THE BENEFITS OF BIRDS- PEST CONTROL

 

 THE BENEFITS OF BIRDS- PEST CONTROL



Every year trees are attacked by billions of insects! 

Scientists tell us that birds eat arPEST CONTROL-COFFEE BORER AND BIRDS

Coffee berry borers are tiny insects that spend their entire life cycle inside coffee beans in Jamaican coffee plantations.                                                                                                               Coffee farmers may lose 20% of their crops due to this infestation.                                                                            Luckily,  the black-throated blue warblers will feast on borers.It has been  calculated the birds’ pest-control value at $125 per acre.

To protect and enhance the food sources and habitats of the warblers the Jamaican forestry officials plan  to plant indigenous shade trees like mahogany and almond trees.



ound 500 million of tons of insects including 15 million larva every year!

These larvae could potentially destroy countless acres of crops around the world. 

Farmers have discovered if they plant fruit orchards near woodlots, the birds  from the woodlot  will  devour  most  of the insects ready to attack the fruit on the trees!

PEST CONTROL-COFFEE BORER AND BIRDS

Coffee berry borers are tiny insects that spend their entire life cycle inside coffee beans in Jamaican coffee plantations.                                                                                                           

 Coffee farmers may lose 20% of their crops due to this infestation.                 Luckily,  the black-throated blue warblers will feast on borers.

It has been  calculated the birds’ pest-control value at $125 per acre.

To protect and enhance the food sources and habitats of the warblers the Jamaican forestry officials plan  to plant indigenous shade trees like mahogany and almond trees.










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