Pest Proof Your Cottage – Keep Mice from making themselves at Home
Pest Proof Your Cottage Keep Mice from making themselves at Home You may not think you’ve put out the welcome mat for mice, but a few common oversights can serve as an open invitation. “Nothing attracts mice more than a bag of birdseed stored in the garage,” says Mark Sampson, owner of Muskoka Pest Control. […]
Not for DIY – Stirring up a hidden wasp nest isn’t a do-it-yourself job – Dockside Magazine
Not for DIY – Stirring up a hidden wasp nest isn’t a do-it-yourself job All day the wasps have been buzzing, circling around the deck and disrupting your barbecue. You can see where they’re coming from – a tiny hole along the edge of the deck – so you grab the can of hornet blaster […]
Ants can lift up to 5,000 times their own body weight, new study suggests – PCT Magazine
Ants can lift up to 5,000 times their own body weight, new study suggests COLUMBUS, Ohio—High hopes may help move a rubber tree plant (as the old song goes), but the real secret to the ant’s legendary strength may lie in its tiny neck joint. In the Journal of Biomechanics, researchers report that the neck joint of a common American […]
Pest Prevention – Moisture Damage from Flooding in Boathouses in Muskoka
It’s the Victoria Day long weekend here in Ontario and many cottagers are opening their cottages for the 2013 season. The weather can be hit and miss in the spring and it seems we have a little later start this year from the previous couple of years. The weather is always a driving force in […]