April 2018

Community Property Managers: Spring into Action and Prepare for Summer’s Inevitable PEST CONTROL PROBLEMS By Randy Vogel, VP Operations, Cowleys Pest Services

S pring is suitable named to illustrate the type of action required by community association property managers as it relates to pest control issues. The fleeting weeks of the season represent a window of opportunity for property managers to spring into action and prepare for the anticipated summer onslaught of insects. Rest assured, they will be coming in droves from every direction. Underground, there will be attacks by subterranean termites. On the surface, there will be foraging ants, not to mention blood-sucking ticks patiently waiting for their next blood meal. If that is not enough, all sorts of flying insects will be coming at us from the air including biting mosquitoes literally out for our blood, bees, wasps, and

“...many things in life defy prediction, but the seasonal cycle of insect populations is not one of them.”

hornets looking to sting us just for the fun of it. Granted, many things in life defy prediction, but the seasonal cycle of insect popula-

tions is not one of them. This summer, as all summers, property manag- ers will be guaranteed to have pest control problems just as sure as there will be bumper- to-bumper weekend traffic on

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