A question for Dan Gill: A couple of fire ant hills have turned up just inside the edges of my vegetable garden. Do they hurt vegetables? I'd like to avoid fire ant bites while working in the garden.

Vinegar is often used to treat ant infestations in the home but it's not as effective as other methods. Vinegar can be used as a deterrent, but boric acid, pesticides, and strong smells can be more ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 16, 2020) Long-term exposure to sublethal (low-level) concentrations of the neonicotinoid in soil negatively affects the health and behavioral development of black garden ants ...

Despite being outside, many of us see almost any bug in our yards and gardens as a pest and immediately try to get them away from our precious plants. The most common of these insects to spot is the ...

How eager we are to find culprits or villains, whether in life or in the garden. Often, that search is merely an indication of our own impatience, stress or lazy thinking. Let’s say I get lots of ...

There’s a new ant–agonist on the pesticide market. According to a review published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, trees protected by weaver ants have less pests, less plant damage, and show an ...

Pesticides kill. And sometimes the bugs that are good — the beneficial insects — go down with the bad. Pesticide misuse has not only led to the destruction of predator insects that help us strike a ...