Environment
Air Date: Week of March 8, 2013 stream / download this segment as an MP3 file
Fracking on Amish Land
The honey and the ivy: Why gardeners' foe is the bees' friend
07:28, Biology/Plants & Animals Honey bee on ivy flowers. Ivy, often maligned as a garden pest, is vital to honey bees and other pollinators seeking food in autumn, new research from the University of Sussex reveals.(NaturalNews) In an effort to help eradicate dengue fever and the mosquitos that spread it, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) is seeking federal and state approval to release hundreds of thousands of genetically-modified (GM) mosquitos designed to kill off the natural Aedes aegypti variety of the fly throughout Key West, Florida. The agency, which already routinely performs aerial sprayings of the area with anti-mosquito chemicals, believes it will save money in the long run by releasing the GM mosquitos.
