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The Ultimate Bedbug Solution May Have Been Here All Along
Leaves. Leaves!
In the battle against bedbugs, we humans have tried everything from glue sheets to industrial-grade poisons to heating our houses to 140 degrees. And yet we are losing.
A potentially vastly more simple treatment turns out to also be cheaper and natural: cover the infested area in bean leaves. Just six "steps" (36 footfalls) after walking onto a bean leaf, the average bedbug is trapped. After 19 ambulatory cycles, 90 percent of bedbugs had been snagged.