XPost: alt.fan.states.south-carolina, sci.environment, rec.food.cooking
On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 20:36:42 +0000 (UTC), Leroy N. Soetoro <
[email protected]> wrote:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/millions-of-honeybees-in-south-carolina- become-collateral-damage-in-fight-against-zika/
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. -- There's been some collateral damage in the fight
against Zika -- millions of honeybees in South Carolina.
News outlets report that Dorchester County officials have apologized for killing the bees when the county failed to notify local beekeepers about mosquito spraying last weekend.
Not just South Carolina. It seems the "Better living
through toxins", motto is applied widely.
Spraying a neurotoxin from the air to kill everything in
its path - What a brilliant idea.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/04/zika-mosquito-neurotoxin-kills-bees-livelihoods-beekeepers
https://tinyurl.com/hlgg39p
+ Even the mosquitos targeted “quickly bounce back”, she said.
+ Healy recommended a multi-pronged approach: aerial and ground
+ sprays along with removal of the trash cans, bird feeders and
+ other containers where water pools and mosquitos breed.
+
+ Aerial sprays threaten other pollinators. Dennis Olle, director
+ of conservation programs for the North American Butterfly
+ Association, noted the effect of chaotic ocean winds near his
+ office in Miami. “It’s aerial bombing without any sense of being
+ able to lay the chemical down on the target,” he said.
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"Turns out I'm really good at killing people," Obama said quietly,
"Didn't know that was gonna be a strong suit of mine." Double Down:
Game Change 2012
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