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The City of Regina has started to strike up the band.
City crews started banding trees Monday in an effort to stop cankerworms. The campaign, which also involves homeowners, happens annually in April and May.
“Banding does not guarantee cankerworms will not be present, but greatly reduces their presence,” the city said in a media release. “Every banded tree helps reduce the need to spray for cankerworms.”
The city said residents can band trees on their property by wrapping a six-inch strip of insulation around the tree about one to two metres off the ground, covering the insulation with a plastic garbage bag and securing it with duct tape, and then covering the plastic with a sticking agent like axle grease, Tanglefoot or Stick-em.
The band should be removed in mid-May to keep the tree’s bark in good shape, the city added.
The city recommended that elm trees, Manitoba maples and fruit trees should be banded in both the spring and the fall to help reduce cankerworms.
More information on cankerworms can be found here.