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Archive Home > 2009 > February > 03 > Pine beetles get a dose of their own beetle juice

Pine beetles get a dose of their own beetle juice

Their pheromones may be the answer to saving our forests

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
February 3, 2009

A chemical found in herbal teas, walnut husks, rosemary and even some perfumes may have another purpose — helping protect lodgepole pines in the Pacific Northwest from mountain pine beetles.

In a new study, U.S. Forest Service entomologists used helicopters to drop tiny plastic flakes....

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