Collateral Damage: Bees die in South Carolina Zika spraying

in collateraldamage •  8 years ago 

There's been some collateral damage in the fight against Zika - millions of honeybees in South Carolina.

News outlets report that Dorchester County officials have apologized for killing the bees when the county failed to notify local beekeepers about mosquito spraying last weekend.

Four travel-related cases of the Zika virus have been confirmed in the county northwest of Charleston. Aerial mosquito spraying operations were conducted Sunday morning.

Flowertown Bee Farm and Supply in Summerville lost more than two million bees,. Company co-owner Juanita Stanley says the farm "looks like it's been nuked." Andrew Macke, a hobby beekeeper, says he lost thousands of bees.

The county usually notifies beekeepers before it sprays for mosquitoes. Officials say Sunday was the first time spraying had been done from the air.

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i could list dozens of scientists and hundreds of published pier reviewed scientific papers but, i and others have refuted the need for this spraying every time it appears. here is a start: https://steemit.com/zika/@farmwars/the-glyphosate-zika-connection#@farmwars/re-lifeworship-re-farmwars-the-glyphosate-zika-connection-20160829t073429229z i would pay particular attention to the names Anthony Samsel and Stephanie Seneff. further information can be found by searching for Don Huber, Thierry Vrain, Nancy Swanson, and many of their colleagues. even some of the pesticides being sprayed are more likely to cause the problems being blamed on zika. look up organophosphates and birth defects.