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January 13, 2014

THE UPSIDE OF THE BITTER COLD: IT KILLS BUGS THAT KILL TREES

January 13, 2014/ RuralLife.ca

Source: NPR

While many of us may prefer to never again see temperatures drop below zero(F) like they did earlier this week across the country, the deep freeze is putting warm smiles on the faces of many entomologists. That’s because it may have been cold enough in some areas to freeze and kill some damaging invasive species of insects, including the tree-killing Emerald ash borer... (read more)