37 Million Bees Found Dead After Planting Large GMO Corn Field Treated With Neonicotinoid Class Of [View all]

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***EDIT*** The headline on this article is very misleading, but *I* didn't write it. It also appears to be a 2 year old story that has been recycled, as you can see by the date in the by-line. The *CONTENT* of the story focuses mostly on the insecticides being used, which I have read that they are used even on non-GMO crops. I can't apologize for a misleading headline that I didn't write, though I WILL apologize for the confusion it caused. That being said, I am still not 100% convinced that GM foods are safe, and posted a link way down-thread to a peer-reviewed study that shows that {paraphrasing} 'Scientific studies PROVE that GM foods are safe, so that's the end of it', is NOT TRUE. I will continue to choose to avoid GM/Monsanto products and eat what I want to, and everyone else is free to eat whatever they want to. My main concern was about the bees dying off, which has been a topic of conversation here for a few years now. Peace within, peace between, peace among.... Ghost

37 Million Bees Found Dead After Planting Large GMO Corn Field Treated With Neonicotinoid Class Of Pesticides - February 27, 2016

Millions of bees dropped dead after GMO corn was planted few weeks ago in Ontario, Canada. The local bee keeper, Dave Schuit who produces honey in Elmwood lost about 37 million bees which are about 600 hives.

“Once the corn started to get planted our bees died by the millions,” Schuit said. While many bee keepers blame neonicotinoids, or “neonics.” for colony collapse of bees and many countries in EU have banned neonicotinoid class of pesticides, the US Department of Agriculture fails to ban insecticides known as neonicotinoids, manufactured by Bayer CropScience Inc.

Nathan Carey another local farmer says that this spring he noticed that there were not enough bees on his farm and he believes that there is a strong correlation between the disappearance of bees and insecticide use.

New research shows that neonicotinoid pesticides kill honeybees by damaging their immune system:

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.

http://jbanews.com/2016/02/27/37-million-bees-found-dead-after-planting-large-gmo-corn-field-treated-with-neonicotinoid-class-of-pesticides/#respond

I don't know anything about this site, I just followed a link from Facebook, but I know that the bees dying off have been a problem discussed here for a few years now...

Peace,

Ghost