Mississippi Business Journal » pesticide http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 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 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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