It’s a fact. Bed bugs are back and there are here to stay – unless we all start taking the necessary precautions to prevent them. Unfortunately over the weekend, I found out that one of my neighbors has bed bugs. But, being that The Allergy Guy sells allergy solutions and bed bug solution products, I [...]

Canada’s leader in asthma, allergy and bed bug relief products, The Allergy Guy has conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of multiple bed bug monitoring devices against adult and nymph stage bed bugs (Cimex lectularius). After a 24-hour test, the Bed Bug Defender was clearly more effective at trapping bed bugs than two competing [...]

Hello. The Allergy Guy Here.
College campuses are just about to start their spring semester. This means that college students will be traveling back to their dorms, apartments, homes, etc. with carry-on bags and suitcases full of clothing and other items that they picked while on winter break. While most students are less excited to end [...]

Hello. The Allergy Guy here.
Today we read a great article posted in The Economist. The article is titled, “ A new debugger: How to get rid of bloodsucking insects,” and it described a new method of identifying and removing bed bugs. As quoted in the article, “James Logan, Emma Weeks and their colleagues at the [...]

Hello. The Allergy Guy here. I get a lot of questions asking me about how people can detect if they have bed bugs. One of the easiest ways to detect bed bugs is using a bed bug monitor. The Clearview Bed Bug Monitor is great because it’s small (the size of a business card) and [...]

Here at the Allergy Guy we get a good amount of questions about the products we sell, as bedbugs are normally something people don’t know too much about until its too late. Today we got a call from a customer asking about the advantages of using the Bed Bug Defender, and we wanted to address [...]

Hello. The Allergy Guy here. Here are a few facts on what you need to know about bed bugs. Let’s jump right in!

Fact #1: Did you know that bed bugs are nocturnal? Yup. That is correct! They like to come out at night, with a peak attack period about an hour before dawn. However, [...]

As Thanksgiving is just a few days away you should be thankful if you don’t have bedbugs. Too many people become angry with themselves for not taking the simple steps to prevent bedbugs, as they can be a nightmare to get rid of!
Of course there are many things we are thankful for, but for this [...]

The age old question: Can dogs really identify bed bug infestations? The answer to that is yes.
Historically, dogs have been used by government agencies and the military to sniff for drugs and bombs, among  other things. With the advances in training, people are now able to train dogs to smell for bed bugs.
So, the next [...]

Today the 1st of September 2011, history has been made by Cimex lectularius AKA: Bedbugs. This September is the first ever bed bug awareness month, which will be promoted across North America.

The month of September was chosen for multiple reasons. As we know from other posts bedbugs are normally contacted and transported via people [...]