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Old 06-15-2007, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Downthestretch55
timm,
You might find this to be of interest. It relates to Canada's bees, but if you read the link, it seems that transgenic crops (bT modified) might be causal.
Honey bees have been hybridized for many years, but not the pollen that they depend on...especially if it has a built in insecticide.
http://commonground.ca/iss/0706191/cg191_bees.shtml
The scope of the "fix" would be mindboggling. I'm not smart enough to know where to start! Einsteins' theory was quite sobering!
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