Professor Riegert examines the role played by insects in western Canada. He outlines efforts made by amanteurs and trained scientists to identify, study, and understand, and then to control and neurtralize the harmful effects of, a great array of insect pests.
From arsenic to DDT.
Beneficial insects-- British Columbia-- History.
Beneficial insects-- Canada, Western-- History.
Entomology-- British Columbia-- History.
Entomology-- Canada, Western-- History.
Insect pests-- Control-- British Columbia-- History.
Insect pests-- Control-- Canada, Western-- History.
Entomology-- history.
Insect Control-- history.
Insects-- history.
Entomology-- Canada, Western-- History.
Insect control-- Canada, Western-- History.
Insects, Injurious and beneficial-- Canada, Western-- History.
Entomologie-- Canada (Ouest)-- Histoire.
Insectes nuisibles et utiles-- Canada (Ouest)-- Histoire.
Insectes nuisibles, Lutte contre les-- Canada (Ouest)-- Histoire.