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 ...

Bean leaf beetle is among the top five most-damaging invertebrate soybean pests, costing growers nearly 3.1 million bushels in 2023.¹ This pest is especially damaging early in the season and can cause ...

Between the last pass of the combine and the first field check of spring, soybean insects such as soybean aphid and bean leaf beetle are quietly positioning themselves for a comeback. What you do in ...

Q: Something is chewing my lima bean leaves. What should I look for, and how do I treat it? A: It’s probably Mexican bean beetles, which feed on all types of bean plants and can have between one and ...

Bean leaf beetles have been a common pest found in south central and southwestern Minnesota. This year the beetle was also found in southeastern Minnesota, but at lower densities. The bean leaf beetle ...

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 ...

Lady beetles are widely considered a gardener’s friend. Sure, multi-colored Asian lady beetles can be a nuisance when they enter our homes during the fall. But they are all predatory, beneficial ...

Give your bean plants a boost and fight pests by using thoughtful plant pairings. Beans are among the easiest crops to produce in the home garden, performing well in traditional garden beds, raised ...

Now I’m not generally a betting gal, but I would bet that most of you reading this are unfamiliar with bean beetles. (Am I right?) Well, bean beetles, or more properly Callosobruchus maculates, get ...

An azuki bean beetle on an azuki bean. The white spots on either side of the bean are beetle eggs. Fukuoka, Japan—Researchers at Kyushu University have found that when azuki bean beetles infected with ...