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Are all termites pests?

when termites become pests

The words “termite” and “pest” are almost always associated.  Does it follow then that all termites are pests?  If you answered yes, then the word “control” seem to naturally come to mind as you might want to keep the perceived problem at bay. No matter how apt the pest label is to termites that destroy structures, crops and objects important to man, there are many termite species that do not directly impact humans at all.  In fact, only a small proportion of termite species have been labeled as…

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Pest Summit 2012 in retrospect

Pest Summit 2012, Pest Control Professionals in Boracay beach

It was indeed an early summer treat. After three days of knowledge bombardment, a true rest at last! The Amihan season has finally arrived (not to mention the lifting of the typhoon signal); the windbreakers along the beach were starting to be dismantled; and it was a perfect time to hit the beach. Let’s just say it was an early summer treat for the Bio-Tech Environmental Services Team. Too bad, we didn’t achieve our Boracay bodies before the event. Nonetheless, the beauty of the island kept us in…

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Pest Summit 2012 Team Building activities

Pa-Bibo much? Perhaps among the participants in the Pest Summit 2012 hosted by the Pest Control Association of the Philippines, the Bio-Tech Environmental Service Team (B.E.S.T.) was the bibo of them all! Who wasn’t? For one, all of us diligently attended all the 29 sessions…as in all! That’s how eager we were to learn! Well, partly. The main reason actually was that we were all hoping that at the end of the Summit, we might get a chance to win a hundred dollar! That was the only consolation…

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North Luzon Pest Control Manager wins twice

B.E.S.T. North Luzon Termite and Pest Control Manager

This blog post is first in a series of three articles written by Entomologist Don Johnson Neri as he reviewed Bio-Tech Environmental’s participation in the Pest Summit 2012 in Boracay, Aklan, Western Visayas, Philippines. Ang swerte nga naman! Imagine your name drawn in a raffle…twice! That’s right, twice. One winning a mini laptop and the other one a 100 dollar bill. You surely are the luckiest guy in the world. For Mr. Ebenezer Luman-ag, Area Manager for North Luzon termite and pest control operations, he indeed was that…

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