(Beyond Pesticides, December 12, 2019) A breakthrough study in biological pest management has found a species of wasp can, when combined with other non-toxic methods, readily replace toxic pesticide ...

Fruit flies have become one of the most persistent and expensive problems facing restaurants and bars today. They thrive in drains, soda wells, and wet floor areas that rarely dry out, leading to ...

(Beyond Pesticides, May 3, 2017) Last week, researchers at the University of California San Diego revealed the first ever link between the use of neonicotinoid pesticides and the ability of bees to ...

Biologists at UC San Diego have demonstrated for the first time that a widely used pesticide can significantly impair the ability of honey bees to fly. The finding raising concerns about how ...

Non-biting midges are the tiny flies that swarm together as thick masses around lakes and streams, annoying passers-by in warm weather. But early in a midge's life, it lives in the water. Now, ...

Stable flies tormented Thomas Jefferson while he wrote the Declaration of Independence, history tells us. These bloodsucking pests are the scourge of beachgoers in Florida and recreational boaters in ...

The makers of such insecticides as Raid and Off are taking a swat at what they consider a new nuisance in the neighborhood: nontoxic, botanical pesticides that are ratcheting up competition in the war ...

A vineyard in Virginia has turned pest control into a pastime, arming visitors with electric fly swatters to protect its vines from lanternflies. Randi B. Hagi with member station WMRA reports on its ...

Biologists have provided the first evidence that a widely used pesticide can significantly impair the ability of otherwise healthy honey bees to fly. The study, which employed a bee “flight mill,” ...