I saw a company selling bed feet with a trap catching bed bugs. It was using glue IIRC. I remember it looking like this (side view of one foot): |

I saw a company selling bed feet with a trap catching bed bugs. It was using glue IIRC. I remember it looking like this (side view of one foot): | <- bed lays on top of the feet | | | | | | | | | | | | ----|---| <- glue here | | <- this part touches the ground The idea was that there was no way up to the bed for the bedbugs without getting stuck in glue. It's not unlike the traps for big wasps, to prevent them from attacking bees. Now of course it only works if the bed is on feet. It basically prevents them from climbing up to the humans as they get stuck in the feet. What I noticed is bed bugs hate: zen rooms with no furniture besides the bed (very little place to hide, besides the mattress) and brand new paint. Had bed bugs once, in room: treated the room with chemicals, moved the bed off the wall for a few days, repainted the room, vaccuum cleaned (with a very strong vaccum cleaner) the mattress... It worked but YMMV.