Posted on 09/01/2016 3:20:13 PM PDT by SMGFan
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 some 2.5 million bees.
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Ouch - the gardens and fruit will take a hit on that!
At least they did not use that evil DDT.... /s
Stock up on honey now!!!!
OMG bees are so vital. Talk about overkill.
I just LOVE how the politicians and central planners, in their mania and striving to push an agenda or ideology, always wind up shooting of their foot (or usually, someone else’s)
The government is incompetent and destructive. Whatever they do, you can be sure it will be far worse than Zika.
From the article :
A Clemson University scientist collected soil samples from Flowertown on Tuesday, according to WCBD, 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‘s website, 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.”
Hmmm...
Starting to look like the DDT scandal. Millions upon Millions of people die from malaria while a few birds get to live.
Maybe a small bit of luck is that it is closer to harvest than pollinating time - there may be time for other swarms to fill in the space if the farmers and bee keepers actively try to attract them.
Your gubmint knows best and will always be there for you.
Well . . . maybe.
That was freakin’ stupid. They are not even exactly sure of Zika’s cause. Poor bees.
What could possibly go wrong?
Time to bring DDT back...
Leave it to the government.
Either keep the 3rd world out of America or sterilize it.
I’d say effing retards, but that would give retards a bad name.
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’
Ronald Reagan
Kind of like abortions or nazi showers?
Unbelievably stupid that nobody saw this as a possibility. We cannot live without bees.
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