Bayer opening up bee centers

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February 21, 2012, 07:23:01 PM
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Kathyp

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February 21, 2012, 07:56:19 PM
i don't have a problem with it.  the article is a little short on specifics, but if they are going to test and experiment, better on their bees than on mine! 
The people the people are the rightful masters of both congresses and courts not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert it.

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Speech in Kansas, December 1859

Vance G

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February 21, 2012, 08:02:52 PM
I can see it now!  After a little genetic engineering, Bees wll produce comb honey in goose eggs repleat with squid genes that flash out PURE HONEY!  Thats a joke----or is it?

AllenF

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February 21, 2012, 09:31:11 PM
Looks like they are doing this on the other side of the pond.  Just a PR thing most likely.   

Maybe they will train bees to collect aspirin, not pollen?

hardwood

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February 21, 2012, 10:44:01 PM
The good thing is that the bees will never have to cope with those annoying headaches.

Scott
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Jim134

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February 21, 2012, 10:54:37 PM
Quote from: kathyp on February 21, 2012, 07:56:19 PM
better on their bees than on mine! 



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oliver

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February 22, 2012, 09:49:23 AM
Their Pancho is in use here. Have no idea how this chemical  can tell the differance between japanese beetles, root worms ect. and a honey bee..dl

S.M.N.Bee

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February 22, 2012, 08:03:10 PM
Sounds like Bayer doesn"t want to be out done by Monsanto!

I don"t trust any of them.

John

BoBn

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February 22, 2012, 10:52:31 PM
Quote from: oliver on February 22, 2012, 09:49:23 AM
Their Pancho is in use here. Have no idea how this chemical  can tell the differance between japanese beetles, root worms ect. and a honey bee..dl

Neonicotinoids seem to have a much greater affect to bees than we thought.  Pollen on crops treated with neonicotinoids have up to 100 ug/L (parts per billion) of the pesticide.  3 -5 ug/L is a common level of residual neonicotinoids in pollen of farm crops such as rapeseed, corn and soybeans.   


Quote from: Pesticide exposure in honey beesThe finding that individual bees with undetectable levels of the target pesticide, after being reared in a sub-lethal pesticide environment within the colony, had higher Nosema is significant. Interactions between pesticides and pathogens could be a major contributor to increased mortality of honey bee colonies, including colony collapse disorder, and other pollinator declines worldwide.

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