Although the honey bee gets more press as a pollinator, the bumble bee is one of the hardest workers in the insect world: gathering nectar and pollen until the pollen sacs on her hind legs are so loaded that she can barely fly, until the stem of every flower she lands on bends toward the ground. She performs a valuable service, especially in the pollination of alfalfa and clover as grazing crops.
… VIEW MOREQ. We just discovered that we have termites in our house. We don’t really want to spend the money for a termite treatment right now. How much do termites eat? Will they do a whole lot more damage if we put off the treatment until fall?
… VIEW MOREWhen the church secretary called she sounded more frustrated than anything. We keep finding these tiny brown insects, they look like little beetles, in the main entrance hallway of the church. The pastor is worried that they’re going to damage the carved wood in the altar or the antique wood in the baptismal font. They must be coming from infested wood somewhere in the church.
… VIEW MOREQ. What can eat a wool rug. We were moving some furniture around in our living room to make space for a new couch. When we moved the large hutch from where it had been for 20 years, the oriental rug underneath it was almost gone. The rest of the rug had no signs of damage, and we have not noticed any bugs in that room. What may have done this to our rug.
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Worcester, MA 01604
47 Thames Rd Ste 6&7
Hooksett, NH 03106