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Tell Mel: Florida’s new rule stings – The News-Press


Bellingham Herald

Tell Mel: Florida's new rule stings
The News-Press
Bees are pests, the state says, and should only be removed or exterminated by someone with state pest-control operator license. Councell, vice president of the Florida State Beekeepers Association, said most beekeepers are not licensed pest control
University Place man finds a grisly 'zombie bee'Bellingham Herald

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Cockroaches: Smarter than you think – Salon

Cockroaches: Smarter than you think
Salon
Cockroaches and other insects belong to a group called the arthropods, which arose some 540 million years ago. A new Chinese fossil is yielding new insights into how the arthropod brain evolved and shows that within the first 20 million years of the

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DENR warns of infestation by tree pests

Aside from illegal loggers, Philippine forests are crawling with a threat of a different kind.

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Environmental groups ask for review of pesticide chemicals banned in other … – Calgary Herald

Environmental groups ask for review of pesticide chemicals banned in other
Calgary Herald
The request for a review was filed under section 17 the Pest Control Products Act, which allows any person to request a special review ?of the registration of a pest control product by making a request to the minister? if that product has been banned
Groups ask for review of pesticidesRegina Leader-Post

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Lawrence homes see increase of brown recluse spiders – University Daily Kansan


University Daily Kansan

Lawrence homes see increase of brown recluse spiders
University Daily Kansan
?No winter means bugs survived,? said Joanie Haley, office manager for Haley Pest Control located at 1035 E. 23rd St.. ?An abundance of bugs means spiders eat. We're really seeing a lot of the brown recluse. If you get bitten, then they can cause

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Possible source of Walmart bedbugs determined

A woman who works at a Colorado Springs Walmart where bedbugs were found last weekend believes she knows where they came from. The employee, who requested anonymity, said the pests may have come from her apartment unit.  She lives at the San Miguel East apartments on San Miguel Street near Academy Boulevard, and said she hasn't informed Walmart of the possible connection for fear being fired …

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Pests Invade New England Forests – Harvard Crimson

Pests Invade New England Forests
Harvard Crimson
Invasive pests are proving to be an increasingly damaging problem for New England's natural ecosystems as they continue to evade control efforts, according to a recent talk by Harvard Forest Director David R. Foster and Harvard Forest researcher David A.

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PPMA Responds to New Anti-Pesticide Report – PCT Magazine

PPMA Responds to New Anti-Pesticide Report
PCT Magazine
PPMA Responds to New Anti-Pesticide Report. News Coverage. The Professional Pest Management Alliance has prepared a response to Pesticide Action Network of North America's Report on Effects of Pesticides on Children's Health & Intelligence.

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Citrus states battle against greening pests – TheGrower

Citrus states battle against greening pests
TheGrower
Don SchrackMichael Rogers, University of Florida associate professor at the Citrus Research and Education Center, Lake Alfred, talks about Florida's programs to kill Asian citrus psyllids, which can carry citrus greening disease. PORTERVILLE, Calif

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Website Launched to Battle Bugs, Other Invasive Pests in Arkansas – KARK

Website Launched to Battle Bugs, Other Invasive Pests in Arkansas
KARK
Invasive pests are on the move across the U.S. and in Arkansas. The website introduces Arkansans to some pests that have the potential to invade our forests and threaten our native species, as well as some of the forest invasive pests that are already

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