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[Michael Nave <jmichaelnave@yahoo.com>]

The problem is much worse in the US where there are
more GM plants. The comment that "for all intents and
purposes there are not GM plants" in Europe is simply
incorrect. GM plants are found in many European
countries. The highest concentration appears to be in
Spain which, coincidentally or not, appears to have
the worst CCD problems in Europe.

http://www.iberianature.com/material/bees_in_spain.htm

http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/ng.asp?id=66850-greenpeace-gm-crops




--- plumhillfarm@gmavt.net wrote:

> The fact that the bees are also dieing in europe
> where for all intents and
> purposes there are no GM plants, and that GM corn
> and soybeans have been
> massively planted in the US for at least 5 years
> tends to indicate GM
> plants are not involved in this falls/winter dieoff.
> The bees dieing are
> from many different locals, many/most to far from GM
> corn or soybean
> planting to actually ingest the pollen (bees only
> forage for a couple of
> miles). The pollen is released in early summer,
> several generations of
> bees before the ones who are dieing off. The bees
> store pollen in the
> honey comb, so you could say it doesn't affect them
> until it gets cold,
> but bees in florida and southern california are also
> affected which
> negates this argument
> 
> There is very limited money for Bee research, to
> spend it on wild
> speculation will just make it take longer before the
> real reason they are
> dieing is found.
> 
> Eric White, Zone 4, Vermont
> 
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