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Watch: How tiny, tiny wasps help a YK greenhouse

Leslie Creed examines a vial of parasitic wasps inside her Yellowknife greenhouse

For weeks, our regular Thursday morning guest host Leslie has been waiting for her wasps to arrive in the mail.

At last, the wasps came this week. We went to Leslie’s greenhouse to see the wasps unleashed into their new home for the first time… and discover the grisly way they keep Leslie’s plants safe from pests.