We promote and fund integrated pest management for environmental, human health, and economic benefits.
We promote and fund integrated pest management for environmental, human health, and economic benefits.
Yong-Lak Park, a professor of entomology at West Virginia University, has unusual dreams of flying: He wants drones to deploy natural enemies, not pesticides.
Bed bugs are now a top worry for property managers.
Scientists are learning new secrets of bed bug biology that could help us lure and trap them.
Excluding pests from structures is vital to IPM and even though obvious to many, this basic component is often overlooked.
Individuals affected by hoarding disorder excessively save items. Hoarding also creates conditions favorable to pests.
When you think IPM, you might first picture agriculture, crops, and turf. Or perhaps insect biology and behavior. However, there’s an important human component.
A new partnership could bring healthier outcomes at urban sites with high levels of asthma.
Resources from the July 2015 issue of IPM Insights on pest inspection, exclusion, hoarding, and keeping pests out of buildings by design.
The article “IPM and Pollinators” in the April 2015 issue of IPM Insights incorrectly stated that neonicotinoid pesticides are not soluble in water.
The July 2015 issue of IPM Insights on Urban IPM is now available as a downloadable e-book.
One in every three bites of food is attributable to insect pollination. With insect pollinators so vital to food production, national and global reports of their decline are concerning.
The Northeastern IPM Center’s Resources Database lets you search the category “pollinator.”
A group of professionals are protecting existing bee habitat on farms, open land, and in natural areas.
The Northeastern IPM Center provides the following synopsis of two prevailing views on neonicotinoids and pollinators. Our goal is to bring this scientific discussion to your attention, not necessarily to promote either view.
In 2006, managed honey bee colonies began to die off in large numbers without explanation.
Resources from the April 2015 special issue of IPM Insights, all about pollinators.
Government sponsors are coordinating the actions of researchers, educators, beekeepers, and growers in the field in ways that could help reverse pollinator decline.
The April 2015 issue of IPM Insights on Pollinators and IPM is now available as a downloadable e-book.
Dennise Belmaker has joined the StopPests in Housing Program at the Northeastern IPM Center.
Over 3,000 people registered for a recent webinar on bed bug prevention and management hosted by the StopPests in Housing Program of the Northeastern IPM Center.