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Warm Weather is Bringing us an Especially Buggy Spring Mellow weather continues to satisfy backyard chefs and schoolchildren ambitious to change from long pants to shorts. But the warm weather is likely to come at a cost. More bugs this spring - appearing earlier than usual in the garden, yard, and patio. Just like us, the bugs are simply loving...

Mellow weather continues to satisfy backyard chefs and schoolchildren ambitious to change from long pants to shorts. But the warm weather is likely to come at a cost… More bugs this spring - appearing earlier than usual in the garden, yard and patio. Just like us, the bugs are simply loving this warm weather, and it’s setting the stage for...

Spring and Winter brought us a lot of warmer weather and moisture this year. While this is  great for curing drought conditions, it brought a lot of flooding, will cause greater wildfire conditions late Summer and early Autumn and is about to cause a boom in the bug population. Warmer Winters mean more insects, eggs, and larvae survive to pester...

We have shared various updates on Zika in the US, including Zika – Facts and Prevention, Zika and Pregnancy and of course, with all 503 current US Zika cases being travel-related, Travel Safety. Now Good Morning America recommended our Natrapel Products for Zika Prevention! Also read More on Zika & When do you apply insect repellent? Natrapel® Natrapel® Products: Natrapel Deet-Free Insect Repellent with Picardin - Effective, DEET-free...

When do most people think of applying Insect Repellent? When they get bitten! (As in "Ouch! Dang! I'm getting bitten. I need to put on my insect repellent...) So what does this mean? It means you should have insect sting relief products for after a bite or sting as well as repellent! Insect Repellent & Sting Relief Insect Repellent &...

Want to know the story behind the bee? How did the After Bite brand develop, and how does After Bite Work? In the late 90s, Tender Corporation realized that despite After Bite’s success, challenges had appeared in the marketplace as competition in insect bite treatments grew. In response, Tender came up with two new formulas in 1998. Through consumer surveys...

Ben’s was started by a gentleman named Mark Mowatt out of Maine. He had previously worked for the company that sold and distributed the Muskol brand insect repellent.  He felt that he could better market and promote the product on his own, so he created a new brand and named it after his son Ben. Mark started with a 100...