Gates unleashes skeeters at technology conference

February 6, 2009 Gates unleashes skeeters at technology conference (AP)

William H. Gates III, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, participates at a plenary session of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/KEYSTONE/Alessandro Della Bella)

(AP) -- Bill Gates set a conference abuzz when he opened a jar of mosquitoes onstage to make a point about malaria prevention.

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