Millions of bees dead after South Carolina sprays for Zika mosquitoes
 

On Sunday morning, the South Carolina honey bees began to die in massive numbers.

Death came suddenly to Dorchester County, S.C. Stressed insects tried to flee their nests, only to surrender in little clumps at hive entrances. The dead worker bees littering the farms suggested that colony collapse disorder was not the culprit ? in that odd phenomenon, workers vanish as though raptured, leaving a living queen and young bees behind.

Instead, the dead heaps signaled the killer was less mysterious, but no less devastating. The pattern matched acute pesticide poisoning. By one estimate, at a single apiary ? Flowertown Bee Farm and Supply, in Summerville ? 46 hives died on the spot, totaling about 2.5 million bees.

Walking through the farm, one Summerville woman wrote on Facebook, was ?like visiting a cemetery, pure sadness.?

A Clemson University scientist collected soil samples from Flowertown on Tuesday, according to WCBD-TV, to further investigate the cause of death. But to the bee farmers, the reason is already clear. Their bees had been poisoned by Dorchester?s own insecticide efforts, casualties in the war on disease-carrying mosquitoes.

On Sunday morning, parts of Dorchester County were sprayed with Naled, a common insecticide that kills mosquitoes on contact. The United States began using Naled in 1959, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, which notes that the chemical dissipates so quickly it is not a hazard to people. That said, human exposure to Naled during spraying ?should not occur.?

In parts of South Carolina, trucks trailing pesticide clouds are not an unusual sight, thanks to a mosquito-control program that also includes destroying larvae. Given the current concerns of West Nile virus and Zika ? there are several dozen cases of travel-related Zika in South Carolina, though the state health department reports no one has yet acquired the disease from a local mosquito bite ? Dorchester decided to try something different Sunday.

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that sucks... if bees die out, everyone dies

That's fine...it is only a matter of time and the sooner the better...the planet needs to get rid of us :thumbsup

That Zika virus is no joke. Its too bad the bees have to pay the price for it though. Its bad news for the long term

Well Hell, Killing Bees Is A HUge Benefit..!

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Great, as if the price of honey wasn't sky-high already.

Government always knows best:thumbsup:thumbsup

Fucking idiots :mad:

yes bees are part of our eco system, but for the cause to kill the mozzis. Sad story, now hoping they change their sprays to be able to rid devils creations without harming Gods :2 cents:

Goodbye everyone.

God save the bees!

Will be interesting to see the yields of crops that need to bee pollinated

yup :1orglaugh

destructive morons

Not when the govt is run by idiots which is usually the case in southern states.. The "we don't like science type good ole boys"... are the types which do stupid shit like this..

I just wanted to say... awesome avatard! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Un fucking real.

A totally predicted type of response from you.

Can always count on you to show your intelligence when posting about Southerners, because you are so much better than them.

A totally predicted type of response from you.

Can always count on you to show your hate when responding to people who you disagree with, because you are so much better than them.

Don't be so bitter, when you know deep down inside, what I said was true..

well that sucks

Death and bees - looks like it should have been posted by local bee keeper and death thread copy paster.

If you heard the warnings months ago about Zika, than there must be thousands of babies in countries like Surinam and Brazil with small heads. But there aren't... I think it is like the Mexican Flu, more people die because of the vaccin than from the disease.

LoL that's actually a good look for him..:1orglaugh

Turns out they added pesticide to the drinking water in the problem areas 9 months before the birth defects appeared, the Zika story is to cover this up and also to use as a new cash cow

I agree. Fancy that.

what do you think about him in his woman makeup?

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awww our new American President, considering she's the only woman to have ever won the presidential nomination of a major party, why not see the UK and USA with women in charge :2 cents:

... because having someone in charge solely because of his or her gender is the dumbest reason ever? So now we know you actually vote for the gender of a person instead of his/her views. Pretty idiotic. Like the people who voted for Obama just because of his skin color. A vote solely based on the race or gender of a person... Can't get any more racist or sexist than that.

It seems he is.

When you're average GFYer knows it was a stupid thing to do. Anyone who does it, is a fucking moron.

Please learn the difference between "you're" and "your" - m'kay? Thx!

Poor world :Oh crap

Besides the grammar. We'll all assume I'm right?

when did I say vote for Hillary because of gender :1orglaugh

I said, it would also be interesting to have 2 women in charge of our countries for once. It's a conversation...

you really make this place so retarded, people feel they can't say opinions or facts :disgust

I'm not voting for Trump because he's a nut case, fact :2 cents:

I would never assume that about you.

i never said i or you would actually be voting. It's pretty obvious we can't vote. In my case a loss for the US, in your case a blessing for them.

Again, what does gender have to do with it?

Old man Markham has the senility