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  1. How do you control gnats in houseplants? Updated: January 31, 2012
  2. How do I encourage other pollinating bees to establish nests in my garden? What diameter and depth of hole do they like? Updated: January 24, 2012
  3. What causes my tomatos to have small yellow specks on the surface? The specks cause a tough spot in the fruit. Updated: January 24, 2012
  4. Can I use insecticides in or around my butterfly garden? Updated: January 24, 2012
  5. How do I keep squash bugs from destroying my vegetable plants? Updated: January 24, 2012
  6. How do beneficial organisms help gardeners? Updated: January 22, 2012
  7. What is involved in using traps for insect control? Updated: January 22, 2012
  8. What can I do to protect my apricots from bugs just before harvest? I live in Colorado. Updated: January 18, 2012
  9. How can I control the small green, winged bugs covering my young cabbage plants? Updated: January 18, 2012
  10. What can I do about wood or carpenter bees? Updated: January 11, 2012
  11. I found a spider in my garden that is black with long black legs and two yellow stripes going down its back. I am worried it might be poisonous. Updated: January 11, 2012
  12. Can mulch contribute to termite problems? Updated: January 11, 2012
  13. What should I use to control white grubs in my lawn? When do I apply it? Updated: January 05, 2012
  14. What are the narrow-bodied, black and yellow striped bees that frequent park trash cans; can they sting? Updated: November 30, 2011
  15. What are some suggestions for controlling deerflies around a pond? Updated: November 27, 2011
  16. How do I remove bees from a tree in the middle of my garden without killing them? Updated: November 15, 2011
  17. How do you maintain a honeybee hive? Updated: November 15, 2011
  18. How do I control ants? Updated: November 15, 2011
  19. What can I do about an infestation of crickets? Updated: November 14, 2011
  20. What is the best way to treat a flooded area to get rid of mosquitoes? Updated: November 10, 2011
  21. What is the best way to avoid West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne illnesses? Updated: November 10, 2011
  22. What species of scorpion are found in Dona Ana County, New Mexico? Updated: November 09, 2011
  23. Can I plant cotton in my garden without registering with the boll weevil eradication program? Updated: October 29, 2011
  24. What do I do with a honeybee swarm? Updated: October 29, 2011
  25. Help me identify the spider in my garden. It is dark yellow with a red stripe on each side of its body and it does not spin a web. It sits in the middle of a flower and catches and eats bugs. Updated: October 29, 2011
  26. How do I control Japanese Beetles? Updated: October 29, 2011
  27. How can I control vine borer on squash, watermelon, and other vine crops? Updated: October 18, 2011
  28. Could the mulch I put around my house contain termites? Updated: October 18, 2011
  29. What are the small swellings or balls covering my pecan leaves? Updated: October 17, 2011
  30. What is wrong with a mature ponderosa pine with globs of sap on the bark on the main trunk and an overall gray-green color that is starting to turn brown? Updated: October 17, 2011

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