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Topics: Services , Choosing A Provider

5 Signs Your Pest Control Partner Isn’t Cutting It

When you’ve already been through the process of comparing pest control providers, chosen one and invested months or years into a program, it’s tough to consider going back to the drawing board. But if part of your job has become making sure they do their job, you’re not saving …

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Topics: Services , Choosing A Provider

Interview Guide: 10 Questions To Ask a Potential Pest Control Partner

If you’re on the hunt for a new pest control company, it’s likely your last partnership didn’t work out the way you hoped. Whether they dropped a ball or broke a promise, you’re eager to find someone who will do better. While the proof is in working with a new partner, …

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Topics: Services , Choosing A Provider , Why Orkin

What It Means To Do Business With Orkin: Pest Control You Can Count On

You take your job seriously, and it shouldn’t be hard to find a pest control provider who does the same. You deserve a partner you can count on to get the job done right, even when you’re not looking. At Orkin, we commit to delivering just that. When you choose Orkin, you’ll …

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Topics: Bird Control , Fly Control , Mosquito Control , Sanitation

How to Deter Flying Summer Pests

Preparing your business for a post-pandemic climate? Don’t forget to plan for handling summer pests, especially those that fly. Flying insects are particularly active during the warmer months. Customers are looking to get back to some form of normalcy and will expect to feel safe when they …

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Topics: Cockroach Control , Rodent Control

Top Pests Threatening Businesses During COVID-19

With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing your business and customers to adapt to shelter-in-place and social distancing orders, pest control may be tough for you to manage right now, alongside all your other concerns. But with the reduction of human activity at your business, a larger number of pests are …

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Topics: Cockroach Control , Rodent Control

Why You Should Continue Pest Management While Your Business is Temporarily Closed

The current pandemic caused by COVID-19 has left many businesses struggling with tough decisions. And the sudden implementation of social distancing guidelines and shelter-in-place orders may have required you to halt operations without enough time for a proper shutdown. With less human activity …

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Topics: FoodService

8 Diseases Mosquitoes and Ticks Can Spread at Businesses

Blood-sucking pests like ticks and mosquitoes are more than a nuisance — they can be a health risk. And they don’t just wreak havoc in your backyard; they can also affect your business. The truth of the matter is that mosquitoes and ticks can actually spread diseases to your employees and …

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Topics: Sustainability , Bed Bug Control , Rodent Control , Fly Control , Bird Control , Services

Treatment 101: How Orkin’s Options Help You Stay Pest-Free

Along with bugging you, nuisance pests like rodents, cockroaches and flying and stinging pests have the potential to grow into a more serious problem. For some businesses, it only takes a sighting by the wrong person—an auditor, an inspector, a customer or even a patient—to have a financial impact …

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Topics: Bed Bug Control , Tips for Residents

Pest of the Quarter: Bed Bugs

Referred to as “bomb cyclones” by meteorologists, winter storms have been sweeping the U.S. causing dangerously low temperatures.* Also known as “invader season”, winter is a prime time for pests to flock inside in search of warmth, food and shelter. Once indoors, they can be difficult to control …

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Topics: Rodent Control

Do You Know the Rodent Red Flags?

Do you smell a rat? Don’t let these sneaky pests fool you. From stock rooms and break rooms to suspended ceilings and wall voids, rodents have no trouble finding sources of food, water and shelter at your business, property or school. And though they know how to keep to the shadows, just one …

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Topics: Tips for Residents

Pests You May See on Your Property Year-Round

Whether it's flies and mosquitoes in the summer or cockroaches and rodents in the winter, pest activity can leave you stressed from the New Year’s Eve ball drop to the July 4th fireworks. Pest control requires year-round attention, and most pests don't take time off for vacation. As the seasons …

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Topics: Tips for Residents

7 Ways Your Residents Can Help Keep Pests Out of the Kitchen

What area of an apartment is most likely to attract pests? Well, pests enjoy pizza, popcorn and pasta as much as your residents do, so the kitchen is a top contender. You’ll never know when residents leave dirty dishes in the kitchen sink or mounds of trash in their trash bin. These unclean and …

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Topics: Ant Control

Must-Ask Questions to Help Strengthen Your Ant Defense

If ants are marching through your property, you better believe they are ready to go to war. With colonies that can number into the hundreds of thousands of ants, these tiny pests are tough to defeat. (Learn even the smallest details about ants by downloading our free Antcyclopedia). When you …

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Topics: Fly Control

Mosquito 101

As the weather heats up, so do mosquitoes. Summer is peak season for these threatening pests, whose bites can do more than just itch. Mosquitoes also can transmit diseases like the Zika virus, Chikungunya virus and West Nile virus. The good news? Everyone can do something to help prevent these …

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Topics: Fly Control

What Can You Do to Fend Off Flies?

