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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] corn gluten meal vs monsanto
  • Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:17:53 -0500

On 1/30/2011 12:13 PM, John & Maia O'Brien wrote:
Sorry for the last post, responding to wrong email. Another reason for local
action to shut down the GMO alfalfa travesty is that in a quote in the
excellent film "Nicotine
Bees"<http://pierreterre.com/video/nicotine-bees-trailer>which
Everyone who likes to eat needs to see and understand, is that Bayer
and Monsanto announced an recent agreement that all Monsanto GMO corn will
be treated with their new "preferred seed treatment program" which involves
Bayer's imidacloprid, proven to cause "sublethal" behavior changes in
honeybees: they can't navigate properly. They leave the hive, never to
return. This is a hallmark symptom of Colony Collapse Disorder. Hives
abandoned by adult bees, found with only the queen, some brood and newly
hatched bees.

Similar things happening to bumblebees.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [SANET-MG] Mad Bombusciders
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:32:49 -0500
From: joe cummins <jcummins@UWO.CA>
To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU

A 2010 report showed that the relative abundances of four bumble bee
species have declined by up to 96 percent and that their geographic
ranges contracted by 23--87 percent within the last 20 years. The bumble bees along with honey bees are essential pollinators for food production and both are declining precipitously.
The neonicotinoidinsecticides are implicated in the decline of both kinds of bees through its impact on the behavior and immunity to parasites at minute levels of the pesticides.

Unlike the honey bee the bumble bee (Bombus)is openly regarded as a
pest in urban environments. Not only greedy pest control companies but
agricultural extension agents maintain "Normally found in gardens, a
bumble bee is something that should be controlled as soon as it becomes
apparent." There is a deluge of bumble bee hate literature leading to
bombuscicide at a staggering level. Unscrupulous agriculture agents and
pesticides sales promote heavy insecticide treatment to exterminate the
hapless essential contributors to our food supply by pollinating food crops.

On top of the direct fanatical bombuscicide there is as well a huge
deployment in home gardens and lawns of neonicotinoid insecticides particularly Imidaclopridwhich is known to be detrimental to bumble bees and honey bees at minute doses through its impact on behavior and immunity. High levels of Imidaclopridare found in Bayer Advanced fruit citrusand vegetable insect control; Bayer advanced
grub control turf revitalizer; Bayer Advanced Tree and Shrub Insect
Control and Bayer advanced all in one rose and flower care. These are
only a few of many home lawn and garden products threatening the survival of bumble bees and our food supply.

Bumble bees are threatened species and should be protected by law. The mad bombuscide must be stopped immediately. Pest control operators and
agriculture extension agents must be required to stop threatening the
survival of an endangered species.




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