(task) Millions of Bees Killed in South Carolina During Mosquito Spraying to Combat Zika | TIME

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> Millions of Bees Killed in South Carolina During Mosquito Spraying
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> Millions of honeybees have died <http://bigstory.ap.org/article/dd22243f1e2e4d14a3e86711904d9294/collateral-damage-bees-die-south-carolina-zika-spraying> in South Carolina during aerial mosquito spraying operations that were carried out to combat the Zika <http://time.com/4472434/zika-can-also-cause-hearing-loss-study/> virus.
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> The mosquito spraying over the weekend left more than 2 millions bees dead on the spot in Dorchester County, S.C., where four travel-related cases of Zika <http://time.com/4476376/florida-finds-zika-mosquitoes/> have been confirmed in the area, according to the Associated Press.
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> Most of the casualties came from Flowertown Bee Farm and Supply, a company in Summerville that sells honeybee hives. Juanita Stanley, who co-owns the company, said the farm “looks like it’s been nuked,” the AP reports. The farm lost 46 hives, which had about 2.5 million bees, according to the Washington Post <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/09/01/like-its-been-nuked-millions-of-bees-dead-after-south-carolina-sprays-for-zika-mosquitoes/>.
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> Dorchester County officials apologized for the unintentional mass extermination, the Post and Courier <http://www.postandcourier.com/20160830/160839915/dorchester-county-apologizes-after-millions-of-honeybees-killed-by-mosquito-spraying> reports. “Dorchester County is aware that some beekeepers in the area that was sprayed on Sunday lost their beehives,” County Administrator Jason Ward said in a statement. “I am not pleased that so many bees were killed.”