1.   Avoid spraying your plants with pesticides, grow plants that encourage beneficial insects such as carrots, parsley, parsnips and nettles.

2.   Pesticides kill off the beneficial insects as well as the destructive ones creating an imbalance in nature and wasting valuable assets.

3.   Special wildlife corridors of trees and shrubs have been planted between the orchards as a refuge for beneficial insects.

4.   And what might happen to beneficial insects and wildlife in the environment?

5.   Beneficial insects can be ordered from various garden catalogs.

6.   A section of the herb garden is planted with native species that attract beneficial insects.

7.   A useful appendix lists beneficial insects, the reason they make the good-guy list and their preferred habitat.

8.   But opponents raised fears that the technique might create mutant foods capable of causing allergies in humans, or harming beneficial insects and plants.

9.   Companion planting attracts beneficial insects and wards off pests.

10.   Encourage beneficial insects to help you eliminate unwanted insects.