Millions Of Honeybees Dead In South Carolina Town After Zika Pesticide Spraying

‘I just couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that we spray poison from the sky,’ one beekeeper said.

Nika Knight
By Nika Knight
A single local beekeeper lost 46 hives, or 2.5 million bees. (Photo: Flowertown Bee Farm and Supplies/Facebook)

Millions of honeybees are dead in Dorchester County, South Carolina, as a result of spraying the area with the controversial pesticide naled on Sunday afternoon, which local officials did in an effort to combat Zika-spreading mosquitoes. "The pattern [of death] matched acute pesticide poisoning," the Washington Post reports. [...] if that much

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Honeybee Collapse Linked To Pesticides Despite Industry Denial, Studies Show

The economic impact of honey bees exceeds $40 billion per annum — not including the revenue drawn from actual honey sales.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

Last winter, nearly 31.1 percent of the nation’s honey bee colonies were wiped out, or about 800,000 colonies in total. Depending on the beekeeper and the area, losses could range from a modest 15 percent to an astronomical 75 percent -- a phenomenon known as “colony collapse disorder.” Honeybees are the chief pollinators for the U.S. agricultural

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