Jun. 2—A government-funded campaign has begun spraying insecticides and biological agents on 240,000 acres of Maine's North Woods infested with spruce budworm, a voracious forest pest that killed ...

CARBONDALE ” The Carbondale trustees on Tuesday took another look at their June 19 decision to spray pine trees on town prop­erty, and this time the vote went the opposite way. Two weeks ago, the ...

Q: Most mornings, my pine tree is a gathering spot for a flock of twittering small finches. They poke and prod in the green needles and then, poof, they all leave in a rush. I have a watering dish set ...

Q: We have several fruit trees in our backyard. One of them is a plum tree. For the first time, we have lots of plums on the tree. The problem is that the plums keep falling off as soon as they get ...

• Spraying for pine beetles may have inadvertently killed beneficial bugs. • Scale beetles and aphids are also attacking spruce and aspen trees. • Spraying too close to Gore Creek can affect water ...

We’ve spent decades building bodies for the lawn & pest control industries, but this tree spray truck is something special.” — Jim Tierney, Vice President COCOA ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Beetle kill is real. My fear of losing majestic pine trees around our neighborhood and in our yard is palpable. Witnessing the loss of seven big trees on a ...

WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Officials said the District Department of Transportation's Urban Forestry Administration (UFA) will start spraying the female ginkgo fruits from Wednesday, May 7 to Friday, May 9 ...

The almost-daily rain we had this spring really put a damper on fruit tree spraying. Pesticides work best if they are applied at least 24 hours before a rain. When a rain happens before the next spray ...

They say "April showers bring may flowers," but another biproduct has the District taking aim at the stink of spring. Starting Monday night, crews from the District Department of Transportation's ...

This is the perfect time of year to be thinking about spraying trees during their dormant season. I’ll give two examples of conditions which warrant spraying: fungal infection and pest infestation.