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Monsanto in the bee helping business?

10 years ago

I know this isn't about roses but the irony of this, was too much for me to leave alone.

The comments at the end are the best part.

Here is a link that might be useful: Monsanto's plan

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Comments (6)

buford
10 years ago
Well, if they can do something about the mites/virus, then maybe that's a good thing. But it seems that every time something scientific is tried, it causes some unknown side effect.

Can they also work on the RRD mite/virus?
mori1
Original Author
10 years ago
Now there's an idea.
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michaelg
10 years ago
Next up, Monsanto scientists expect to engineer a Roundup Ready bee (TM).
mori1
Original Author
10 years ago
That goes well with what karin_mt 4 MT posted:

"Oh, and these new special SuperBees, they don't make honey, they make high fructose corn syrup. It's going to be AWESOME!"
buford
10 years ago
I did read somewhere that some beekeepers were feeding their bees HFCS. What the heck were they thinking?
minflick
10 years ago
They're going to charge us for each bee that comes to our property to visit our flowers. You watch!

Only semi joking here.

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