Millions of bees in South Carolina were quietly exterminated over the Christmas holidays as part of a Zika virus pesticide spraying campaign. Farmers reported seeing millions of dead worker bees littering their farms, noting that the pattern of deaths matched acute pesticide poisoning. Blacklistednews.com reports: By one estimate, at a single Bee Farm in Summerville, 46 hives died on the spot, totaling around 2.5 million bees. Walking through the farm, one Summerville woman stated it was “like visiting a cemetery, pure sadness.” A Clemson University scientist collected soil samples from Flowertown on Tuesday, according to WCBD-TV. The bee farmers have a clear opinion. 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.” Trucks trailing pesticide clouds are not an unusual sight in S.C. This is thanks to a mosquito-control program that includes destroying the [...]
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