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09-01-2016, 10:00 PM
This is why millions of bees have died in South Carolina
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Millions of honey bees in South Carolina have died of pesticide poisoning after local officials used aerial mosquito spraying in the fight against the spread of the Zika virus.*
SEE ALSO: CDC advises pregnant women to avoid Miami Beach as Florida's Zika outbreak spreads (http://mashable.com/2016/08/19/florida-zika-outbreak-miami-beach/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Dorchester County officials have ack**wledged (http://www.summervillesc.gov/index.asp?SEC=8D74E391-3140-4CD2-AE82-5E36515F39E4&DE=D1C77D18-EE9A-4B88-BBD2-5D315DAC11AC&Type=B_PR) the killing of the bees in a press release and added that a **tice to beekeepers was sent out more than 24 hours before spraying. “I am **t pleased that so many bees were killed," County Administrator Jason Ward said (http://www.postandcourier.com/20160830/160839915/dorchester-county-apologizes-after-millions-of-honeybees-killed-by-mosquito-spraying).
However, local beekeepers told ABC (http://abcnews4.com/news/local/summerville-beekeeper-says-her-colony-was-wiped-out-by-insecticide-spray) they only had about ten hours to prepare for the spraying, which occurred on Sunday morning.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/01/bees-killed-south-carolina-zika-virus/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Millions of honey bees in South Carolina have died of pesticide poisoning after local officials used aerial mosquito spraying in the fight against the spread of the Zika virus.*
SEE ALSO: CDC advises pregnant women to avoid Miami Beach as Florida's Zika outbreak spreads (http://mashable.com/2016/08/19/florida-zika-outbreak-miami-beach/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Dorchester County officials have ack**wledged (http://www.summervillesc.gov/index.asp?SEC=8D74E391-3140-4CD2-AE82-5E36515F39E4&DE=D1C77D18-EE9A-4B88-BBD2-5D315DAC11AC&Type=B_PR) the killing of the bees in a press release and added that a **tice to beekeepers was sent out more than 24 hours before spraying. “I am **t pleased that so many bees were killed," County Administrator Jason Ward said (http://www.postandcourier.com/20160830/160839915/dorchester-county-apologizes-after-millions-of-honeybees-killed-by-mosquito-spraying).
However, local beekeepers told ABC (http://abcnews4.com/news/local/summerville-beekeeper-says-her-colony-was-wiped-out-by-insecticide-spray) they only had about ten hours to prepare for the spraying, which occurred on Sunday morning.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/01/bees-killed-south-carolina-zika-virus/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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