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    From Julian Macassey@21:1/5 to Leroy N. Soetoro on Fri Sep 2 04:30:52 2016
    XPost: sci.environment, rec.food.cooking

    On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 20:36:42 +0000 (UTC), Leroy N. Soetoro <leroysoetoro@usurper.org> 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.

    It seems they sprayed Naled. This insecticide kills
    winged insects. That would include bees.

    Naled is toxic to humans too.

    Nice job Dorchester County.


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  • From Je▀us@21:1/5 to julian@tele.com on Sat Sep 3 06:43:07 2016
    XPost: sci.environment, rec.food.cooking

    On Fri, 2 Sep 2016 04:30:52 -0000 (UTC), Julian Macassey
    <julian@tele.com> wrote:

    On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 20:36:42 +0000 (UTC), Leroy N. Soetoro <leroysoetoro@usurper.org> 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.

    It seems they sprayed Naled. This insecticide kills
    winged insects. That would include bees.

    Naled is toxic to humans too.

    Nice job Dorchester County.


    But they 'apologized'. So it's cool.

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  • From Julian Macassey@21:1/5 to Leroy N. Soetoro on Sun Sep 4 16:38:08 2016
    XPost: alt.fan.states.south-carolina, sci.environment, rec.food.cooking

    On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 20:36:42 +0000 (UTC), Leroy N. Soetoro <leroysoetoro@usurper.org> 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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