Tonight the Nicola Naturalists have invited the local bylaw officer to speak.  Bob Davis was an instructor at the local college in another life and now operates an organic garden on his property on highway 8 to Spence’s Bridge.

Bob has also been an auxiliary police officer and a official for taking tests for firearms licences.

Bob will be speaking on mosquitoes and he has some experience in the West Nile virus concern of a few years ago. His presentation is entitled “What we don”t know about Mosquitoes.”

Update the presentation was in the comfort of the lecture theater and bob Davies presented his work as a biologist , mapping degree days for mosquito incubation in Canada. He also documented West Nile cases in a timeline apologised some to warmer weather. He subjectively suggested that West Nile is not a problem  on a large scales most  the greater percentage of people who get this type of encephalitis will have no symptoms and humans are a dead-end and cannot communicate the virus. Some deaths will occur for people disposed to it.

Bobs presentation was upbeat and informative al lot of information given and not all may have been heard in the sence of appreciation as he said that ht British Columbia government was stockpiling a know carcinogen for dealing with the WNV threat, he also said they had regulated away the consent need to apply it.

2012 has seen the end of funding for this research here, it remains to be seen were BoB will publish his works or if his funders have the copy right. He commented that he is indispensable to the research.

Bob Davis was announced as a biologist with 25 years experience and still has tenure At NVIT. Bob is a fisheries biologist by his admission.

7:00 PM room 0001 upstairs at NVIT .

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