Are GM Crops Killing Honeybees?

re: Are GM Crops Killing Honeybees?

trishaspring50 — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:27:03 GMT

I think that this is just an precursor to the next epidemic in Human Beings. I have been working with Morgellons patients now for 2 years
32 of our patients were exposed to Something in the Proving Grounds in Aberdeen, Maryland.
I know for a fact that the University of San Francisco went to the exact area that these workers were exposed, to study the Death of the Bees, I believe that the same organism affecting the Bees are Affecting Humans.
I have been on television numerous times talking about this. Dr Susan Kolb is an MD in Atlanta and is seeing Many of these patients and has developed a Protocol. She is using much of what you say and is a Doctor also of Homeopathic Medicine and a Plastic Surgeon. Her protocol is working on these people.

re: Are GM Crops Killing Honeybees?

ryree — Tue, 22 May 2007 13:35:23 GMT

Not just the bees but where are ALL the insects?? I live out in the country surrounded by fields with GMO crops. Last year was the first year I didnt need a fly swatter. If someone had left a door open too long or a window you would have a swarm of flies in your house. Ive seen ONE fly this year. Also in the evenings you couldnt go outside because of the mosquitos. They were not a problem at all last year or this year so far. I remember being out on our farm as a young girl and you had to wear shoes because honey bees were everywhere you'd step. The cattle and horses would be swatting flies with their tails, near the water troughs where the mud would get wet there would be so many different butterflies, wasps, dragon flies. Certain parts of the barns you would have to watch out for wasp and yellow jackets. Now nothing, not even on the animals. Also no ants found their way into the house this year, and no gnats on the bananas that sat out. It all seems eerie and lifeless to me. Sterile.

re: Are GM Crops Killing Honeybees?

Jonathan B — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:28:20 GMT

There may be a secondary reason to the disappearance of honey bees beyond the impact of GMO pollen on their food supply and the health decline of bees from being feed corn syrup and other poor food sources in winter.

A researcher in europe has found indications that bees cannot find their way back to the hive and are dropping from exhaustion, due to impacts on their electromagnetic senses by cell phones and power lines, which can, if there is a lot around, confuse the bees and disorient them. Apparently, the widespread use of cell phones and the building of many cell phone towers correlates well with this bee decline.

re: Are GM Crops Killing Honeybees?

Mike Kouri — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 08:35:49 GMT

http://www.naturvern.no/cgi-bin/naturvern/imaker?id=97906 contains some interesting info concerning the honey bee problem in Europe

re: Are GM Crops Killing Honeybees?

Mike Kouri — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 08:35:33 GMT

http://www.naturvern.no/cgi-bin/naturvern/imaker?id=97906 contains some interesting info concerning the honey bee problem in Europe

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kpc — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:21:04 GMT

I would just like to add that another recomended and common management practice amongs apiarists is to add antbiotics to the sugar water solutions fed to bees.

Several types of antibiotics are used and the list is growing due to antibiotic resistance.

Ken Conrad

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NieeMA — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:16:01 GMT

Here is the second part of the post!

Honey Bee CCD Map
(http://www.coasttoc oastam.com/ gen/page1932. html?theme= light) To accompany her presentation, _Linda Moulton Howe_ (http://www.earthfil es.com/) has provided this map of the U.S. states affected by Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD).
Some beekeepers have reported losing 50% to 90% of their honey bee colonies, and to date no single explanation has been found for the widespread die-off. A consortium of researchers and government officials called the CCD Working Group is currently working on the problem.
(http://www.coasttoc oastam.com/ gen/page1932. html?theme= light)

Map courtesy of _Bee Alert Technology, Inc._
(http://beealert. blackfoot. net/~beealert/ index.php)
(http://www.coasttoc oastam.com/ shows/2007/ 03/16.html)

One can hear the entire 2 hour interview on Coast to Coast AM Radio
or get the podcast of these and other shows.

My husband spoke with a friend from France today ( March 25) and they have known about this for one year and now have banned Monsanto and another company from having their products used.
They found out that the things they they product are what has caused the bees harm.

I do not read French so when my husband finds English articles, I will pass them on.

But, it looks like the problem is now there under control. they are force producing Queen bees and making new colonies from the old ones that did survived this problem.

~More to come

re: Are GM Crops Killing Honeybees?

NieeMA — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:07:05 GMT

I hope that you will listen to all of these clips and begin to think about what you can do.
I personally spoke with a beekeeper here in South Dakota last week. He has lost
30% of his bees and losing more all the time. He has said some of the same things that others have "it is just weird how this is doing...there are not bodies!!!"

Can this disappearing of the bees be the canary in the coal mine?"

What the Disappearing Bees are Telling Us
Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:40 am (PST)
Audio about DISAPPEARING BEES in the US

Jack took the 2 hour interview and condensed several highlights down to 27
minutes.He feels, " We should contact C-Span to make sure they cover the House sub committee on Agriculture hearing on the 29Th of this month on this critical and alarming development.
Mothers should concerned that what is happening to bees could also be affecting their children based on the initial suspicions as to what in our agricultural practices is causing the disappearance of our bees."

