Five Common Diseases Spread by Ticks Ticks are second only to mosquitoes world-wide, in their ability to carry and spread disease.
Over-Wintering Habits of Insects It is not the cold but the freezing/thawing processes that usually causes insect death. This explains how they avoid that process.
Demolition of the old hospital"...life comes from the people, and the activity, and the love that makes this business so much more than a building."