37 Million Bees Found Dead After Planting Large GMO Corn Field

[navy-vet]

It is a scary business, that's all I can say.

 

[Zippyjuan]

GMOs don't need Bees..They need Chemicals. It is a statement and I fail to see it refuted.

GMO cross pollination is a problem,,,, and the bastards have sued over crops they corrupted.

They have been rightfully banned in several countries.

And yet,, despite market opposition, it is being pushed. Like a damned Agenda.

GMOs are fertilized the exact same as their non- GMO counterparts. You are right that cross pollination can be an issue to farms downwind close enough.

 

[angelatc]

GMOs don't need Bees..They need Chemicals. .

Dumbest thing I've read all day. But the day isn't over yet.

 

[angelatc]

It is a scary business, that's all I can say.

Only in the world they live in. The numbers never supported the bee-pocylpse that they're still yammering about, though. Silly me never thinks to start posts with blaring headlines though, so I end up playing defense instead of offense. Defense never scores points.

From a piece dated April 2018:

The overall population of honeybees in the US, Canada and Europe has held steady or increased slightly since the widespread adoption of neonics in the 1990s. The US honeybee population hit a 22-year high in 2016, according to the figures released by the USDA before dipping slightly last year, and globally are at an all-time high.

https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/04/17/bee-apocalypse-was-never-real-heres-why-12851

 

[angelatc]

Corn is not the only crop..

Though some act as if it was.

Cross pollination is a problem.. aside from Bees.

The topic of the thread is bees being killed by GMO corn. Never happened. But Lord knows that's not important.

 

[angelatc]

Why do GMOs need bees? Typically you aren't allowed to replant your seed crop when you use GMO seeds, because you are breaking some sort of patent. And you can grow crops indoors, without bees, so....

It cracks me up when city people get all upset about the "can't save seeds" thing.Especially since we've been through all this 10 times already, and the conversation never advances past the basics. First, generally speaking, farmers never did save many seeds.

And the patent protections you're sobbing about predates GMO corn. As far back as the 30's, seed companies protected their seeds in the exact same way.

But nobody cared, because see point A.

Again, this has been posted repeatedly.. But as long as #TeamStupid keeps posting their talking points, I'll continue to post the rebuttals.

 

[donnay]

US scientists have found 121 different pesticides in samples of bees, wax and pollen, lending credence to the notion that pesticides are a key problem. “We believe that some subtle interactions between nutrition, pesticide exposure and other stressors are converging to kill colonies,” said Jeffery Pettis, of the ARS’s bee research laboratory.

The collapse in the global honeybee population is a major threat to crops. It is estimated that a third of everything we eat depends upon honeybee pollination, which means that bees contribute over 30 billion to the global economy.

A new study published in the Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealed that neonicotinoid pesticides kill honeybees by damaging their immune system and making them unable to fight diseases and bacteria.

After reporting large losses of bees after exposure to Imidacloprid, banned it for use on corn and sunflowers, despite protests by Bayer. In another smart move, France also rejected Bayer’s application for Clothianidin, and other countries, such as Italy, have banned certain neonicotinoids as well.

After record-breaking honeybee deaths in the UK, the European Union has banned multiple pesticides, including neonicotinoid pesticides.

https://offgridworld.com/37-million-bees-found-dead-in-ontario-gmo-corn-field-the-cause/

 

[angelatc]

GMOs are fertilized the exact same as their non- GMO counterparts. You are right that cross pollination can be an issue to farms downwind close enough.

Popcorn being cross pollinated by feed corn is a bigger concern. And that's not snark - that's a real problem that can cost a popcorn farmer his entire crop.

Except that they know how to prevent that, too.

These #TeamStupid players just make up imaginary problems, then wail about how somebody needs to ban something.

 

[pcosmar]

The topic of the thread is bees being killed by GMO corn. Never happened. But Lord knows that's not important.

Ok,, Not the corn directly.. You can have that concession..

It is the pesticides+Herbicides+Fertilizers that are required for and and inherent too GMO crops.

It is the Toxic Chemical Stew that is Killing Nature.

but Lord Knows that is not relevant.

This Agenda is not about providing food as much as it is about Controlling Food Production.

and playing god.

 

[timosman]

Ok,, Not the corn directly.. You can have that concession..

It is the pesticides+Herbicides+Fertilizers that are required for and and inherent too GMO crops.

It is the Toxic Chemical Stew that is Killing Nature.

but Lord Knows that is not relevant.

This Agenda is not about providing food as much as it is about Controlling Food Production.

and playing god.

Isn't that a bit too much? They already control everything with money.