Oregon company fined $16,000 for pesticide spraying that killed 1,000 bees in Eugene

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Oregon regulators fined a pesticide spraying service $16,000 on Monday for violations they say resulted in 1,000 bees being killed in Eugene. (The Associated Press)

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on November 10, 2014 at 5:23 PM, updated November 11, 2014 at 6:27 AM

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State regulators have levied fines totaling $16,000 for gross negligence in the deaths of some 1,000 bees killed by pesticides sprayed on flowering trees at a Eugene apartment complex last June.
The Oregon Department of Agriculture announced Monday it levied a civil penalty of $10,000 against Glass Tree Care and Spray Service in Eugene, and $6,000 for the man who did the actual spraying.
The company did not immediately return a call for comment.
The department says after a similar bee die-off last year in Wilsonville, it prohibited the use of certain pesticides on linden trees when bees would be attracted to the flowers, and the company and the applicator should have known about that prohibition.
-- The Associated Press