Mississippi Business Journal » bug http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:52:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Company making bug-repellent uniforms for Army http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/18/company-making-bug-repellent-uniforms-for-army/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=company-making-bug-repellent-uniforms-for-army http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/18/company-making-bug-repellent-uniforms-for-army/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:40:58 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=73535 GOLDEN — A Mississippi company has a contract to make up to $55.3 million worth of bug-repellent uniform coats for the Army. The Pentagon said in a news release Golden Manufacturing Co. Inc. of Golden, will be making the combat uniform coats from fabric treated with the insecticide Permethrin (pur-METH-rihn). The work is to be [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/18/company-making-bug-repellent-uniforms-for-army/feed/ 0 EPA exempts products to fight varroa mite in honeybees http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/11/epa-exempts-products-to-fight-varroa-mite-in-honeybees/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=epa-exempts-products-to-fight-varroa-mite-in-honeybees http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/11/epa-exempts-products-to-fight-varroa-mite-in-honeybees/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:18:44 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=66456 JACKSON — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved two emergency exemptions to help Mississippi beekeepers control damaging varroa mite infestations in honeybee colonies. The products are HopGuard, manufactured by BetaTec Hop Products, and Apivar, manufactured by Veto-Pharma S.A. HopGuard cardboard strips treated with potassium salt of hop beta acids may be inserted in honeybee [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/11/epa-exempts-products-to-fight-varroa-mite-in-honeybees/feed/ 0 Coast neighborhood overrun by caterpillars since Isaac http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/13/coast-neighborhood-overrun-by-caterpillars-since-isaac/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coast-neighborhood-overrun-by-caterpillars-since-isaac http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/13/coast-neighborhood-overrun-by-caterpillars-since-isaac/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:44:38 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=62588 BAY ST. LOUIS — The thousands of caterpillars covering yards in the Garden Isle neighborhood of Bay St. Louis make it look almost like the grass is moving. Residents worry this is just a pit stop before the insects get into their homes. Residents in Garden Isle tell WLOX-TV since Hurricane Isaac, the whole area [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/13/coast-neighborhood-overrun-by-caterpillars-since-isaac/feed/ 0 Invasive bug poses threat to crops, lawns, homes http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/24/invasive-bug-poses-threat-to-crops-lawns-homes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=invasive-bug-poses-threat-to-crops-lawns-homes http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/24/invasive-bug-poses-threat-to-crops-lawns-homes/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:01:23 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=60156 MONTGOMERY COUNTY and WARREN COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) has confirmed the first positive identification of the kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria, in Mississippi. The insects were discovered in the past week in Montgomery and Warren counties. As its name suggests, the kudzu bug commonly feeds on kudzu, but it can [...]

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