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Helping honey bees help themselves – Western Farm Press

Helping honey bees help themselves
Western Farm Press
Rather than relying on pesticides and antibiotics to control V. destructor and related diseases?a method that has become part of the problem ? University of Minnesota Entomologist Marla Spivak is advancing effective strategies that help bees help

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Bed Bugs and Renters: Know Your Rights

They are the easiest pests to bring home and one of the toughest to eliminate: bed bugs. And they?ve catapulted Los Angeles to the top of an unsavory list. In 2011, LA was one of the five most infested cities in the country and for the throngs of …

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UK pest control market to boom thanks to record wet weather

The total value of the UK pest control market is now over £300 million, having grown at a rate of over 4% per year, in spite of the turbulent economic climate of recent years. Market growth has come from a combination of growth in the number of relevant …

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Termite education workshops aim to prevent costly damage

Experts from Florida?s Department of Agriculture, Entomology and Pest Control Bureau visited some infected Gulf Breeze-area homes in June and promised to return to help residents understand the problem and what they can do to protect their property.

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Invasive insect changing the face of farming in Maine – WLBZ-TV


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Invasive insect changing the face of farming in Maine
WLBZ-TV
LIMINGTON, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — All farmers could do was watch, because they didn't have to wait long before the spotted wing drosophila, a fruit fly native to northern Asia, made its way to Maine. "It has been creeping across the country for the

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White tailed deer in the Black HIlls are being hit by an insect borne disease – KGOSKERM

White tailed deer in the Black HIlls are being hit by an insect borne disease
KGOSKERM
What we're looking at here, is EHD thats affecting the White Tail Deer up in the Black Hills, its spread by a biting gnat and these insects breed and live around water areas.? Robin Kepple, at the Casper Area Game and Fish offices, says limited water

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WHITEFLY: New pest invades Beach trees and plants – Beach Bulletin


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WHITEFLY: New pest invades Beach trees and plants
Beach Bulletin
A new insect from Central America is affecting native vegetation by sucking the sap out of the leaves of plants and trees on Estero Island and other island communities. The rugose spiraling whitefly may not be directly killing palm trees, gumbo limbos

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Presence of invasive insect in Senegal confirmed – Phys.Org

Presence of invasive insect in Senegal confirmed
Phys.Org
(Phys.org)?A Virginia Tech-managed research program, the Integrated Pest Management Collaborative Research Support Program, has confirmed the presence of Tuta absoluta in Senegal, the first confirmation of the insect's presence in that country.

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Insects gravitate towards your warm home when the colder weather hits

Paramount Pest Control Supervisor Dustin Spickler. LEWISTON, ID – With Fall just around the corner many people need to be aware that although insects may slow down a bit, they don’t go away. Pests such as Black Widows and other spiders, ants …

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New Survey Finds More Than Half of Americans Concerned about West Nile Virus – The Herald | HeraldOnline.com

New Survey Finds More Than Half of Americans Concerned about West Nile Virus
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
According to a new survey conducted by the National Pest Management Association (NPMA), 54 percent of Americans are concerned about West Nile Virus (WNV), a serious and potentially fatal disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes, and 22 percent

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