TINY BEETLES - EXPEN$IVE TA$TE$ 

The 1990-92 Ambrosia Beetle Task Force (ABTF) carried out a detailed one-year survey of all the hembal and Douglas-fir logs transported from coastal logging divisions to determine where the greatest amount of ambrosia beetle degrade occurred throughout the system. In-depth sawmill studies showed that annual losses were in the order of $11 million a year. Larger diameter saw logs were degraded by as much as $80 per cubic metre.

The major findings of the ABTF were summarized in Tiny Beetles - Expen$ive Ta$te$, a logging division training video. Watch the video clips in Windows Media Player (.wmv format):

PART 1 - the beginning of the film provides an introduction and shows aspects of the biology of three of the major genera of ambrosia beetles found in B.C. (running time: 4:41 min). Large (3.04MB) - Broadband Small (1.80MB) - 56K Modem

PART 2 - the economic importance of the damage caused by the beetles (running time: 4:28 min). Large (9.68MB) - Broadband Small (1.71MB) - 56K Modem

Download Windows Media Player here.

The entire video is available from the Media Group at the University of British Columbia, who can be contacted by email at mediatv@interchange.ubc.ca, or by phone at 604-822-5545.