http://backtothegrind.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/coffee-pests-the-coffee-bean-borer/ a day in the life of a coffee roaster Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:19:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://backtothegrind.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/coffee-pests-the-coffee-bean-borer/#comment-732 Hello! « Back to the Grind Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:36:38 +0000 http://backtothegrind.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/coffee-pests-the-coffee-bean-borer/#comment-732 [...] just that one sack, but it isn’t really a good sign. I guess this brings us back to the whole Pests and Diseases topic. I’ve done a little looking around and found a few pay-per-view articles from [...] [...] just that one sack, but it isn’t really a good sign. I guess this brings us back to the whole Pests and Diseases topic. I’ve done a little looking around and found a few pay-per-view articles from [...]

]]> http://backtothegrind.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/coffee-pests-the-coffee-bean-borer/#comment-566 BirdBarista Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:16:56 +0000 http://backtothegrind.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/coffee-pests-the-coffee-bean-borer/#comment-566 I've added a link to my post on common coffee pests (http://tinyurl.com/369xp2) with a link to this post. From what I understand, fighting broca with pesticides is very difficult -- they spend too much of their lives inside the cherry and the entrance holes are so small that killing them is nearly futile. I believe some chemicals can be used for prevention, but that hygiene (as you note) is also very effective. I have read a number of ecological studies on birds in shaded farms preying on insect pests, and wrote about an interesting study that found ants were more prevalent and fed on more broca in shaded farms in Colombia than sun farms (http://tinyurl.com/2odfbc). I’ve added a link to my post on common coffee pests (http://tinyurl.com/369xp2) with a link to this post. From what I understand, fighting broca with pesticides is very difficult — they spend too much of their lives inside the cherry and the entrance holes are so small that killing them is nearly futile. I believe some chemicals can be used for prevention, but that hygiene (as you note) is also very effective. I have read a number of ecological studies on birds in shaded farms preying on insect pests, and wrote about an interesting study that found ants were more prevalent and fed on more broca in shaded farms in Colombia than sun farms (http://tinyurl.com/2odfbc).

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