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Millions of Honeybees Killed After South Carolina Mosquito Spraying To Prevent Spread of Zika Virus. Millions of honeybees were killed in South Carolina this week after aerial spraying to kill mosquitoes known to carry the Zika virus took out the bees as well.Juanita Stanley, the co-owner of Flowerton Bee Farm & Supplies in Summerville, South Carolina, told the Washington Post that she noticed something was amiss when she went to check on her bees and was met with silence. None of the bees in her 46 hives survived the spraying, Stanley said. It not only killed millions of bees, it ended her livelihood.Stanley said she and other beekeepers in Dorchester, South Carolina, are trying to come to grips with the loss after authorities sprayed Trumpet, which contains the pesticide naled, from a plane.Continued: http://www.inquisitr.com/3477304/millions-of-honeybees-killed-after-south-carolina-mosquito-spraying-to-prevent-zika-virus/
US beekeepers fear for livelihoods as anti-Zika toxin kills 2.5m bees
Screw the cost of honey, it's the crop pollination that we should be concerned with.