My Thoughts Exactly    (6)              April 2008

‘Where have all the bees gone?’

My family are convinced that I am paranoid! Or at least that I am a kind of modern-day Cassandra, forever declaring doom and gloom.

But I do find the disappearing bees very worrying. First it was noticed in North America, but now it is here in the UK.

What makes it more disturbing is that the hives are found to be virtually empty, not full of dead bees.

Einstein, the acknowledged genius, was known to say that when the bees went Mankind had four years left! Well, that’s reassuring!

Various theories are being put forward as to the reasons for this demise. Suggestions include Varroa mites; Parasites; Cell phones; and GM crops that lead to ‘terminator’ seeds.

Where are the headlines? Where is the government concern? Are we just waiting for it to happen?

We are constantly fed dire warnings about global warming, (ad nausea!), but the bees and their disappearance merit only a couple of lines here and there with no sense of urgency.

Mites and parasites are a regular occurrence but rarely produce such devastation. Cell phones as such could affect bees’ natural navigational skills.

But to my mind the biggest threat has got to be GM crops with built-in pesticides that permeate the pollen too! Added to that there are on-going experiments to produce ‘terminator’ seeds, plants that produce infertile seeds that no farmers can replant. A nightmare scenario!

No bees- no pollination!

GM crops purported to be the solution for world starvation may actually become the cause of even greater starvation!

But then I am just paranoid. No-one else seems unduly concerned! I must have got this wrong. Or maybe Einstein was exaggerating! (Unlikely!)

And as I calmed myself that all will be well, I read:-

‘In what is one of the worst calamities to hit BAT populations in the United States, on average 90% of the hibernating bats in four caves and mines in New York have died since last winter!’

Four years! That sounds like an over-estimation!

Evelyn Arslan

Editor’s Note:

 Farmers world wide have reported an 82% drop in available fertile seed varieties as a direct result of the introduction of GM crops.

German scientists have discovered that the BT contained in the pollen of GM crops is mutating the intestines of bees. They are also puzzled as to why no scavengers have invaded the abandoned hives to feed on the larvae and honey.

They shouldn’t be:

It is well documented and established that animals in the wild shun GM crops and domestic cattle avoid them wherever possible. It seems that nature doesn't believe the Monsanto or American hype either.

Recommended reading: The Seeds of Deception by Jeffrey M. Smith 

"If you believe that GM crops are a boon to mankind do not read this book or you will have a rude awakening. Riveting I could not put it down."

Tonyb.

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