Einstein said when the bee disappears, humans only have 4 yrs left

[southerncrone]

Guess what? Not only are the bees disappearing in North America, but also in Europe. German scientist believes it is because the pollen from genetically-modified seeds is causing problems with the bees' digestive tract. The seeds contain genes, called "terminators" (like Arnold),which cause them to basically commit suicide.

Doubt these seeds are working wonders for human digestive tracts either.

When bee is gone, plants are not pollinated, food supply becomes scarce, you know the rest!

Link to today's INN:

http://www.innworldreport.net/#

:scared:

[Ignacio Upton]

1. Blame Monsanto et al. for their stupid copy protection schemes

They're trying to make it so that farmers can't save the seeds of the plants that they grow, and if they try, they can be sued for copyright infringement! Hopefully this will set back or destroy terminator seeds in the same way that Sony's spyware did for DRM on CD's.

[southerncrone]

8. Yes, I saw a show about that. Monsanto is actually suing farmers whose "normal" seeds were

pollinated by their GMO seeds, saying they didn't buy their seeds from Monsanto, but they owe them for the product the "good" farmers produced on their farms.

Insanity of corporate monarchs!

We've got to end this tyranny!:grr:

[Pierzin]

37. Check out LinkTV or Vandana Shiva and Globalization!! Amazing

There is a great documentary they did which aired on LinkTV, and Newshour with Jim Lehrer is showing a special on it right now!

[malaise]

39. Bingo n/t

[lovuian]

2. I made a video on the bees dying

this is a testimony to genetic modified seeds


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8A6Tl6JzG0

I saw a bunch of baby bees in my garden but I don't use pesticides or genetic seeds
agriculture is screwed

[Benhurst]

13. Great video, lovuian!

Thanks.

:hi:

[silverlib]

15. Very good video - thanks (n/t)

[WiseButAngrySara]

32. Wonderful! I voted it up. Thank you. ....n/t

[slampoet]

3. When the bees disappear and we're all starving.......

....I am going to love eating those Monsanto people.

[Leopolds Ghost]

35. With non-genetically modified fava beans and a nice organic Chianti?

[lovuian]

4. Hey I checked the link but didn't see the article

can ya get specific on the link

[southerncrone]

10. Click on the TV in the upper left corner.

I have dialup, so it would take me DAYS to download the show. Those who have broadband should be able to download quickly.

Sorry, folks, I saw the show on my satellite, but know many of you get your news on net. I linked for y'all. :)

[slampoet]

11. I found it here via a rawstory link

http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,473166,00.html

[lovuian]

31. Thank you for this Its been suspected this is about GM food

its really interesting

[CrazyOrangeCat]

5. kick

:(

[NoPasaran]

6. Ha! I knew it!

I knew putting money into a 401(k) was for suckers!
:bounce::bounce::bounce:

[JackRiddler]

7. Is that all there is, my friend?

Well let's keep on dancing - let's bring on the booze - and have a ball, if that's all...

[gravity]

9. Umm, the terminator seeds aren't released yet

It's highly unlikely that these seeds are causing the drops in bee populations, especially in Europe where GM crops are rare.

[JackRiddler]

12. Ummmm, limited experiments on a few acres = global release.

But true, that would be the bees spreading it. Damn them.

[gravity]

16. Genes that create sterile seeds

The genes are designed to only last one generation.

[Pharaoh]

18. geez gravity

you sound like you work for Monsanto or ADM.............Lol

[FogerRox]

20. How many generations does it take to kill some bees?

[gravity]

34. Eleven

I don't know, but if the only bees that could be affected by the seeds were the ones who visited that small fields that tested the seeds. Even if it did kill the bees, it would have been a real small portion of the entire population since the plants genes prevent it from spreading.

[FogerRox]

41. LOL, a sense of humor - good

I dont like GM foods, seeds or what ever, the more I look into it, GM, the more it stnks.

[slampoet]

43. Actually Read the article before you comment.

The article talks about some beekeepers loosing 60 or 80% of their hive populations and the remaining bees having 5-6 different infections.

