David Mueller

is a BCE with 35 years of experience.

Reducing Customer Complaints With Stored Products

Stored products are threatened by pests from the time they leave the field to the time they are consumed in the home. Here’s how identifying pest issues will lead to reducing customer complaints.

Pest Management Is Proactive

A program cannot work if the pest management professional is always putting out fires or implementing Band-Aid solutions. Pest management starts with considerable preventative effort and is complemented by a thorough monitoring and inspection program.

Cash Flow is King

The real number that should drive your pest control firm’s financial decision-making is your cash flow.

[Stored Product Pests] Flexibility is Key

When starting a pheromone-trapping program, PMPs must be prepared to move traps, add traps and remove traps in the areas being monitored.

[Bed Bug Supplement] Tablet Trouble

Tablet computers and the bags used to transport them to and from school provide attractive harborage sites for bed bugs.

[Stored Product Pests] Bait and Switch Strategy

Exploiting the “personality” traits typical of warehouse beetles will help you devise more effective control strategies.

[PHEROMONES] FATAL ATTRACTION

Pheromones, kairemones and other attractants can help PMPs control a variety of stored product pests.