Category: Pests & Disease

Spring CEU Special

by Dr. Brett Bultemeier
March 25, 2021

Spring CEU Special Are you short on CEUs and needing to renew your license soon? Are you simply looking to stay ahead and get your CEUs well before your license expires? The Pesticide Information Office has you covered. During our Spring ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Events, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, Water
Tags: Brett Bultemeier, CEU, Continuing Education Credits, License, Pesticide Information Office, Sale

EPA Public Comment on Biological Opinions

by Dr. Brett Bultemeier
March 19, 2021

The EPA Public Comment on Biological Opinions is open for 60 days and provides the opportunity to review the actual language of a biological opinion. The last blog outlined the basics of a Biological Opinion and how they function. We are in ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Biological Opinion, Brett Bultemeier, EPA, Pesticide Information Office, Public Comment

Florida-Friendly Pest Management

by Terra Freeman
March 15, 2021

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the term “pest management”? I imagine many of you conjure up images of spraying a product or sprinkling granules over an unhealthy plant or lawn. For those of you familiar with term ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Tags: Plant Problems, Plants

What Is An EPA Biological Opinion?

by Dr. Brett Bultemeier
March 12, 2021

At the end of January we discussed a key part of pesticide analysis by the EPA, the Biological Evaluation (Blog). After that process is complete and public comments gathered, the next stage of analysis, the Biological Opinion starts. This blog ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Water, Wildlife

Honey bees and Chinese tallow: What’s really going on?

by Heather Kalaman
March 9, 2021

Beekeepers in the southeast have raised concerns regarding the ongoing removal of a favored plant species for their managed hives, the Chinese tallow tree (Triadica sebifera). Producing flowers as early as February and lasting through May, the ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease
Tags: Biocontrol, Chinese Tallow, Honey Bee, Invasive Plants, Pollinator Plants

Bee on the lookout for honey bee swarms

by Jessica Sullivan
March 5, 2021

Spring is honey bee swarm season. When flowers start blooming, bees start making honey and bee colonies increase in size, causing them to outgrow their nest. The queen and about half of the worker bees then leave the parent colony to find ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Livestock, Pests & Disease, Wildlife
Tags: Africanized Honey Bees, Bee-proofing, Honey Bee Swarm, Honey Bees

Don’t make a mountain out of a mole hill

by Ralph Mitchell
March 5, 2021

By Ralph E. Mitchell I often like to write about what is going on in my own yard. I've recently noticed numerous pushed up mounds of soil in my turf and have identified the culprit as the eastern mole. This soil is pushed up from subterranean ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: Mole Hill, Non-rodent

As Florida enters termite swarm season, UF/IFAS scientists tell consumers what to know

by Ralph Mitchell
March 3, 2021

Termite Awareness Week 2021 takes place March 7-13 Some people mistakenly think termites are only busy during this time of the year. UF/IFAS researchers in Davie, Florida, show us otherwise. While termites are often noticed during ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, Rudolg Scheffrahn, South Florida, Termites, Thomas Chouvenc, UF/IFAS FLREC, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research Education Center

George Agrios Scholarship Endowment Winner: Hannah Talton

by Ralph Mitchell
March 1, 2021

Founded in the spring of 2020, the George Agrios Scholarship was created with the goal of supporting graduate students enrolled in the University of Florida's Doctor of Plant Medicine Program in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease

Sago Palm Cold Damage

by Pat Williams
February 25, 2021

Ask Master Gardener Volunteer Michele Hackmeyer Sago Palm (Cycas revoluta) is a common landscaping plant in our area and I have several in my yard. They are not actually palms, but members of the ancient Cycad (Cycadaceae) family. Their ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Garden, General Information, Growing, Lawn & Garden, Master Gardener, Master Gardener Blog, Master Gardeners, Master Gardeners Blog, Natural Wakulla, Wakulla, Wakulla Agriculture, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

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