3-Minute Insect Essential #15 from the INSECT NEWS NETWORK

INDEPENDENCE AND INTERDEPENDENCE w/ Jenna McCasey – INN #15. To hear the full show, visit www.insectnewsnetwork.com and type in the number 15 - that's pound 15 in the search bar.

On this show I explore the ideas of Independence and Interdependence.

I know many people get excited about July 4th as the birth of our nation - but would you believe it our actual day of independence was supposed two days earlier.

Just picture the founding fathers, all coiffed up with their horsehair wigs in the sweaty heat of the Philly summer preparing to sign the Declaration on July 2- only to be invaded and tormented by the horseflies that arrived from a nearby farm. That bugged the signers and delayed our day of independence by 2 days.

Also I have an guest live in the studio artist and yoga practitioner Jenna McCasey from Davisland, who talks about some of the more esoteric connections to bugs, including the healing breathing techniques known as pranayama, also called bee breath.