...intensive training, which includes classes on topics as bee-keeping, livestock management and food preservation, said Mac Horton, head of Clemson University's Sandhill Research and Education Center northeast of Columbia."Due to the years of...

...weight and lays fewer eggs. "Using natural means to control fire ants restores balance to the environment," said Mac Horton, a Clemson entomologist. "Fire ants are having as harsh an impact on the environment as anything man can do." Reach...

...state grant to introduce a naturally occurring disease into the South American fire ant colonies. Clemson entomologist Mac Horton said the method could take the sting out of the pesky fire ant and lessen its impact on the environment and on other...