Environmental

Orange Grower Fined for Killing of Honey Bees with Pesticide Widely Linked to Bee Kills

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013. One of Florida’s largest citrus growers, Ben Hill Griffin, Inc., has been fined a mere $1,500 after a state investigation found that the farm illegally sprayed pesticides, resulting in the death of millions of managed honey bees. Beekeeper Randall Foti, a Crystal River-based beekeeper of 42 years, reported the bee kill to the state back in March. According to Mr. Roti, millions of his bees, as well as those owned by…

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