Pest Management Professional, July 2015

ADVERTORIAL Clean em out and keep em out PMP relies on Maxforce Quantum Ant Bait to solve pest problems in apartment buildings from southern Kentucky to Columbus Ohio infestations Snowball says Maxforce Quantum with an active ingredient of imidacloprid helps Snowball solve these pest problems Its even efective on the difcult tocontrol odorous house ants Tapinoma sessile which are polymorphic When homeowners use an over the counter ant spray the ants nest is threatened and they split he says noting that this tactic is used in the majority of accounts before his techs can get in Before we used Quantum we would have to hit every conceivable spot With Quantum the ants seek it out and take it back to the nest eliminating the nest Moisture makes the diference Maxforce Quantum is unlike other ant gel baits which tend to lose moisture immediately because its hydroscopic formula retains and absorbs moisture to keep it attractive to ants The bait is easy and economical to apply It works as long as three months is efective indoors and out and kills the queen and the colony Other benefts are ideal for quarterly service accounts or whenever extended control of ants is desired easily consumed by foraging ants which return to the colony to feed bait to larvae and the queen s delayed action kill eliminates the entire colony clear odorless formula volume meter on the packaging easy squeeze tube fexible label for indoor and outdoor use in residential and commercial accounts and needle tip for crack and crevice void or spot treatment It controls the following ant species acrobat Argentine bigheaded black garden crazy ghost little black odorous house pavement pharaoh rover thief and white footed John who has worked in the pest management industry since 1971 has seen boatloads of products come and go Maxforce Quantum is as good as anything on the market he says Its helpful for cleanout work and keeps ants from spreading It works so well I dont even know how I did these jobs before we had it 1 800 331 2867 www backedbybayer com When property management companies need to eradicate pests in apartment buildings located anywhere from the Kentucky Tennessee border up to Columbus Ohio they call Snowball Pest Control However this usually happens after theyve tried a cheaper alternative sometimes more than once Apartment work is 95 percent of Snowballs business I saw a need for good pest control in a price sensitive area says John Snowball owner of Snowball Pest Control After the cheap alternatives dont fx the problem we come in and fx it Founded in 1990 in Wilder Ky Snowball Pest Control actually does about 75 percent of its work in Ohio John Snowball is licensed in both states and the pesticides he uses to solve pest problems are used in both states Cockroaches and ants are the two pests he deals with the most in apartment buildings ranging from 1000 units to 40 We treat hundreds of apartments and pick them up all the time he says John has been using Maxforce Quantum Ant Bait for about six years He started by using another Maxforce product which worked well but then he switched to Quantum during the summer for better consistency The kill ratio was higher he says Its a great pick up tool when youre not getting cooperation from the people who live in the apartments with the pest problems John says the reason why his company which employs 11 technicians picks up so much apartment business is because while the competition treats for ants they dont go the extra mile and use bait I dont see bait when I go to these apartments he explains The other companies that were there before us just spray spray spray instead of looking to solve the problem We on the other hand use everything We use whatever it takes to solve the problem Not doing the same thing for 30 years has kept us alive We are the golden boys to management companies and the board of health When John receives a call from a management company looking to solve a pest problem he looks at the problem knocks down the pests with liquid pesticide or dust and then strategically places baits which he says are important to use after the knockdown Typically he places baits on a 90 day rotation in each unit which is primarily used preventively Sometimes the problem is concentrated in three or four units For example the people living in Unit No 2 and Unit No 8 will call to complain about a bug problem but the person living in Unit No 4 is the bad housekeeper A lack of housekeeping is the main reason for these John Snowball right with his son Matt