Pest Management Professional, September 2018

I t runs in the family certainly rings true for Jeffery Preece He began working as a pest management professional PMP with his father in 1985 and less than 10 years later opened ZipZap Termite and Pest Control in Kansas City Mo Today all three of Preeces children work for his company as thirdgeneration PMPs While three generations of Preece PMPs is certainly a great feat its not the only bragging right Preece has earned He is a Board Certified Entomologist BCE and hes served as president of three different associations the Certified Entomologists of Mid America CEMA the Pest Management Association of Greater Kansas City and the Missouri Pest Management Association MPMA He also hosts an Associate Certified Entomologist ACE training and proctor program every year And if thats not enough ZipZap Termite and Pest Control is QualityPro certified a distinction it shares with fewer than 3 percent of pest control companies in America ONLY THE BEST With all this experience and knowledge under his belt its no surprise that Preece is picky when it comes to selecting products to add to his treatment plans or that Bayer has been a key element in those plans since he opened his business We only use brand name products Preece discloses Bayer is a very recognizable brand in every industry its in When people know you are using a Bayer product they have the confidence that you will take care of their problems when treating for all types of pests One Bayer product Preece and his team have found a lot of success with is Temprid FX an insecticide that controls more than 50 pest species including bed bugs scorpions and spiders The product can be used indoors and outdoors and is also available in single dose bottles THE ULTIMATE BED BUG TEST When ZipZap Termite and Pest Control got a call regarding a chronic bed bug infestation taking over a 12 unit apartment complex Preece knew he could rely on Temprid FX to help him clear the pests The complex was so overrun with bed bugs that Preece and his team could not isolate the treatment to one area they had to treat the entire building We made the decision going in to perform the thermal remediation for bed bugs with an application of Temprid FX following the heat treatments Preece recalls The Temprid FX application was performed on the units as well as all common areas of the building After two weeks Preece and his team applied Temprid FX one last time as a precaution although no live bed bugs were found in the units To date we have not had to perform another treatment for bed bugs to the units Preece says The company managing the complex was very happy with the work we did CUTTING COST NOT QUALITY ZipZap Termite and Pest Control technicians know they can rely on the combination of Temprid FX and thermal remediation to eliminate callbacks which in turn means more time to treat other accounts Temprid FX has a good bed bug label and it works says Preece You dont have to think about which product to use and its cost effective What more could a PMP want ADVERTORIAL Heating up treatments with Temprid FX Thermal remediation and Temprid FX combine to eradicate bed bug callbacks www backedbybayer com pest management