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Are GM Crops Killing Bees?

Posted by seumasach on May 18, 2008

By Gunther Latsch(SPIEGEL)

March 22, 2007

A complete mystery, something “which does not seem to match anything in the literature” or the simple varroa mite? GM crops, pesticides or the Israeli virus? All these leads have been followed up to no avail: the only one the authorities have not, and will not, investigate is that of EM radiation with its, already established, affect on the orientation of bees and on their immune system.

 

Walter Haefeker is a man who is used to painting grim scenarios. He sits on the board of directors of the German Beekeepers Association (DBIB) and is vice president of the European Professional Beekeepers Association. And because griping is part of a lobbyist’s trade, it is practically his professional duty to warn that “the very existence of beekeeping is at stake.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Disappearing Bees Worry Apple Growers

Posted by seumasach on May 16, 2008

Plattsburgh, New York – May 14, 2008(WCAX)

Every tree in the orchard this week looked like a big fluffy snow ball, a sight that makes apple growers very happy.

But now the growers must worry whether there are enough honey bees to pollinate every flower on every tree, if not, the season is a loss. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Case of the Bees

Posted by seumasach on January 20, 2008

 

Cailean Bochanan

27th April, 2007

The humble bee finds itself at the centre of controversy as scientists seek to the respond to their disturbing disappearance which is now making itself felt as far afield as Taiwan.
We have had recantations, and denunciations within the scientific community; for the most part, they and the media, at least in the USA, throw in their lot with a theory that a fungus, Nosema ceranae, is responsible. This in preference to the politically incorrect notion that human agency, via microwave emissions from mobile phone masts and satellites, may be responsible. Unfortunately a government agency has made short shrift of the fungus theory:

“Government scientists who have been tracking the phenomenon they call Colony Collapse Disorder were skeptical, however, saying the parasite had been an early suspect in the bee die-off but that they had concluded it probably was not responsible.”

Clearly we need an investigation which is prepared to countenance all possibilities.

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