5 Questions with Patrick Lynch, Chief Commercial Officer, Bell Laboratories, Inc.

1. What are iQ products?

iQ products are a full line of rodent monitoring products that give pest management and food safety professionals the ability to use rodent monitoring technology. Whether trapping rodents with the 24/7 iQ multi-catch trap and the T-Rex iQ trap or baiting for rodents with the Express iQ tray, all iQ products are integrated with Bell Sensing’s patented rodent monitoring technology. A T-Rex iQ rat trap isn’t simply a rat trap — it is a solution to many complex problems you may face.

2. Why do you believe rodent monitoring products are necessary for quality control today?

Rodent monitoring products, and specifically iQ products, are necessary tools for all quality control programs. iQ products collect rodent activity data, which allows you to see when and where rodents are moving. For example, if iQ bait stations in the building’s west wing suddenly experience a lot of activity, you know where to start your product inspection, which can prevent a small rodent incursion from growing rapidly.

3. How can professionals use technology for trapping rodents?

The most time-consuming task pest management and food safety professionals face when dealing with rodents is properly placing and subsequently checking both multi-catch and snap traps. Rodents travel in hard-to-reach areas, which means placing traps in the most effective locations can be challenging without utilizing ladders and safety equipment. We know from our customers’ feedback that most traps each month do not have activity or catches. Using the T-Rex iQ or 24/7 iQ enables those managing rodent control at each facility to never check an empty trap again.

4. How does iQ technology help professionals perform better rodent control?

To keep up with rodents, pest management and food safety professionals must be detectives, hunting for evidence of rodent activity at a facility since its last walkthrough. iQ products make that process more efficient and informed, which means more time for inspection and problem solving on site. This allows the facility manager and pest management professional to do better inspections, make faster decisions and have world-class Integrated Pest Management.

5. What additional problems do iQ products solve?

Pest control service professionals face the same challenges all industries experience: customer retention, safety and job satisfaction. iQ products record and keep a more accurate pulse on rodent issues at the facility, which improves customer retention because there is proof the rodent control service program is working. Using knowledge gained from iQ products, facility managers and pest control managers will be able to avoid placing themselves in unnecessary danger by checking traps that have not had a verified capture. This will increase both the quality of the rodent control and provide a more rewarding and satisfying career.