Articles and news related to pests and services offered by Beaver. Also includes case studies of sites treated by Beaver.

Drain surveys – drain company or pest control company?

Scenario – You have an on-going rat problem and your pest controller has advised you to carry out a drain survey. Your existing pest control company does not have the ability to carry out a drain survey. Should you commission a drain survey company or another pest control company? Does it matter? They are all
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Mouse Control London

Humane Rodent Control

In the UK there are four species of rodents which can be commonly found within homes and gardens: the House Mouse, Wood Mouse, Yellow-Necked Mouse and Brown Rat. Though they can cause problems within dwellings, there are a number of humane rodent control methods we can use to keep your home safe. What do they

Using CCTV to support techs!

CCTV CCTV has been around a long time, but there are always new ways to use the technology in different industries. At Beaver, we recently have invested in a monitoring camera to aid surveyors and the Wildlife Team. The camera is 100% wire-free and it operates on 4G-LTE and 3G networks. It can be used

Beaver 24/7: Digital Rodent Monitoring

About Beaver 24/7 Beaver 24/7 is a brand new remote monitoring service offered by Beaver Pest Control to detect rodents quickly and efficiently. Remote monitoring uses traps connected via a network to produce alerts of rodent activity on a particular site. Expert pest professionals cannot be replaced as rodents may avoid traps and other pest
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Fruit flies

Drain fly or fruit fly problems ?

Do you have problems with drain flies or fruit flies? Preventing these pests is all about hygiene practices, identifying the breeding sites and removing them. Fruit flies and drain flies aren’t particularly attracted to UV light either like other types of flies so EFK (electronic fly killers) are less effective in dealing with these types
decontamination services

Coronavirus decontamination

It’s scary how quickly this coronavirus is spreading around the world and everyday we read more and more bad news stories. Not only are we worried about our physical health but we are also worried about our financial health. Let’s hope the government can get the testing situation sorted out, both for the virus and

Abseiling & Pest Control

Abseiling!  We always thought this specialism was better suited to sub-contractors as it is so skilled and difficult / expensive to bring in-house. But with the number of abseiling jobs increasing year on year, we made the decision to train our own team of abseilers. So led by Rafal Brymer (Head of the Bird Division)
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Understanding bed bugs!

What are bed bugs? Bed bugs are small, brownish, flattened insects which feed solely on blood. Although bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) prefer feeding on humans, they will also bite other warm-blooded animals. Bed bugs are found all over the world and in the last few decades have become a major problem in the UK private rental
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Common clothes moth damage

Clothes Moths – Spotted damage to your carpets, furniture or clothing ?

You could have textile pests, Clothes Moths or Carpet Beetle. The most common textile pests are either the Common Clothes Moth (Tineola bisselliella) or Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci.) Common Clothes Moth Common Cothes Moths are a silvery/golden looking moth about 5-6 mm long. Female Clothes Moths tend not to fly and are normally be
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Bees

Bees or wasps ?

At this time of the year we regularly get calls into the office asking for treatments for bees nests, wasps nest and hornets. Calls for bees nests at this time of the year normally turn out to be honey bee swarms. These swarms are commonly confused with a bees nest because they contain a large
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