Test PB Collection: FTE

Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) is a pesticide long used in citrus along with many other crops. It is an organophosphate that has value partly because it is persistent, which is also one of its drawbacks. One of its uses is to control ant species that "farm" such pests as mealybug, aphids and scales.

Here are the top 10 blogs from Topics in Subtropics over the last 5 years. The two earliest and latest pertain to how you select products that will truly help you from amongst all those that are being promoted. Some of these have been around a long time, so that's why they are the most read.

August 20 & 21, 2015 Geospatial Innovation Facility @ Mulford Hall, UC Berkeley What will you learn?

They look like shiny blue and black needles. Make that "flying" shiny blue and black needles. We spotted this damselfly foraging on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) this week in our family bee garden. The blue was breathtaking.

This is the island of Nihoa, northwest of Kauai, viewed in Google Maps. Hawaii on my mind. Anyway, it is a funny shot with mixed resolutions, and what looks to be a bordered image without its adjacent partner images. Web link: https://www.google.com/maps/@23.0606579,-161.

Honey bees sometimes get into little battles with one another. Here's a case of a tiff over a Tithonia. Two honey bees wanted the same Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). They each tried to claim the same blossom, bounced one another off, returned, and then battled again.

Silicon is currently under consideration for elevation to the status of a "plant beneficial substance by the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials (AAPFCO).

It's the butterfly we're supposed to hate. That would be the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae. Its larvae or cabbageworms are pests of our cole crops, including cabbage, kale and mustard. Pests? You bet.

Confusion exists as to whether National Honey Bee Day is Aug. 15 or Aug. 22. The group that formed National Honey Bee Awareness Day says its Aug. 15. Pennsylvania Apiculture, aka PennApic, launched the National Honey Bee Awareness Day in 2009. The U.S.

We are all working very hard to get rid of weeds once we see them, but often I forget to ask how that plant got there in the first place. There are 4 main ways for weeds to appear on your property: germination from the seed bank, the wind, animal dispersal, and movement by people.