Has any work been done to determine what effect BT toxin containing corn
pollen has on honey bee and other pollinator populations? I see a lot of
pollen being collected from my corn plants by various bee/bumblebee
species. Are there safety concerns about selling honey from a BT toxin
corn pollen exposed hive? Does BT toxin containing pollen have negative
effects when it is fed to the bee brood? Mike Miller
>Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 16:23:59 -0800
>To: <biotech_activists@iatp.org>, sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu,
> <PatrickMadden@compuserve.com>
>From: Charles Benbrook <benbrook@hillnet.com>
>Subject: Monarch Meeting
>
> Several viewpoints and press stories have now been circulated on the
>outcome of the November 2, 1999 Chicago meeting on new research on Monarchs
>and Bt corn. We have posted substantive meeting reports by Becky Goldburg
>of EDF, and Lincoln P. Brower and Myron P. Zalucki. For these, go to
>
>http://www.biotech-info.net/butterflies_btcorn.html
>
>Univ. of Illinois IPM specialists Kevin Steffey and Mike Gray offer their
>views on the Monarch meeting in a new posting on the Univ. of Illinois
>extension page, go to --
>
>http://spectre.ag.uiuc.edu/cespubs/pest/articles/199924d.html
>
> We will continue to add reports and stories on this meeting and related
>developments shedding light on the impact of Bt pollen on non-target
>beneficials, of which the Monarch is only the most visible example, thus
>far. As research starts to show up in the literature, we will also post it
>or links to it. If anyone has any data on this subject that they would
>like posted, please contact me by private email.
>
> chuck
>
>
>
>Charles Benbrook CU FQPA site www.ecologic-ipm.com
>Benbrook Consulting Services Ag BioTech InfoNet www.biotech-info.net
>5085 Upper Pack River Road IPM site www.pmac.net
>Sandpoint, Idaho 83864
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