<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Sounds like we've got a good path forward. <a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Bedbugs">https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Bedbugs</a> is a great article.<div><br></div><div>I've never dealt with bringing professional services into the space (and I am not a member). Not afraid to go ahead and just do it, but I wonder if I should be consulting with the landlord or anything else before going ahead and scheduling an appointment with Scent-Tek.</div><div><br></div><div>Danny, I'll happily accept your $100 and cover the rest.</div><div><br></div><div>Jeffrey<br><div><br><div><div>On Sep 3, 2012, at 12:26 AM, John Magolske <<a href="mailto:listmail@b79.net">listmail@b79.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">* Jeffrey Carl Faden <<a href="mailto:jeffreyatw@gmail.com">jeffreyatw@gmail.com</a>> [120902 23:13]:<br><blockquote type="cite">OK, so for the sake of everyone not bringing bedbugs back wherever<br>they might reside, I would happily pitch in for an exterminator. Is<br>this a wise or efficient idea? Anything I should know or anyone I<br>should speak with?<br></blockquote><br>Having dealt with eradicating a bedbug infestation, and also being<br>familiar with the expansive sprawling space that is Noisebridge, I'm<br>pretty sure any attempt at chemical extermination would be pointless.<br>Way too much surface area across way too many objects to deal with.<br>Also, chemicals would likely push the bugs this way & that through the<br>porous boundaries of the space, through which they could return.<br><br>First we should determine if there are actually bedbugs in the space,<br>and if so, where & to what extent. The scent-tek dogs Danny mentioned<br>would be an excellent first step. I used these dogs in my space, and<br>they really do work.<br><br>If we DO have an infestation, here's what I'd suggest:<br><br>Block out times where no-one is in the space (maybe overnight from<br>midnight to 8am over the course of a week or two) with traps set up.<br>What I found to be an effective trap was a CO2 emitter mounted above<br>a plastic tupperware container with tape on the outside for climbing<br>traction and talcum-dust on the inside to make it extra-impossible for<br>the bugs to crawl out. In the absence of any humans, they'd go for the<br>traps. The traps not only take them out of action, but also provide a<br>clear accounting of the state of their population.<br><br>Anyhow, based on my experience, that's what I'd suggest -- move their<br>food sources aside and patiently draw them out. But first, send in the<br>dogs. And if you haven't already, read up:<br><br><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%22bedbugs%22%20site%3anoisebridge.net&btnG=Google+Search">http://www.google.com/search?q=%22bedbugs%22%20site%3anoisebridge.net&btnG=Google+Search</a><br><br>Regards,<br><br>John<br><br>-- <br>John Magolske<br>http://B79.net/contact<br>_______________________________________________<br>Noisebridge-discuss mailing list<br>Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net<br>https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss<br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>