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Good night, sleep well, don’t let the bed bugs bite! A silly nursery rhyme that most kids don’t even understand. This is because these bloodsuckers have not been a problem in the world of most children for many generations.
That is, until now. But it’s ridiculous to think that a silly rhyme would make anyone feel better!
Bed bugs were mostly eradicated from the United States thanks to DDT after World War II. While these hideous parasites had been common, in a matter of maybe 5 years, they were basically ancient history. Kind of like electricity took out the candles, bed bugs used to be everywhere and then they disappeared.
But then things changed … Now all of a sudden, we are dealing with them everywhere. What we once thought was gone is now showing up in all kinds of public places. Not only in hotels, but also in cinemas, shopping malls, airplanes, theme parks, etc. Damn, people get bed bugs when shopping at Victoria’s Secret, for crying out loud!
How the heck did this turn of events happen? How do we get from nowhere to everywhere in a short period of time?
It all goes back to what is known as “Pesticide Resistance”.
All pesticides used to kill bed bugs are synthetic. That means they do not exist in nature, but are created by scientists in a laboratory. Chemical companies created all kinds of synthetic pesticides (including DDT) and practically eliminated them all. But then the nasty scientific phenomena known as pesticide resistance came into play.
Pesticide resistance – When you use a synthetic pesticide, it works for a while. But eventually, all the insects that they intend to kill become immune. The more varieties of synthetic pesticides that are used to control a particular pest, they become Super Bugs, which means that they are resistant to almost everything. That’s exactly what we have today: super bed bugs that are immune to the pesticides created to control them. It is an accurate statement to say that almost all synthetic pesticides known to man today are worthless to treat. Otherwise they would not be a problem.
So what do we do? How can they be controlled? Is it because of the scientific advances of the laboratories?
Absolutely not! It is up to nature and her offerings which give us the ability to safely and effectively control this nemesis.
Cedar is nature’s ingredient to control ALL the insects you don’t want. And it is absolutely impossible for bed bugs to become immune to cedar. That is because cedar is natural. Not synthetic. Insects can only become immune to natural UN substances.
With this knowledge, there is no longer a need to fear bed bugs. In case you tell silly tales at night to the children who are tucked into bed, thank goodness they don’t need to understand it yet!