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Urban and Community Integrated Pest Management
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National Pollinator Week 2020

This year, National Pollinator Week is June 22 to June 28, celebrating the value that pollinators such as bees, birds, butterflies, bats, and beetles provide to the ecosystem. Pollinators, and natural enemies, can be harmed by pesticides when people are...
What is a pesticide?

When you hear the term “pesticide,” what comes to mind? Do you understand what pesticides are and, more importantly, how to use them correctly? A pesticide is any material (natural or synthetic) used to control, prevent, kill, suppress, or...