rhyming the other two.)

take it from an experienced camp nurse’s aid.

Chosson

Bed bugs are present on all countries and in every continent. Though there was a significant lowering of bed bug infestations in the developed world during the second half of the twentieth century, recently that trend has been reversed.

Bed bug infestations can start from various sources. One of the most common forms of infestation is through contacts with infested furniture in hotels, motels, and other places of temporary accommodation. In fact a recent increase in bed bug infestations may have a direct link with the increase in the number of people who travel. Bed bugs are carried around in clothes and the luggage of travelers. However, it is rare to detect bed bugs in the clothes people are actually wearing at any given moment. Clothes that are carried in bags facilitate bed bugs to travel and spread. Another source of bed bug infestation is through the exchange of furniture or garments between people.

Once bed bugs enter a building they will spread throughout it. In buildings where there are multiple housing units, such as apartment blocks or condominiums, all of the units may become infested. This happens through the medium of common areas, as well as through holes and crevices in the walls used by utilities such as plumbing. Material used for separating housing units has a significant impact on the speed at which bed bugs spread through the complex. Buildings that have concrete separators have the least tendency to spread bed bug infestations through them.

Bed bugs feed on blood not on trash. As such, cleanliness does not arrest the spread of infestation directly. The idea that dirt causes bedbugs infestations is a misconception. However cleanliness, by depriving the bed bugs some of their hiding places, does slow down the infestation.

Because bed bugs have flat bodies they can hide in all sorts of unlikely places unseen. It is their ability to hide so completely out of site that has given arise to the second misconception; that bed bugs are so small that they cannot be seen unaided. Bed bugs can in fact be seen since they are about 4 mm in length. Even their eggs, which are about 1 mm in length, can be seen.

In order to stop the spread of bed bugs, infested households should act to eliminate the bugs as comprehensively and as promptly as possible when they are detected. If possible they should take the advice of professional pest control experts for this process. By taking prompt action and by acting as responsible householders and neighbors, bed bug infestations can be managed and controlled, and eventually eliminated.

Chosson

You are welcome, but all I did was google, cut and paste.

“a chilled out pop”

Funny you should say that. They tell me my wardrobe is just steps away from Kensetonia, and if not for having super-cool yeshiva kids, I’d be run out of town. And to add insult to injury, they further tell me that if not for their super-cool mother, they would have no sense of style at all.

Oh, and the next car, will need (NEED!) to have leather seats. But thanks, I really try to keep my finger on the pulse. That, and not too long ago, I was living dorm life (unless you think 20 years ago is a long time)

Ha! Good line!

i have a phobia of bedbugs so i did a lot of research

if u think u have bedbugs place a bowl of water under each leg of ur bed and if there are little floating bugs in the morning in the bowl- congrats u have visitors (shudder)

also when in hotels keep ur suitcases zipped at all times and check the beds b4 u go to sleep

when u get home from a hotel wash everything in hot water

(i feel very crawly and itchy right now)