# FIGHTING WESTERN PINE BEETLES

FIGHTING WESTERN PINE BEETLES Produced: 1919 Description Shows the activities of the Bureau of Entomology (Dept. of Agriculture) in eliminating the western pine beetle from the Sierra National Forest of California. The life cycle of the pine beetle is shown. Shows how the larvae, planted in the bark of trees, eventually kill the trees by girdling the bark. Infected trees are burned to prevent the spread of the pest. Includes shots of a forest fire. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7143

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1919
- By: National Archives
- Genres: Western, Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/33-167)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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