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Companies try to take sting out of garden pestsWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 11:03PMYou may need to be logged in to see stories listed here that are in our archives. You hear all kinds of home-made solutions to garden pest problems over the years.

Hornet’s nestMonday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:56PMA phone call from a reader resulted in this photo of a bald-faced hornet’s nest attached to the siding under the eaves of their home.

Beware the stingTuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 9:03AMSHREWSBURY - Linda Brennan, mother of Carolyn, 10, and Patrick, 12, peer out of their sunroom window on Wheelock Street at a large bald-faced hornet's nest attached to an outside railing. The nest has been growing all summer, providing a daily lesson in entomology. So far, the hornets have not stung anyone.

A stinging proposition: bald-faced hornetsThursday, August 12, 2010 @ 8:35AMA few days ago, a friend called to tell me that there was a nest-like object in a nearby tree behind the house. I went to visit, and there was indeed a basketball-sized object in a hemlock tree. The gray oval shape betrayed the fact that it was a wasp nest.

Buzzing QuestionsThursday, July 15, 2010 @ 11:01AMI have a question for Jim Weidert on scientific nomenclature for what appears to be actually three species of yellowjackets or wasps (“The Hornet Whisperers,” July 8).

Rootstock branches can overtake rosesFriday, June 25, 2010 @ 1:46PMQ: I think I have a miracle rose. For some years it has bloomed a lovely creamy white. This year, there are also red roses on my plant. Why would this be happening? A: If you consider the grafting of one plant onto another a miracle, then you've got one. In... Garden - Plant - Grafting - Rootstock - Rose

Jimmy Kimmel's webcam show is no hi-def affairThursday, June 24, 2010 @ 9:07AMNEW YORK — The picture was fuzzy. The sound was tinny. "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" was less like a broadcast than a webcast. No wonder.

Jimmy Kimmel's webcam show is no hi-def affairThursday, June 24, 2010 @ 1:23AM"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" airing Tuesday was less like a broadcast than a webcast. When faced with a power outage in the control room right before show time, the resourceful TV host recorded his talk show on his laptop computer.

Jimmy Kimmel’s webcam show is no hi-def affairWednesday, June 23, 2010 @ 11:29AMPublished: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 10:41 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 10:41 a.m. NEW YORK — The picture was fuzzy. The sound was tinny. “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was less like a broadcast than a webcast.