If you see flies in your facility, don’t turn a blind eye. These filthy pests not only disgust customers but can also contaminate food and other surfaces and cause illness. Our free, comprehensive guide to Flies & Fly Control Strategy breaks down the top concerns for the flies that are …

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Topics: Fly Control

Employees Only – Keep These Flies Out of the Workplace

One rotten banana in an employee locker is all it takes for your facility to develop a fly infestation. Flies are stubborn pests that can undermine your business’s image and cost you money if you end up losing customers because of their activity. Even if you don’t prepare, sell or package food, …

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Topics: Bed Bug Control

Three Tips for Managing Bed Bugs in Apartments

Bed bugs survive on human blood, and a property filled with unsuspecting residents is the perfect feeding ground. These small pests reproduce rapidly and can become a property-wide issue if you don’t address the issue immediately. A bed bug infestation is more than just inconvenient—bed bug …

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Topics: Bed Bug Control , Cockroach Control

Tips of the Turn: How to Incorporate Pest Control into Unit Turnover

How would you describe your ideal resident? Friendly? Pays the bills on time? Never complains? Even with the best of residents, there may be some unexpected surprises once it’s move-out time. What kind of surprises? We’re talking pests – specifically bed bugs, fleas and cockroaches. These …

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Topics: Research

Top Apartment Amenities Might Also Attract Pests

As a property manager, you know exactly what it takes to attract today’s renter. They want ample parking, a refreshing pool, an equipment-packed fitness center, secure access and community-wide recycling. The 2015 National Multifamily Housing Council and Kingsley Apartment Resident Preferences …

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Topics: Research , Bed Bug Control

Recent Research Reveals Bed Bug Mobility

With a name like bed bugs, one might think these pests are likely to stay tucked in for a good night’s sleep. But a recent study conducted by Rutgers University uncovered the truth about how mobile these pests are – and the results have interesting implications for multifamily property …

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Topics: Research , Bed Bug Control

The 5 Most Hated Pests You’re Likely to See in an Apartment

Pests are more than just a nuisance in multifamily properties. They can carry and spread diseases, contaminate food and even cause expensive structural damage. Unfortunately, apartments have all the elements necessary to create a perfect pest storm: varying resident lifestyles, lack of uniform …

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Topics: Tips for Residents

6 Things You Wish Your Residents Knew About Pest Control

Apartments and condos have one of the highest pest control demands of any industry. And the large base of residents with different lifestyles and sanitation habits can make pest management tricky—especially when it comes to common multifamily pests such as ants, flies, cockroaches or even bed …

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Multifamily Articles

5 Signs Your Pest Control Partner Isn’t Cutting It

Interview Guide: 10 Questions To Ask a Potential Pest Control Partner

What It Means To Do Business With Orkin: Pest Control You Can Count On

How to Deter Flying Summer Pests

Top Pests Threatening Businesses During COVID-19

Why You Should Continue Pest Management While Your Business is Temporarily Closed

8 Diseases Mosquitoes and Ticks Can Spread at Businesses

Treatment 101: How Orkin’s Options Help You Stay Pest-Free

Pest of the Quarter: Bed Bugs

Do You Know the Rodent Red Flags?

Pests You May See on Your Property Year-Round

7 Ways Your Residents Can Help Keep Pests Out of the Kitchen

Must-Ask Questions to Help Strengthen Your Ant Defense

Mosquito 101

What Can You Do to Fend Off Flies?

Employees Only – Keep These Flies Out of the Workplace

Three Tips for Managing Bed Bugs in Apartments

Tips of the Turn: How to Incorporate Pest Control into Unit Turnover

Top Apartment Amenities Might Also Attract Pests

Recent Research Reveals Bed Bug Mobility

The 5 Most Hated Pests You’re Likely to See in an Apartment

6 Things You Wish Your Residents Knew About Pest Control