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How To Make Wasp Traps
Wasps help fertilise gardens and keep harmful insect and parasite numbers down, however with this said you don’t want to catch too many of them flying around your garden whist your trying to enjoy it! And you definitely don’t want a nest close by. You can deter wasps...
How To Stop Ants Entering Your Home
Its that time of year again, the weather is warming up and with it the ants are appearing in their thousands! It’s the time of year that all sorts of insect’s spring into action and go on the hunt for food and what better place to look than our homes? There are over...
Keep Pests Away When Your Moving Home
Moving to a new house is often an exciting experience, however it can be the perfect opportunity for pests to move in with you! It could be that you’re escaping a current pest problem or the house you’re moving into has a dormant pest problem you aren’t yet aware of!...
Wasp Control: How To Keep Wasps Away From Your BBQ!
It is the start of the wasp season and with the weather improving and longer nights BBQ season is also on the cards! So our team at Advance Pest Control Bristol though we would share a few tips on what you should do if wasps start to interfere with your BBQ! The best...
5 Things That Make Your Home Attractive To Pests
If pests can find a way into your home then they are likely to take up residence, particularly if there is easy access to food and water. With this said there are some things that make a home more attractive to pests and allow them to bread and thrive when they move...
How To Pest Proof Your Property?
The best way to prevent rats, mice, squirrels, and other pests from entering your property is to pest proof it. Rodents are extremely good climbers, so they are able to successfully climb any rough vertical surfaces as well as keeping well balanced along thin wires or...
Keep Mice Away From Your Home or Business
The last thing anyone wants is mice at their home or business. Aside from the startle they give you when you first see them they can also cause a lot of damage, chewed up papers and electrical wires which can lead to electrical fires, as well as contaminating food and...
Keep Rats Away From Your Home This Winter
When the temperatures start to plummet, rats start searching for food and shelter indoors, and in most cases our homes provide the perfect habitat. Rats continue to be active throughout the whole winter, and if your home is attractive enough to a rat, they could well...
Ants in Your Home Or Garden?
As you all know we are now suffering the stress of ants and flying ants in our homes and gardens. Especially now that the weather is nice and warm, they start to appear in their thousands. Ants will ruin your lawn and infest your home in search of food...
PROFESSIONAL BIRD CONTROL SERVICES
Why Should We Control Birds? Bristol has seen a large rise in bird populations over the last decade. Numerous species of birds in the UK are a nuisance generating health and safety problems. This is due to bird droppings, unwanted access and damage to buildings and...
DO YOU HAVE FLEAS IN YOUR HOME?
WHAT ARE THE WARNING SIGNS? Your Pet is Scratching Constantly. Fleas are hard to spot as they are really fast! They are also ridiculously small at only around 2 millimetres long. They do not have wings, but they do have legs that enable them to jump extremely...
Why You Should Call Pest Control When You Have A Wasp Nest?
Wasps are by far one of the most unpleasant insects. They are aggressive, territorial and organised. Social wasps (the ones that build nests and live in large colonies, are never a welcome sight at anyone’s property. When wasps are out in full force calls to pest...
Wasps: Facts about Wasps
Wasps are a much hated pest by many, despite being useful insects around the garden by controlling files and other insects, their presence is often irritating and for some quite nerve-racking particularly for those who suffer with allergies to wasp stings. Should you...
Facts About Flies
Flies are one of the UK’s most common pests, most of us find there constant buzzing around very annoying, but they can also pose a health risk, particularly in businesses within the food or pharmaceutical industry. With this said flies are quite fascinating insects...
Why Do Ants Come into Homes?
Ants are active all year round however, it is during the spring and summer months that they become a nuisance as they are a lot more active. There is no one answer that can explain why ants come into our homes, it is easier to explain what it is that attracts ants...