SHIJIAZHUANG – Forestry authorities in North China’s city of Baoding released 600 million bees this month to kill off American white moths, which have plagued large areas of crops and forests.
White moth infestations have been detected on 20,000 hectares of farmland and forests in the city so far this year, said Duo Jianguo, head of the Baoding forest epidemic prevention station on Monday.
He said that this year marks the fifth year in a row that authorities have used bees to kill the moths, as they are an effective and environmentally friendly form of pest control.
The bees use their stingers to bore into white moths’ pupa and kill their larvae.
As the bees kill the American white moths, China’s first aircraft carrier heads to the sea:
BEIJING—China’s first aircraft carrier began sea trials Wednesday, marking a milestone in the country’s rapid military modernization and long-term strategy to challenge U.S. military supremacy in Asia and project power far beyond Chinese shores.
The 300-meter-long carrier, based on an empty hull bought from Ukraine, sounded its horn three times as it ploughed through the morning fog around Dalian and headed out to sea, according to one witness writing on the military microblog of the state-run Xinhua news agency.
The carrier, featuring its original ski-jump runway to launch fighters and a new engine and radar equipment, has been undergoing refurbishment for the past decade in the northeastern port.
Yes, it’s a refurbished carrier. But it’s a start, a serious start.
Correction: they are not bees, but rather wasps of the Tetrastichus genus.