The bill puts the onus on businesses to curb the problem.

If you’ve got a swarm of bees you want to get rid of, just call your friendly local D.C. beekeeper.

According to some pest exterminators, D.C. has one of the worst tick problems in the country.

Bad news for all your nocturnal hours. There’s a new study out ranking U.S. cities based on bed bug populations, and D.C. has moved up the chart in just a few short months.

Yesterday, we interviewed Justin Shaffer from Connor’s Pest Protection about bed bug detection (and the use of dogs to find them) and removal. He offered to answer any questions our readers had. Behold: answers!

Bed bugs have infested the Washingtonian media: headlines crawling with news of infestations in D.C. apartment buildings and even government offices. And while D.C. has not yet been taken over by an infestation as large as New York City’s, we definitely have a problem. Before you panic, though, we thought we’d cut through the myths and hysteria with some real information from a specialist in the bed bug business.

UPDATE: Original reports had indicated that mice and rats were covered under the Wildlife Protection Act, but that is not the case. The Washington Post reports that “rats and mice are exempt from the life-saving protections, meaning homeowners could still trap and kill them.” Several other animals, including raccoons, squirrels, possums and pigeons are still covered under the legislation.