Story highlights More than 3 million bees killed by aerial spraying for Zika in South CarolinaA local beekeeper says she got no notice from officials(CNN) The pictures are heartbreaking: Millions of honeybees lie dead after being sprayed with an insecticide targeting Zika-carrying mosquitoes. "On Saturday, it was total energy, millions of bees foraging, pollinating, making honey for winter," beekeeper Juanita Stanley said. Stanley, co-owner of Flowertown Bee Farm and Supply in Summerville, South Carolina, said she lost 46 beehives -- more than 3 million bees -- in mere minutes after the spraying began Sunday morning. Juanita Stanley says she lost more than 3 million bees. She said neither of them had protected their hives because they didn't know about the aerial spraying.

Source: CNN September 01, 2016 22:30 UTC