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US beekeepers fear for livelihoods as anti-Zika toxin kills 2.5m bees [1]

Huddled around their hives, beekeepers around the south-eastern US fear a new threat to their livelihood: a fine mist beaded with neurotoxin, sprayed from the sky by officials at war with mosquitos

Publication Date: 
05/09/2016
Guardian (UK) [2]
Tags:
Pesticides And Toxins [3], Zika Virus [4], Honey Bees [5], United States Of America (US) [6], Vector Borne Diseases [7]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/guardian-uk
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides-and-toxins
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/zika-virus
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/honey-bees
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vector-borne-diseases