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The ABCs of School and Childcare Pest Management

Cornell Integrated Pest Management's blog about IPM for schools and daycare centers.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. – Benjamin Franklin

A mosaic of pictures showing winged ants, a gray and yellow spider on a web, a mole, a black, yellow, and orange wasp over a sand pile, and a bumblebee on a yellow flowering plant.What’s Bugging You First Friday is a monthly virtual series that takes place on the First Friday of each month from noon to 12:30pm Eastern Time. Events explore timely topics and provide practical information to help people prevent or manage pest problems using Integrated Pest Management where they live, work, learn and play.

2026 topics that particularly impact school personnel include termites, stinging insects, mosquitoes, turfgrass pests, and invasive species. But you won’t want to miss other topics including the value of insects, helping pollinators and other beneficial insects, and maintenance practices that can help or hurt your efforts to deal with pests.

All previous 61 webinars in our What’s Bugging You First Friday series has been recorded and can be found on our YouTube channel.

Updated EPA Website: Healthier Schools for Healthier Kids

October 30, 2014

OCTOBER IS CHILDREN'S HEALTH MONTH! Children are not little adults – they are still growing and developing We need to take special precautions to keep them safe a great...

IPM is as broad as our selection of photos. On farms, vineyards, orchards; in schools, nursing homes, playgrounds; in your own home, lawn, or garden—IPM is foundational to sound, careful, economical ways of dealing with pests.