The videos are jaw dropping - upwards of 3 million bees were killed in South Carolina as exterminators try to get the Zika-carrying mosquito population under control.
While Zika-carrying mosquitoes have not been found in South Carolina, exterminators still sprayed.
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"One of the problems with bees is not just killing them when they are out in the field; it's when they get sprayed or they get into a pesticide and bring it back into the colony and then they feed their young that," said Matt Winstead.
Winstead owns Midwest Bee Removal. Instead of killing nuisance bee colonies that may take over a homeowner's backyard, Winstead relocates them to various locations across the metro. In return, they make him honey and pollinate crops.
Winstead is among the growing number of citizens concerned about what insecticides mean to pollinators like bees.
"Some of the most nutrient-rich food that we eat is pollinated by honeybees," he explained. "One-third of every bite of food you take is pollinated by honeybees. If you like apples, if you like almonds, if you like watermelons and cucumbers and blueberries, black berries - if you like any of those nutrient-rich foods, there a good chance it's pollinated by honeybees."
While major spraying for Zika-carrying mosquitoes isn't happening in Kansas City yet, Winstead wants to get the "to spray or not to spray" discussion going now, so we can prevent a mass extermination like what happened in South Carolina.
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Terra Hall can be reached at terra.hall@kshb.com.
