December

• N.J. RESEARCHERS BREED BUGS TO TACKLE PESTS

• FRUIT FLY STUDY PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO BEE IMMUNE SYSTEM

• NEW ZEALAND SCIENTISTS BREED BEES RESISTANT TO VARROA MITES

November

October

• INTERCEPTION OF EMERALD ASH BORER (AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS) IN MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA AND WEST VIRGINIA

• EMERALD ASH BORER; QUARANTINED AREAS; MARYLAND

• EMERALD ASH BORER; AVAILABILITY OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT

September

• CHRYSANTHEMUM WHITE RUST (PUCCINIA HORIANA P. HENN) FOUND IN CONNECTICUT  

• DETECTION OF SIREX NOCTILLO FABRICIUS (SIREX WOODWASP) IN LAMOILLE COUNTY, VERMONT, UNITED STATES 

August

• EMERALD ASH BORER; ADDITIONS TO QUARANTINED AREAS 

• ASIAN LONGHORNED BEETLE; ADDITIONS TO QUARANTINED AREAS IN NEW YORK 

July

• EMERALD ASH BORER (AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS) IN PENNSYLVANIA

• ASIAN LONGHORNED BEETLE; REMOVAL OF QUARANTINED AREA IN ILLINOIS

June

• SEN. CASEY REQUESTS IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO FIGHT EMERALD ASH BORER

• DISAPPEARING HONEY BEES THREATEN INDUSTRY

• INVASIVE WILD PARSNIP SPREADING ALONG ROADWAYS

• EXPERTS SEEK BORER RELIEF; CHINESE WASP MAY BE THE KEY TO CONTROLLING THE TREE-KILLING PEST

• HAVE YOU HEARD THE BUZZ?; HONEYBEES ARE DISAPPEARING, AND SOME CROPS COULD BE AFFECTED

• ASH BORER FIGHT ADDS WASPS; U.S. WANTS TO UNLEASH ASIAN BEETLE'S PARASITIC PREDATOR TO SAVE TREES

• SUDDENLY, THE BEES ARE SIMPLY VANISHING; SCIENTISTS ARE AT A LOSS TO PINPOINT THE CAUSE.

• USDA RULE ON EMERALD ASH BORER SENT TO SENATE

• HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT WITH THE EMERALD ASH BORER IN MICHIGAN

• EMERALD ASH BORER; QUARANTINED AREAS; MARYLAND

• IMPORTATION OF EMERALD ASH BORER HOST MATERIAL FROM CANADA

May

• MICHIGAN CITY TRIES TO OVERCOME ASH BORER WITH EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT [The Detroit News]

• USDA ASKS PUBLIC HELP IN SAVING TREES FROM ASIAN BEETLE [AP]

• USDA OFFICIAL SAYS HONEYBEE LOSS IS “BIGGEST THREAT” TO FOOD SUPPLY [AP]

• USDA OFFICIALS SAY ASH BORER COULD SPREAD ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL U.S. [AP]

• USDA Treats New York and New Jersey Trees Against Asian Longhorned Beetle

• USDA Issues Federal Order To Halt Spread of Light Brown Apple Moth

April

• VANISHING BEES STUMP SCIENTISTS, THREATEN AGRICULTURE [Des Moines Register]

• HOME IMPROVEMENT STORE DENIES DELAYING FIREWOOD REMOVAL [AP]

• EMERALD ASH BORER TURNS UP IN SKOKIE, ILLINOIS [Chicago Tribune]

• BEES VANISH, SCIENTISTS RACE FOR REASONS. [New York Times]

• BEE MYSTERY POSES THREAT [Denver Post]

• SCIENTISTS SCRAMBLE FOR REASONS AS BEES VANISH [N.Y. Times]

• PINE-KILLING WASP SPREADS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK [AP]

• ASH BORER FIGHT MAY TRIP OVER DISPOSAL ISSUE. [Chicago Tribune]

• MARCH OF THE BUG PROMPTS A CALL TO ARMS [New York Times]

• ASH TREES AT RISK IN MIDWEST [McClatchy-Tribune Business Services]

• ASH BORER LEADS TO PARKS LIMITING FIREWOOD [Akron Beacon Journal]

March

• USDA Confirms Light Brown Apple Moth In California

• Asian Longhorned Beetle Infested Trees Found On Uninhabited New York Island Off Staten Island

• UPDATE ON THE REGULATED AREAS WITHIN NEW YORK STATE FOR SWEDE MIDGE - UNITED STATES

February

• OHIO LAUNCHES EMERALD ASH BORER WEB SITE

• UPDATE ON THE ASIAN LONG-HORNED BEETLE (Anoplophora glabripennis) - CANADA