"Fred the Bed Bug""Sleep well, Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite"
Origin: Old England - Believed to refer to the times when beds were constructed of wood and rope. It was assumed that you would sleep well if the straw tick mattresses were well supported by the ropes being strung tight. Since bedbugs were in such abundance, it was considered polite to wish someone a good sleep (sleep well) and no bites to be bestowed upon them. Many would place the legs of their bedframes in kerosene cans and keep them away from the wall to reduce the chance of bedbugs getting to them.
What's old is new again and we've only just begun to comprehend that bedbugs are here to stay. Experts like Dr. Mike Potter will argue that we enjoyed a 50 year reprieve from bedbugs and we will be dealing with their company for decades to come!
Just wanted to thank those of you who emailed us last week to wish us luck. At the show I was able to get a lot of video of Pest Management Professional Experts who gave us their take on what bugs them. These people include Dr. Mike Potter, from Kentucky on Bedbugs, Joe Barile, from Massachusetts on Cockroaches and Ed Marshell on Rodents. We will have short clips from all of their interviews over the next few months. I will post the first as soon as I can get my editing equipment working correctly.Anyways. We know that bedbugs are of great concern to the general public and whatever advice or education we can provide that is concise and accurate, we will do our best to report.
More to come.
Dean
