The natural honey is great but used with a spray called Halley it's deadly.The local pharmacy stock it.It will kill a swarm of midges in second
Regarding the mosquito,the female is the one that bites and she is attracted by carbon dioxide which is given off in the breath of people....and animals.
The black fly,as in the picture,is a different little b******d


http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2167.html