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Re: Mosquito Spraying In Eastern Virginia Starts Elixer of Death
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Tim Arheit <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 8 Oct 2003 08:29:15 -0400
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At 02:07 AM 10/8/03, you wrote:
>  Why would they want to poison all
>to try and stop west nile?

Spraying won't stop west nile.  It is here to stay.

More interestingly even though we have had one of the wettest summers here
in Ohio and the mosquitos are as thick as I have ever seen, cases of west
nile virus are down compared to last year, which was very dry with very few
mosquitos.  Officials here are saying it's because the large mosquito
population has spread out the disease reducing the chance of getting bit by
an infected mosquito.  From this I would expect that spraying would just
make west nile worse, not to mention kill other valuable insects.

-Tim

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