If you’re a gardener and you’re worried about protecting honey bees on your property, the yard and garden giant Ortho just made it a little easier for you. Bowing to consumer concerns about the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on honey bees, Ortho is removing these chemicals from its products, making changes in eight of their
VIEW MOREJohn Maher: Hi, I’m John Maher and I’m here today with Tim Chase of Colonial Pest Control. Tim is an entomologist and a pest control technician and today our topic is mosquito control devices. Welcome, Tim. Tim Chase: Good morning, John. Types of Mosquito Control Devices John: So, Tim, what are a few of the different types of
VIEW MORECritters are rapidly waking up with this soon to be concluded mild winter. After the coldest and one of the snowiest months of February ever, last year, February 2016 is ending sunny with temperatures in the 50’s. Today I observed box elder bugs on the outside of a home. They are waking up with the
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You knew it was coming. Researchers here in the Northeast are now warning us to expect more ticks than usual this spring. The University of Rhode Island Tick Encounter Resource Center lists a high tick encounter index across the Eastern U.S. That means they found more ticks than normal (see Where do Ticks Go in
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Exterminators have seen it all. Every pest control technician has a horror story or two of the very worst pest infestations ever. So, in honor of National Pest Management Month (April), we present these spine-tingling, real life tales of pests gone wild, from Realtor.com: The Case of the Black Kitchen Floor John Kane, a technical
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There are a couple of big bumble bees that seem to be digging a hole into our deck railing. Why are they doing that? They’re pretty aggressive and don’t want to let us onto our deck! F. C., Hopkinton, NH First off, I can assure you that they’re not bumble bees. Bumble bees usually nest
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You can help manage the ticks in your yard just by the way you landscape your property. You don’t have to address your entire yard, just the areas most often used. Isolate high-use areas such as lawns, play areas, storage sheds, or gardens from tick habitat or tick hot spots such as woods, lawn-wood edge,
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John Maher: Hi, I’m John Maher and today I’m here with Tim Chase of Colonial Pest Control. Tim is an entomologist and a pest control technician and today our topic is how do mosquitoes get into my house? Welcome Time. Tim: Good morning John. Ways Mosquitoes Can Get Into a Home John: So Tim, what are some of
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Pests love shredded hardwood mulch. We’ve said it before and we’re saying it again, hopefully in time to prevent the mulch pileup that happens when gardeners undertake their spring chores. You can have that clean, landscaped look that mulch provides with 2 inches of mulch just as well as with 6 inches, and you’ll save
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