.The Food Chronicles
GM crop trials ’should be secret’
Senior researchers have called for the location of small open-air trials of GM crops to be kept secret.
The researchers say that vandalism of GM crop trials is holding back research in the area. Current legislation requires the exact location of GM crop trials to be publicly available. But according to those engaged in active research, that information is invariably used by anti-GM protesters to disrupt experiments.
Read more about this subject: BBC NEWS
Alarm: Bee vanishing
March 23, 2007 posted by masmow
“If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe,
then man would only have four years left to live.”
Albert Einstein
“Honeybees are vanishing at an alarming rate from 24 US states, threatening the production of numerous crops. The cause of the losses, which range from 30% to more than 70%, is a mystery, but experts are investigating several theories.
American bee colonies have been hit by regional crises before,
but keepers say this is the first national crisis.“
Read more about this subject: bbc.co.uk
North American Honey Bees Still Weak
September 29, 2007 posted by masmow
© 2007 by Linda Moulton Howe
“The bees are in a weakened state. They’ve had a rough season,
so there aren’t as many bees in the colonies as one would expect at this time of year.”
- Jerry Hayes, Chief of Apiary Section, Florida Dept. of Agriculture
September 26, 2007 Gainesville, Florida – The September 7, 2007, Science Express reported the discovery of the “Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV)” in 96% of honey bees affected by Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). [ See 090707 Earthfiles.] IAPV was first identified in Israel in 2002 to 2003 at the same time that Israeli beekeepers were struggling to cope with Asian varroa mites as North American beekeepers have since the 1980s…
Read more about this subject: www.earthfiles.com
60 Minutes: Why Are Honeybees Disappearing?
Part 1
From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRBJf57aNp4
