Consider the rat — the urban sort. Then consider our health, our food, and the damage rats do to our buildings. Yet despite the considerable impact they have, there’s not much science out there. Until recently, most of the research dates back to the mid-1900’s. Now, though, rodent researchers worldwide are taking a closer look…Continue Reading Rats! the latest research comes with surprises
Wasps in winter? the IPM do-nothing approach
You might live in a row house, an apartment house, a single-family dwelling. You might have a carport or outbuildings. You might be buttoning up a concession stand for the winter and moving the picnic benches under cover for the winter. And then … you see it. Feel it. A wasp or hornet nest, up…Continue Reading Wasps in winter? the IPM do-nothing approach
How to choose a healthy, happy Christmas tree
First things first, should you have heard the sudden flurry of news about thousands of bugs infesting your Christmas tree. Not true, not true at all. Stories like this are way overblown. Here in New York, Christmas tree growers use solid IPM practices to deal with pests — and “most insects aren’t hanging around this…Continue Reading How to choose a healthy, happy Christmas tree