Pest Management Professional, September 2017

Bed bug treatments are a great way to grow revenue and Alpine branded products make it easy without having huge capital expenditures Justin Buckmaster general manager of Tulsa Okla based Mother Natures Pest and Lawn found the products to finally master bed bug infestations He notes that the 40 year old familyowned company tried multiple bed bug treatments but was unsatisfied with the results and how quickly bed bugs became resistant to the products used We were providing a guarantee to our customers but the bed bugs were still there says Buckmaster who has worked in pest management for 15 years Mother Natures Pest and Lawn began using Alpine WSG by BASF attracted to the idea that the technicians could use their own equipment to mix the water soluble granular insecticide Theres no resistance to Alpine WSG so its very effective says Buckmaster who also appreciates that the product is extremely easy to use Shortly after adopting Alpine WSG Mother Natures Pest and Lawn incorporated PT Alpine Flea Bed Bug Pressurized Insecticide into its bed bug protocol The beautiful part about PT Alpine is its label says Buckmaster Bed bugs are located on mattresses most of the time so the ability to use PT Alpine on mattresses was huge For that reason alone we use PT Alpine and Alpine WSG in conjunction on every bed bug treatment we do Within the first month of using BASF Alpine products consistently for bed bug jobs Mother Natures Pest and Lawn saw an improvement in its callback rate We went from seeing 75 to 80 percent effectiveness to 999 to 100 percent effectiveness on bed bug jobs just by making the switch to the products says Buckmaster Fixing a problem that disrupts lives For Buckmaster the products his technicians use need to eliminate bed bugs and keep them gone With Alpine WSG and PT Alpine Flea Bed Bug we have great knockdown and we see that it is ongoing says Buckmaster It lasts for a long period of time so the homeowners can recover from an epidemic a situation that derailed their lives Shortly before switching to Alpine WSG and PT Alpine Mother Natures Pest and Lawn was asked to take on a bed bug infestation that was posing a threat to a local trucking company They had a problem with an employee who had an extreme bed bug infestation in his home explains Buckmaster The problem was abnormal and I dont think it will ever leave my mind The employee spent large portions of his time in his truck traveling for work which resulted in a bed bug infestation at his home Mother Natures Pest and Lawn was unable to get the infestation under control until it started utilizing Alpine products It was a huge deal for our company that this job for a large trucking firm be successful and it was says Buckmaster adding that the employee and trucking company have since become loyal customers Mother Natures Pest and Lawn provides ongoing maintenance for the companys fleet and in some of their employees homes With Alpines knockdown were really able to cure problems and keep customers on a preventative maintenance plan says Buckmaster If bed bugs continue to reoccur we have 100 percent control over them ADVERTORIAL Theres no fooling Mother Nature Mother Natures Pest and Lawn masters bed bug treatments with Alpine WSG and PT Alpine Flea Bed Bug Pressurized Insecticide