Hive Tip: Improve Indoor Air Quality

Minor impacts of unhealthy indoor air quality include headaches; irritation of your ears, nose, and throat; and dizziness, among others—but more serious effects can include cancer and respiratory diseases. Filter the air, introduce fresh air, and manage humidity, experts say. Here are 12 ideas for improving indoor air quality, whether you or someone in your home has allergies or environmental conditions outdoors are causing poor air quality inside.

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Hive Tip: Clean Your Vacuum

At Hive Helper, we strongly recommend you allow us to utilize your own household’s vacuum during our visits. We ask this for a few different reasons, first and foremost being for your household’s sanitation purposes - mold, e.coli, etc. were among the nastiest bacteria found in vacuums in this 2008 study by researchers at the University of Arizona (gross!).

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Hive Tip: Start Composting

Spring always brings us back to the earth — whether in literal terms as we’re planting and outdoors, or in metaphorical ways as spring often symbolizes rebirth or youthfulness. Either way, we’ve got Mother Earth on the brain, and what better way to help our planet than to learn the nitty gritty of composting!

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