Pine Beetles Are Toast
Well, I heard the pine beetles were in decline. This unreal cold snap will sure smash them some more. Good riddance!
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Good news. Where at? Hopefully into BC also.
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Would be nice, but… This isn’t the first time it is cold out.
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What is key for a beetle kill is that it was mild weather before the cold snap. And it was.
The beetles did not acclimatize before the deep freeze so that will be the end of the beetles within 72 hours at - 40 C. Ag Canada did this research back in the beginning in 2006 when the beetles started to expand rapidly. The bodies literally pop. In the mean time, thousands of acres of timber had to be salvage logged to stop the fire hazard from all the dead pine trees. Wood was good but had a blue trace on the wood from the fungus in the wood. But the crash in lumber prices in 2009 was multiplied by the excess pine that had to be cut at that time. A $48 2 x 12 x 16 footer in 2007 - 2008 sold for $16.05 in 2009. Drewski |
And the blue-stained pine was sold as ‘denim pine’ ! Good marketing!!!
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It sure burns good
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Has there been any update on these little buggers? Did they survive that cold snap?
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Beetles have killed a bunch of Douglas fir trees on my friend's ranch near Clinton BC. I hope the cold got them as well.
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They didn't go anywhere. They may have been knocked back a small amount but they will recover. Not cold enough for long enough.
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