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Pests. See DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS....
Bees
Bees, includes at any stage in their life cycle, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, 4th Edn., Para 529, p. 428.These are fer' natur' and the property in them is ratione soli; but a person retains the ownership in a swarm which flies from his land so long as he can keep them in sight and has the power to pursue them, even though the pursuit involve a trespass. If they take refuge on the land of another and he in due course reclaims them, then that person obtains a property in them propter industriam. See 2 Bl. Com. 392. The negligent keeping of bees in unreasonable numbers, at an unreasonable place, and with appreciable danger will render their owner liable for damage which they may cause, O'Gorman v. O'Gorman (1903) 2 IR 573. As to the bee pest in Ireland, see (English) Bee Pest Prevention (Ireland) Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 34)....
Destructive insects
Destructive insects. In order to prevent the introduction and spread of any insect, fungus, or other pest destructive to agricultural or horticultural crops, the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries may, by virtue of the Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1907, make orders and exercise powers similar to those given by the (English) Destructive Insects Act, 1877. The (English) Forestry Act, 1919, transfers these powers to the Forestry Commissioners in so far as they relate to timber and forest trees. See COLORADO BEETLE....
Disease (poultry)
Disease (poultry), means fowl pest in any of its form (including Newcastle disease and fowl plague) fowl cholera, infectious bronchitis, infectious laryngotra cheitis, pullorum disease, fowl typhoid, fowl pox and fowl paralysis; but the ministers may be order extend the definition to include other bird diseases or restrict it so as to exclude any of the foregoing diseases expert fowl pest in any of its forms, Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para 517, p. 286....
Disinfectant and pesticide
Disinfectant and pesticide, 'disinfectant' is defined in webster Comprehensive Dictionary 'as a substance used to disinfect' or to destroy the germs of infectious and contagious diseases. In the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English, 'disinfectant' is defined as 'a commercially produced chemical liquid that destroys germs', pesticide' has been defined in Butterworths Medical Dictionary, Second Edition, as 'a comprehensive word to include substances that will kill any form of pest, e.g., insects, rodents and bacteria'. It includes a large variety of compounds of diverse chemical nature and biological activity grouped together usually on the basis of what pests they are used to destroy or eliminate, Bombay Chemical v. C.C.E. (P.) Ltd., 1995 Supp (2) SCC 646: AIR 1995 SC 1469 (1471). [Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944, s. 5A, Item 68]...
Chlamydomonas
the type genus of the Chlamydomonadaceae they are solitary biflagellated plantlike algae common in fresh water and damp soil They multiply freely and are often a pest around filtration plants...
Echidnophaga
a genus of fleas including the stick tight flea Echidnophaga gallinacea which is a serious pest in subtropical America infesting poultry and frequently attacking man and domestic animals...
gelechiid
a small slender winged moth whose larvae are agricultural pests...
Gelechiidae
A family of moths which include important economic pests feeding on the seeds of the cotton boll...
mealybug
Any of several homopteran scale insects as Coccus adonidum and related species of the families Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae that cover themselves with a white powderlike or cottony wax secretion They are common plant eating pests in hothouses and are also destructive of fruit trees...
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