{"id":7739,"key":"Pest_control","title":"Pest control","latest":{"id":1223336,"timestamp":"2026-01-08T22:25:26Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Pieces of Buckley- Pest Management (4347030).jpeg|thumb]]\n\nPest control is a matter of human [[health]] and comfort ([[mosquito control]], [[bedbugs, fleas and lice]], [[control and treatment of bedbugs]], [[control of head lice]]). A \"pest\" is any insect, rodent, or [[wildlife]] that is considered undesirable because they either invade people's homes or [[businesses]], causing damage or heightening the risk of communicating a disease or illness. So [https://bestpestcontrolco.com/ pest control services] would be the process of managing (by using deterrents or repellents) or removing [[pests]] from the house or place of business.\n\nIt is also an important aspect of [[agriculture]]: [[Integrated Pest Management]], questions of [[organic farming versus conventional farming]], and novel methods such as [[bee fences]] to deter elephants.\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| description = Eco pest control protects plants and people. Appropedia lists sustainable methods for managing insects in homes and farms naturally.\n}}\n\n[[Category:Public health]]\n[[Category:Agriculture]]"}