| Show t 31—Thfl HeraM r Jeered Lagan y- Utah Thursday December f -j it r r r rr f W 1 1977 Hie scourge of the alfalfa leafcutting bee the checkered flower beetle whoae voracious dietary habita have coat alfalfa aeed growers miDlooi of dollan annually facea lethal thankato a entomologist of Research Service (ARS)T ARS entomologist Harry G Davis Yakima WairiL eloped an attractant-balte- d trap that capturea and kills adult checkered flower beetles who threaten leaf cutting bee larvae without harming the bees The trap la a relatively simple structure that la easy to maintain Alfalfa must be wild bee pollinated to produce aeei and leafcutting bees are one of the beat and moat widely used alfalfa pollinators Checkered flower Flower beetle killer lTAgriraltoS of leafcutter bees faces a deadly trap Laat year alfalfa seed growera In Washington alone mt fe million becauae of checkered flower beetle damage to bee larvae The beetlea are alao posing aerioua problema far growera in Idaho Utah had to hire persons to atand all day and slap the beetles off of bee abetters More than 80000 beetles were captured In fields where Davis teatad his traps this put summer At one abetter he collected a total of 30000 beetlu Including 11000 females capable of producing enough larvu to consume million bees Davis expects two to four traps to ba sufficient to control the beetlu at a typical leaf cutting bu shelter and that the attractant polyethylene container At the bottom of the eon la placed an Insecticide vapor strip over which la fitted a large funncL Holes are mads around tno mouth of the container then skirted by a collar that permits beetles to enter the trap but keeps bou out talner the container is capped and a rubber aaptum or stopper Impregnated with a sweet emailing beetle lure discovered by Dr Davis is inserted trough a center hole In the cap The trap is placed In a wire bail and secured to a portioned outside of the bu shelter Beetlea (both male and female) enter the trap through the openings under the collar slide down the funnel i are killed by the insecticide strip A pest management firm plans to manufacture Davis' traps commercially next yew to determine checkered flower beetle populations levels in several areas alfalfa g Farm share of food dollar drops this year give the practical gift samonsf® andf samonsf® serves saves By Bernard Breaaer UPI farm editor ' WASHINGTON (UPI) fanner's share of the consumer food dollar which hu been declining steadily since 1973 is heading down again this year and may (hop to a new record low within a few more years — The An TAKE THE CHILL OFF THIS WINTER - WITH THE HELP OF THESE : Agriculture wood basket food Department economics specialist Badger said Henry last week that while final estimates are not yet available it appears likely that the farm share will drop from 40 cents of the food dollar in 1978 to between 31 and 99 cents this yew In 1978 Badger said water heater Store that convenient supply of wood close at hand 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