Life is Good!!
In the Tacoma Home & Garden Show entry, we posted a picture of the mice display that attracted many visitors to our booth. We decided after the show, to do a short pictorial chronicle of what the mice can do in a short amount of time. We cleaned the display of all feces, soiled “insulation” (cotton), and installed new wiring (not hooked to an electrical source) in the display. Then we put the three mice back in their home. Here is what happened-click on each picture for a description—
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- Life is Good!!
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- Belinda Bowman, Tree & Shrub Manager, listens about a plant problem from a home show attendee.
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- Ashley Long-Kush of our office staff points to our mice display.
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- Ashley Long-Kush is part of the friendly office staff at Whitworth Pest Solutions.
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- James Lorenz, Pest Control Technician, explaining mouse behavior.
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- Art Bader, Pest Control Manager, talking about hobo spiders to an attendee.
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- “Hmm…what do I chew on next?”
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- The 3 live mice loved living in our display made just for them.
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- Using his mice display, Ed Mills describes how mice behave in a wall.
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- Owner Terry Whitworth explaining the differences between two spider species
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- Our booth was very well received by Home Show attendees.
Whitworth Pest Solutions again had a booth at the Tacoma Home & Garden Show. It was great seeing all of the familiar faces of clients and meet a lot of new people as well. Attendance seemed to be well up over last year, with a constant flow of people parading through the aisles. A big thank you goes out to everyone that made our booth a success–including Show staff and Whitworth staff. Special kudos go to Ed Mills (a Whitworth technician) who designed our mice display, which drew much attention and many compliments from everyone that stopped by. We’re proud to call Ed one of our own. Overall, the entire show was a success!
For yellow jackets and wasps, the winter is both an end and a new beginning. The workers and males in colonies die off, leaving only queens to overwinter (go into a dormant state). In spring, these queens will then start a new colony after finding what they consider to be suitable places. Now is a good time of year to remove hanging nests that were occupied in summer or fall. These nests will not be re-used and they deteriorate over time.
For honeybees, the process is completely different. The entire colony—including workers, immatures, and the queen remain in the hive. Workers labor tirelessly to maintain heat in the hive as outdoor temperatures drop below 50 degrees. Sometimes smaller colonies do not survive. When spring arrives, worker bees again leave the hive to collect pollen and nectar to raise new bees.
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Rodent Exclusion
Are rats or mice getting into your house? We will perform the necessary exclusion modifications or repairs to keep them out for good.
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Tree & Shrub Treatment Program
We’ll take $25.oo off your first service when you sign up for our tree and shrub treatment program. Our program consists of four or more treatments each year and helps to protect your landscape from insects and disease.
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Beauty Bark & Gravel Weed Control
Catch those weeds early before they become a real problem! Our program includes an early spring treatment around shrubbery, and in beauty bark or gravel areas. We follow this with a mid-summer treatment for weeds that have broken through our barrier. Then we do a visit in fall for year-round control. You will receive $25.00 off your first visit.
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