Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. mirceax / Getty Images Ask any vegetable gardener about beans and pull up a chair. Some grow lima beans, dry beans or wax beans ...

When I was a kid, I hated picking beans. It was hot, humid, and eventually, I was sunburned from picking them. The work was intense, because my sister and I put off picking them until the bounty was ...

Mexican bean beetles are especially problematic in the rainy areas of the East, and tend to pose fewer problems in dry climates. This article is part of ourOrganic Pest Control Series, which includes ...

July and August in the vegetable garden typically bring bountiful harvests of colorful vegetables. These are also the months when insect pests can really make their presence known, with plant and ...

You can have a beautiful, productive garden while working with nature to manage insect pests. As you incorporate various eco-friendly pest management strategies, you will encourage songbirds, ...

Gardeners are often hesitant to use chemical sprays on vegetables. One alternative to sprays is the use of beneficial insects such as lady beetles which can prevent destructive insects from devouring ...

There are nearly 1 million known insect species on Earth, and just 2% of these insects are harmful to plants, animals or humans. Managing insects in the vegetable garden and home landscape requires an ...

A new rearing method used to maintain a laboratory colony of western bean cutworm has allowed researchers to gather the first reported data for the insect's susceptibility to Bt Cry toxins using ...

Extension entomologist Ben Thrash reveals which soybean insects threaten yields and which farmers can safely ignore in new pest guide.

July and August in the vegetable garden typically bring bountiful harvests of colorful vegetables. These are also the months when insect pests can really make their presence known, with plant and ...