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In reply to the discussion: i'm just going to POST THIS AS LOUD AS I CAN and crush all arguments-MONSANTO=root of all evil. [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)Many, like yourself, are under the delusion that since Bees do not naturally forage on Corn, there is No Way that GM Corn and GM Corn Byproducts can enter their systems.
You, and all the others are WRONG.
Commercial Bee Keepers DO feed their Bees Corn Syrup,
especially the overcrowded Commercial bee yards.
There is NO possibility for THAT high a concentration of Bees to forage for natural food withing their radius,
so Corn Syrup is the preferred commercial "factory feed" for Commercial Factory bees, and Factory Bee Commercial Honey.
What effect this Corn Syrup has ON the Bees has not been determined.
We are small scale, decentralized Organic Bee Keepers,
and we refuse to feed our bees corn syrup.
We have never had an incidence of CCD in the 7 years we have had our bees.
Can you be sure that Corn Syrup is completely, 100% free from GM pollen contamination or other GM contaminants from the manufacture, handling, packaging, and transportation of Corn Syrup?
BTW: That "Pure, Natural Honey" you bought at the Supermarket last week?
It was probably nothing but corn syrup that had been reprocessed through the digestive system of a Honeybee in an overcrowded commercial Factory Bee yard.
Cheers!