This isn't about the Genes of the plants being brought back. It is about the plants being immune to a HUGE amount of a specific poison. The bees that pollinate are then exposed to much larger amounts of the toxin and thus their whole immune system is compromised.

Without reading the article you kinda sound like the folks in 1982 who said, AIDS was just confined to Haiti.

[southerncrone]

22. Take a look at this

http://www.thecampaign.org/analysis/analysis060200.htm :(

[EstimatedProphet]

14. Well, there are some other pollinators

But the bee is by far the best one for our agriculture.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

17. LOL. Don't Worry, We'll Be Just Fine.

And I found this link for ya. It's based on your GM theory...

...problem is, it's satire. :rofl:

http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s5i16519

[populistdriven]

19. our next step will be to GM crops to smell like rotting flesh & be pollinated by carrion flys

there should be plenty of carrion flys around by they since there wont be enough folks to bury the dead

[melm00se]

21. from what I understand

the European bees are being pushed out by Asian hornets and American bees by some sort of mites...

[southerncrone]

24. The mites are better able to attack the bees through their weakened digestive tracts.

Either way, we're screwed.

[melm00se]

26. not so sure on that

the varroa mite is an external mite (http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfacts/struct/ef608.htm) and the other mite is tracheal in nature (http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2164.html) so I am not sure where or how the digestive tract comes into the mix.

[southerncrone]

27. According to the story, it is through their intestines.

[AlCzervik]

23. we have plenty of bee's in my neighborhood, especially my backyard.

i would be more than happy to export them to where they need to be.

[Clark2008]

25. We still have some bumblebees here in TN, crone...

I saw one on my back deck tonight. :hi:

[southerncrone]

30. We have lots of Bumblebees, too. I think it is the honeybee that is the best pollinator, & they are

the ones that are disappearing the quickest. Many of the beekeepers take their bees "on the road" to large agricultural areas to help pollinate the crops.

This problem has been around for more than 10 years here in the US, but is not widely known outside the beekeeping community.

You know I'm in TN, too. :hi:

[Clark2008]

44. Yeah - I pay attention to the newbies from the South.

I get alittle (overly) disgusted with some folks here who think us Southerners are all backwards rednecks who love Bush, so I pay attention when a DUer joins who's from these here parts. :)

We'll show 'em we're not all Confederate (battle flag of Northern Virginia) flag-waving, sister-marrying, race-baiting cretins who think Shrub is God. :rofl:

[southerncrone]

45. Wow, it feels so good to be called a newbie at my age!

B-)

[Connie_Corleone]

28. We'll just manufacture people and have human burgers.

Problem solved.

[left is right]

40. I read a fictional story a long time ago that

made the claim that feasting on human flesh caused extreme hair and tooth loss, never have figured out whether this notion was based on fact or whether the main character's loss of teeth was some kind of divine punishment for ultimate sin. I guess I'll find out soon after they start franchising McHumans--Over 3,000,000 people served.

[MistressOverdone]

29. Gosh, maybe we can all find work

polinating in the fields with paintbrushes?

Like I didn't have enough to worry about!

How about algae? Can we eat algae?

[The Straight Story]

33. That's ok, the illegals will do the work that the bee's don't want to do...

:rofl:

[lovuian]

36. There is a 9 million crop of Almond trees in California

which will be lost because they can't be pollinated

[cascadiance]

38. A while back there was also a thread on bananas mutated now and will die out soon too!

There is SO much wrong with the genetically modified food industry that suffers so much from lack of regulatory oversight! Thanks to our corrupt corporate serving government now. One more BIG reason we need public campaign financing in place, TOMORROW!

I wonder if we'll ever get the margarine commercial jingle that said "You don't fool with mother nature!" I think Corporate America would have added reasons to stay away from that more "informative" line now!

[WiseButAngrySara]

42. K&R and thanks for the post. Fascinating read. ....n/t

[earth mom]

46. Wanna bet * & Co have a back up plan for themselves in Paraguay?

:puke: