" sixty years ago as a teenager, I spent my summer vacation on my uncle's farm in the south of France. My Bedroom got bed bugs . We sealed the window by gluing strips on news paper around the frame. Then we put plates with sulfur powder on the floor . We sealed the door the same way we sealed the windows . My Uncle lit the blue powder with long kitchen matches . After 3 days , the room was aired out . no more bugs. Employ at your own risk. " --99.151.xx.xx

When I was a kid (45 years ago) you could buy sulfur candles in the hardware store. We used to take them to school and light them in classrooms as a prank. Maybe they are still available? --72.85.xx.xxx

Yes. --71.218.xxx.xx

Burning sulfur creates a deadly gas. Be careful. --24.136.xxx.x

There is something about the deadly gas that is appealing to me when I want to kill something like bugs, after 3 days the room was aired out - sounds a lot like cleaning a sec8 oven, I wonder how many sec8 tenants would moonlight in pest control instead of pest multiplication? --65.43.xxx.x

Yes they are still available. I used them about 15 years ago, not really knowing what they were, trying to do a yearly bug bombing. Boy did they stink up the house and I spent two weeks getting the smell out. --74.236.xxx.xxx

A new method of treating bedbugs will be --74.220.xxx.xx