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This topic and conversation has already been started here: Bees Dying Off, Bee Truck Crashes and our Future... www.abovetopsecret.com... In which I provided the following link: Monsanto Announces New SoyBee'n Self-Pollinating Soy Bean! www.nwedible.com... The addition of these supposed Hybrid GEBEES that only pollinate GMO crops sure adds weight to my theory...
You are here: Home / Editorial / Monsanto Announces New SoyBee’n Self-Pollinating Soy Bean! Monsanto Announces New SoyBee’n Self-Pollinating Soy Bean! October 12, 2011 by Erica · 5 Comments [Pin It] Late month, noted seed and biotech company Monsanto announced the purchase of Beelogics, a company with a product in trial that may help prevent colony collapse disorder in bees.* In related news, Monsanto has successfully built bee DNA into insect-pollinated crops through genetic engineering. Though the technology is currently being trialed on a limited 3,000 acre planting of modified RoundUp Ready Soybeans called “SoyBee’ns”, scientists are pleased with the success.^
*Real News ^Satirical News
Originally posted by LittleBlackEagle
in any case monsanto will be part of the problem and not the solution.
Feb 13, 2012 - A court in the French city of Lyon has ruled US pesticides maker Monsanto was responsible for the poisoning of a farmer who had used one of their products on his crops. Paul Francois says he suffered neurological problems including memory loss, headaches and stammering after inhaling Monsanto's Lasso weedkiller in 2004.
Originally posted by Phage
Round-Up is not a pesticide
Originally posted by LittleBlackEagleOriginally posted by LittleBlackEagle/i]
yes it is, as according to the rules i work by and the USDA. weeds are considered pests and roundup pesticide. it's all part of the USDA labeling requirements. all herbicides fall under the category of pesticide, as do fungicides, larvacides and so on.
Originally posted by Phage
Thank you and the others who pointed out that my use of the word "pesticide" was too narrow.
I disagree that the problem is Monsanto. I disagree that Monsanto is waging a war on our food supply. I think that any problem is inherent in the system of agriculture which has developed over many decades.
I think the premise of the OP is absurd.
I have little science knowledge so I've always looked up to you for settling some ridiculous arguments in science. But I do have enough understanding of business and corporations from my time working in that environment and in finance to know that it is the nature of corporations to wage war on anything that cuts into their profit margin. It's not an intrinsic evil in the people but in the system. The core mantra truly is "greed is good" because all the pressures from the shareholders and all the incentives for the workers are tied into maximizing profits. Eventually all other values are going to get lost in this pursuit. Then you add politics and military into the mix and you do get a monster.
Originally posted by Phage
Thank you and the others who pointed out that my use of the word "pesticide" was too narrow.
I disagree that the problem is Monsanto. I disagree that Monsanto is waging a war on our food supply. I think that any problem is inherent in the system of agriculture which has developed over many decades.
I think the premise of the OP is absurd.
Originally posted by nS1NR8r
reply to post by MESSAGEFROMTHESTARS
This topic and conversation has already been started here: Bees Dying Off, Bee Truck Crashes and our Future... www.abovetopsecret.com... In which I provided the following link: Monsanto Announces New SoyBee'n Self-Pollinating Soy Bean! www.nwedible.com... The addition of these supposed Hybrid GEBEES that only pollinate GMO crops sure adds weight to my theory...
I just want to make sure that everyone is clear, the "soyBee'n" article is completely satirical. The only part that is tru is the fact tha Monsanto did purchase Beelogics. Please read the entire article, www.nwedible.com... , before posting inaccurate info
You are here: Home / Editorial / Monsanto Announces New SoyBee’n Self-Pollinating Soy Bean! Monsanto Announces New SoyBee’n Self-Pollinating Soy Bean! October 12, 2011 by Erica · 5 Comments [Pin It] Late month, noted seed and biotech company Monsanto announced the purchase of Beelogics, a company with a product in trial that may help prevent colony collapse disorder in bees.* In related news, Monsanto has successfully built bee DNA into insect-pollinated crops through genetic engineering. Though the technology is currently being trialed on a limited 3,000 acre planting of modified RoundUp Ready Soybeans called “SoyBee’ns”, scientists are pleased with the success.^
*Real News ^Satirical News
Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement.[1] Although satire is usually meant to be funny, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit as a weapon.
Monsanto expects fast-track government approval of Soy Bee’n seed. “We expect farmers to have SoyBee’n in the ground for spring planting,” said Media Relations Representative Laura Carthillman.
According to Stuard Mansonite, Monsanto Chief Biotech Engineer and Product Developer for the SoyBee’n project, about 94% of the “genetically enhanced” soy plants set flower within a 2-hour window. Shortly after flowering, the blossoms detatch from the SoyBee’n plant and take flight. When they encounter another blossom, they exchange pollen.
Originally posted by FissionSurplus
I don't know a great deal about honeybees, but I have to say that, since I moved out here to farm country in west Texas, the bees out here appear to be "retarded". I've never seen bees like these before. Because we're going through a drought, I used to fill up an old trough so they would have something to drink, because I wanted them around to pollinate my flowers and garden.
I would find literally dozens of dead bees each day in that trough. So I put a few big rocks in , thinking that maybe the slant of the trough was making it hard for them to reach the water. Still a bunch of drowned bees every day. I felt so bad that I let the trough go dry because the dead bee carcasses were clogging up the water and making it nasty.
They come into the house and run around in circles next to the window and then die there. They just don't seem normal like the bees I was used to seeing both in east Texas and in California. I had a pool in the DFW area for years, maybe I would find one dead bee in there once in a while. If one got in the house, it was bound and determine to find it's way out.
These bees out here act like they're stupid and can barely perform their function. At least they're not aggressive, but I do know that they use GMO cotton out in these fields and plenty of herbicides and pesticides, so perhaps there is damage to their DNA. Sad to see nature's workers act so pathetic and unable to take care of themselves.
a classic story about a doctor and a monster (Frankenstein) that eventually kills its' creator
Originally posted by Phage
A soon to be whistle blower says so.
Well that's good enough for me. I wonder how the bees know which crops are Monsanto's.
Strange though, I thought people were worried about non GMO crops being pollinated by GMO crops. I guess that's not a problem at all.edit on 3/26/2012 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by MountainLaurel
Originally posted by TWISTEDWORDS
Big deal, Mansanto can't control a species. The species of bees will go out of there control, just like the fire ants did and in the end the bees will probably be better. We will probably get an explosion of bees which will be beneficial in the end. Mansanto, as evil a company as it is, keeps failing in the end.
Well, I never used to think a NWO could control the human species either, but it appears they have and do to a large degree! It would be "poetic" justice if the bees and humans come back stronger than ever and thwart thier evil plans. One can only hope and plant a garden.......edit on 27-3-2012 by MountainLaurel because: (no reason given)