Dear Jamie: Stopping insects before they enter your house is always better than trying to treat an infestation once it is established. Insects can cause direct structural damage or increase the wood’s ...

Q:I am a homeowner in San Francisco with a 100-plus-year-old Victorian. I've had some major renovations done on the house and am almost finished but have a wood beetle problem that needs to be taken ...

People have been trying for ages to get rid of termites, those hardy, hungry, wood-destroying insects that cause as much as $1 billion a year in property damage in Florida alone. Now some Central ...