There are many, many, options that are earth and consumer friendly for combating pests and weeds.
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Happily, the pests don't usually hitch a ride on a bus to the Big Apple.
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While exposure to most domestic pests causes skin irritation, some can cause serious illnesses.
The pests that honey-bees bite include varroa mites as well as wax moth larvae.
Ocean life would die off, while pests and disease would increase, the report says.
Dr. Mayer's invention, by contrast, induces an early-onset menopause, eliminating future generations of pests.
There were no signs of moths or other pests that normally invade sick colonies.
It rots, is pilfered or spoiled by pests, in that collection and distribution system.
The new law specifies that abandoned pets, such as street dogs, cannot be considered pests.
Household insects are a destructive nuisance, and outdoor pests can become a public health issue.
"They don't sting like fire ants do, but aside from that they are much bigger pests, " he said.
Today the dismal yields are improving, thanks to Wambugu's decade-long effort to genetically modify crops to withstand pests.
Canon is also concerned that the introduction of alien climates may also precipitate the introduction of alien pests.
He struggled to persuade people who lived alongside crocodilians to see them not as pests, but as friends.
These are important agricultural pests and often arrive in the country as hard-to-identify larvae, or eggs, on fruit.
Using GE rice created to fight pests, for example, causes the number of insects in a field drop.
Many wineries rely heavily on chemicals to control pests and manage the vineyards.
Bittman errs by persistently lumping data on herbicides (which kill weeds) with pesticides (which kill insects and other pests).
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Much of the wood we use has been destroyed by pests, so it needs to be disposed of anyway.
Kuan-Shu says the ducks cut down on pests such as golden apple snails while fertilizing the rice with their droppings.
And though some alien species--such as horses, cattle and sheep--are important parts of our culture and commerce, many are pests.
The ladybird has been introduced in Holland as a biological control to get rid of sap sucking pests like aphids.
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Graham Jukes of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health said he believes cutbacks will lead to more problems with pests.
He invented a trap that uses light and a spruce-scented spray to draw the pests to a bowl, where they drown.
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The state is warm, wet, and humid, all ideal conditions for the proliferation for fungi, diseases, and pests that attack tomatoes.
Get some tips from Organic Garden Pests, or this article on taking the sting out of mosquitoes without pesticides.
The results will be used to inform future decisions relating to bee health and treatment of diseases, pests and emerging threats.
The main suspects for causing bee deaths are viruses and other pests acting in tandem, especially the aptly named Varroa destructor mite.
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And because the pesticide will be everywhere in the crop, it is predicted that the pests will rapidly acquire resistance to it.
Cellphone footage shows the pests scurrying across the bus floor and steps.
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