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ProBest Pest Management wins a spot in “Top 50 Bug”

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bug-award-150x150You know even when you consider that there are probably 15,000 pest companies in the USA, I consider just a mention quite the big event. So to be named right up there with this group is a very high honor. The first 10 are home seals are from Entomologists and if you have a chance check them out, I probably get to each one on a monthly basis. http://myrmecos.net his pictures alone are fascinating and well worth a closer look. The rest of the 40 are from the Pest Control Industry and provide a wealth of great real facts versus what you might find on a search of the web. Some of my buddies are on the list “The Bug Doctor” from Florida and of course Invader Pest Management  – I’ve known Fred since I moved to Arizona in 1999.

Thanks to Organic Pest Control from NYC for giving ProBest Pest Management this award.

National Pest Conference – Phoenix, AZ. A home sealgers view.

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They are taking down the booths and all the exhibits and they are shipping them back to corporate headquarters and the folks are heading home, so was it any fun?

I always have fun when I’m at a bug conference, I enjoy meeting or seeing people I haven’t seen in awhile. I love attending the classes on leadership, marketing and of course new bug stuff. But again I love seeing my ole friends and share the tales of the bug issues we faced since last year. This year my task was to meet up with the people that either read my home seal or share FaceBook  stuff or maybe people that ask questions.

FaceBook has opened the world or maybe a better explantion is that it has made the world smaller. I get asked questions about how we do business in the U.S. and get asked questions about the different types of bugs etc.

Maybe we can all learn something here about the pest industry and world issues. maybe we can all get along and quit complaining about things. Anyway to all my friends that I got to see this last week and the others who couldn’t make it to Phoenix for “PestWorld 2013” thanks for the fun and maybe next year we will see you in Orlando, FL. Here are a few pictures I took of all the fun.

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QualityPro Booth

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QualityPro Booth with Fred Willey (Invader Pest Management) and Caleb Tannenbaum (Marketing For The Future)

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NPMA Board Session

NPMA Board Session

Yes I voted...

Yes I voted…

 

Bed Bug video (recent job)

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Bed Bug video (recent job)

 

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This is only a short little snippet of the Bed Bug infestation, there was also an issue with German cockroaches. We had to resort to a heat treatment because of all the stuff within the house and as soon as the heat was kicked on – the Bed Bugs began to run.

Bed Bug job – Day 3, The Follow-up.

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Bed Bug job – Day 3, Invader Pest Management & ProBest Pest Management

 

One of the rules in any any Bed Bug treatment is the follow-up, how do you known if the job was successful? One of the simplest ways is by asking if anyone is being bitten? This doesn’t always work because some people respond differently to Bed Bug bites, so ProBest Pest management installed some Verifi™ (Monitoring and Detection) devices within the home. These units have a 3 fold way of attracting Bed Bugs:

  • Verifi Co2 Booster Pack – Carbon Dioxide – something we breath out and the Bed Bugs are attracted to.
  • Pheromone lure – encourages Bed Bugs to gather and aggregate into a harborage area.
  • Kairomone  lure – this device is used to mimic a blood source meal, that’s us.

SUCCESS – SUCCESS – SUCCESS – SUCCESS

This was a FREE job (Paying It Forward) and I want to thank Channel 3, Meredith Yeomans for coming up with the story and the deserving folks for the story. I also want to say thanks to the deserving folks for letting us take over their home and giving us the opportunity to help them. I also want to thank Invader Pest Management – who gave us a hand because I knew I couldn’t do this job without their experience and equipment. Thanks Fred, Danny and Peter.

Pest Control Companies: Have you done a Bed Bug job or other interesting job Pro Bono – FREE. Tell us about it and Thanks for Paying It Forward!

              

http://www.azfamily.com/news/consumer/Bedbugs-a-nightmare-for-Glendale-woman-166332456.html

http://www.azfamily.com/video/?id=166332456&ref=articlevidmod&sec=514332

Bed Bug job – Day 2, part 1 – The Treatment.

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Bed Bug job – Day 2, Invader Pest Management & ProBest Pest Management

 

We stayed in contact working with the customer to help de-clutter the home, not always possible after you have collected this stuff for years. We helped the customer by giving them some Nu-van strips to put into the bags that eventually went outside to sit in the sun. The nice thing about Arizona – it’s HOT and just for the record it’s also monsoon season so it’s really muggy and humid. So the day to treat has arrived and are first goal is to do a walk through, make sure all the aerosol containers have been removed and anything else that could warp or melt with the extreme heat. OK on to the heat, room by room to somewhere between 140° and 160° degrees for a sufficient amount of time to exterminate the Bed Bugs.

                                  

Bed Bug job – Day 1 – The Inspection.

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Bed Bug job – Day 1, Invader Pest Management & ProBest Pest Management

 

Most of this pest control work requires an inspection and I’m a big believer in this inspection. It’s an integral part of a process that must be worked to achieve the desired outcome – no bed bugs.

What would happen if you were quoted a price and the day of service the service company changed their mind and wanted more money? It’s not your fault, so I truly believe an inspection is the absolute only way to begin to understand a Bed Bug job. Bed Bugs come with their own baggage of problems, how did you get them, where are they so far, what have you done so far to solve the problem  and what does the home look like? All this being said – is the home cluttered?

ProBest Pest Management has been working with Chanel 3 on a Bed Bug story and located a family that was in need of some Professional work, after seeing the house we decided the only way to solve this bed bug issue was to bring in my friends from Invader Pest Management and their heat equipment.

So first the inspection:

                                      

Clutter always adds an extra element of success or failure, it is important to get to where the Bed Bugs are hiding and with clutter it could be anywhere. The next portion of this series will be the treatment, so stay tuned!

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