 Louisiana Radio Network, I'm Jeff Palermo. Due to the state's infestation of bark beetles and pine trees, the House Emergency Beetle Subcommittee is meeting at the Capitol today. You can't spray these bugs. Representative Mike Johnson says the drought made pine trees more susceptible and the only way to stop them is to cut around 150 feet around an infested tree. They move from treetop to treetop and within a short amount of time can kill a large number and have killed a large number of pine trees.