The borer is present throughout the year and so pesticide treatments with a strong persistent spray should be carried out monthly.

Trees within the next half-mile ring were marked yellow, for pesticide treatment.

How about instead of posting those little flags that warn of pesticide treatments, we do little flags that say "Don't tread on me" or "Violators will be prosecuted"?

The mayor and the health commissioner urged city residents and tourists not to be apprehensive about visiting the park after the pesticide treatment had been completed.

Last year, the city did not begin pesticide treatment until Labor Day weekend; it did not have an intense surveillance system in place.

There are many chemical and pesticide treatments available that aim to kill the louse, however except for hot air these often do not affect the eggs (nits).

But these innovations will probably be more costly than the existing pesticide treatments.

Furious, they ordered the village to accept the pesticide treatment and pay a fine of "one very mighty native cow, plus goats, yams and kegs of palm wine," Chief Egede said.

And while many people have become suspicious of the efficacy and safety of pesticide treatments, advances in pesticide chemistry have produced some highly effective products that are also quite safe.

Although occasionally applied as a safe indoor pesticide treatment for other insects, boric acid is ineffectual against bed bugs because bed bugs do not groom.