(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

Flowers bloom in the Spring, but another creature begins to blossom as well…and it’s not looked forward to in the same light.

That creature is the mosquito, the pest-y bug known for being the main transporter of West Nile Virus. The Beaver County Conservation District has a Mosquito Vector Disease Program that studies the insect for its disease transmission, and the Program is hosting a Tire Collection Event on Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2. The event will be held at the Conservation District headquarters located at 156 Cowpath Road in Aliquippa.

Phoebe Prince and Heather Humbert from the BCCD joined Matt Drzik on the March 30 edition of A.M. Beaver County to talk about the Tire Collection Event, which is designed for Beaver County residents to help themselves ditch the old tires in lieu of mosquito breeding season. Prince, the BCCD’s West Nile Technician, said that water buildup in any capacity on your property can become a “hot spot” for mosquitoes to lay hundreds of eggs to hatch within weeks. She and Humbert–the BCCD’s Environmental Educator–spoke about the many ways in which humans can prepare themselves for repelling and preventing mosquitoes in their lives, and the good products that will be converted from the tires donated to the BCCD.

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