1. _http://playaudio- 345.com/play. asp?m=394902& f=PPDHPF& ps=13&p=1_
(http://playaudio- 345.com/play. asp?m=394902& f=PPDHPF& ps=13&p=1) (10 min)
2. _http://playaudio- 345.com/play. asp?m=394916& f=HRHWRW& ps=13&p=1_
(http://playaudio- 345.com/play. asp?m=394916& f=HRHWRW& ps=13&p=1) (10 min)
3. _http://playaudio- 345.com/play. asp?m=394919& f=RNZXBJ& ps=13&p=1_
(http://playaudio- 345.com/play. asp?m=394919& f=RNZXBJ& ps=13&p=1) ( 7 min)

Disappearing Honey Bees
(http://www.earthfiles.com/) During the first two hours of the program,
investigative reporter and author _Linda Moulton Howe_
(http://www.earthfil es.com/) gave an update on the disappearing honey bees and what may be the cause.
Related Articles
Honey Bee CCD Map
(http://www.coasttoc oastam.com/ gen/page1932. html?theme= light) To accompany
her presentation, _Linda Moult

re: Are GM Crops Killing Honeybees?

Lo — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:33:33 GMT

How do you know if the food you are buying is GMO? I don't find any signs over the vegetables saying GMO. I do stay away from corn, I believe that one is GMO.

re: Are GM Crops Killing Honeybees?

Jonathan B — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:21:16 GMT

When I initially ran across the subject of honey bee colony collapse, it was not in the mercola.com site, but in an article at abc.com, and after doing a google search on the subject and reading the various articles written on the subject, I ran across a disturbing fact.

In the dead colonies studied, the bee bread and honey had not been scavenged by other bee colonies, and there appeared to be very little consumption of the bee food supply by scavengers.

In the dying but not yet dead colonies, the young bees avoided eating the bee bread and honey already stored in the colony.

If the GMO pollen is the source of this honey and bee bread, it may not be seen by the bees as a food source, and they may be starving, which would make them much more vunerable to be mite attack, and death by illness and disease.

As a consumer of honey, royal jelly and bee pollen as a health food,
I am a bit concerned that this GMO pollen may not just be impacting just the food supply by killing bees, but the honey, royal jelly and pollen collected for human consumption may give us a nasty double hit.

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LucyL — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:56:43 GMT

Anybody want to take bets on the role of GM crops in the recent pet food related deaths?

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zoarian — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:43:16 GMT

The chemtrail problem needs to be seriously considered and this site needs to cover it more than it is which is not at all, it least i have never seen an article in regards to it. What ever explanation you may find for these trails from some govt expert, they are totally lying. 'They' are blocking the sun, dumping pathogens such as viruses and fungus and some radiation into the atmosphere and heavy metals as well. It is also causing morgellons in my opinion. Its purpose is multifaceted and does not benefit us in the slightest; they are dumbing us down with barium and aluminum among other things. And its worse now than ever. I live in Atlanta and after they have sprayed all day there is fallout all over the city that looks like fog and no it is not pollen!! Last year there was fallout in my yard, everything was coated by this stuff.

re: Are GM Crops Killing Honeybees?

Stephen_203 — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:33:24 GMT

The reality of the biosphere, the realm of all living organisms, is that all of life is connected. The connections are not only those analyzed by science and related to material substances like genes, bodies, and their functions. The connections are inextricably woven through the warp and weft of the life force. The mushroom and the reindeer, the cedar and the walrus, the human and the virus all share in a commonality only sensed by poetry, or philosophy, or religion.

Material analysis has no foot hold here. Nonetheless, the integrity of life is real and under threat from the mad scientists, the ones without souls, without poetry, without religion. Genetic modification and cloning may very well be the heralds of the end. Once the geni gets loose, it cannot be taken back and future generations may pay a very heavy price.

re: Are GM Crops Killing Honeybees?

Pat Ormsby — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:15:27 GMT

Aw, quit worrying! In no time at all they'll have hordes of tiny robot bees that can do all the pollinating. As for honey, why cut pure, unadulterated high-fructose corn syrup with anything natural if some flavoring will do? Rose water and nutmeg (artificial, of course) provide a semi-palatable facsimile. Keep smiling! :-) More seriously, I agree with Sean that multiple factors have been shown to be involved. Many of these are hot potatoes because the perpetrators have known about the problems for years and are paying the media to shut up or (as we've seen demonstrated with vitamins recently) obfuscate the issue. GMOs are just one of these. Not to diminish the extreme importance of vocally opposing GMOs! Be aware of as much as you can!

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vince_203 — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:12:47 GMT

It is likely that gmo crops may be causing the decreases in the honeybee population. Many gmo crops are designed to resist pest. Some produce their own insecticides for pest control.if this is causing the decrease in bee population it will be a time of famine. Many gmo crops are self terminating they do not produce a 2nd generation. If these crops spread and cause normal crops to become self terminating again famine could be the result.That our government has allowed manufactures to patent life forms and that they allowed this is reprehensible