Springtime brings warmer weather and blooming plants. But it also brings the bugs. 
If you'd had carpenter ants in your kitchen or any pest control problem on your property, you've probably looked into do it yourself pest control in Massachusetts, before calling an exterminator. If you're like many homeowners in our region, you've probably also found out why do it yourself pest control doesn't work in Massachusetts.
To effectively exterminate an entire carpenter ant colony, for example, a pest management professional needs to take advantage of insect biology and behavior. By using professional gel baits, ants will be able to share with one another, including the queen, so the whole colony can be eliminated.
There's a tendency to overuse "do it yourself" pest control products, like RAID, by spraying it all over the counters and baseboards. This is not only unsafe, but ineffective.
For other pests, like termites, do it yourself pest control is even more ineffective. Termites are subterranean, meaning they're living at a sub-surface level and only reveal themselves by swarming once per year. But the swarm may happen in a place where you don't see them, such as a crawlspace or outside.
Burgess Pest Management leverages termite biology by using termite baiting system that prevents them from molting. Harsh chemicals are not used, yet the entire colony is eliminated.
This is just one example of a way to solve a pest control problem with a "green solution." The alternative is to use over the counter products that are not only ineffective, but harsh on the environment.
