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How about using ivermectin? The bed bugs may bite, but now you're toxic to them.

I don't know if the product has the same name in the US but here we have this spot-on products against parasites for pets called "Frontline". It's pretty effective against ticks, fleas etc. and so far my cats and dogs still seem OK.

That's Fipronil.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fipronil

Interesting:

> Fipronil is one of the main chemical causes blamed for the spread of colony collapse disorder among bees

Seems like it might work: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23871326/

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