Marla S. Spivak
Assistant Professor
Apiculture/Social Insects
Address: 219 Hodson Hall, 1980 Folwell Ave
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN 55108
phone: (612) 624-4798
fax: (612) 625-5299
E-mail: spiva001@maroon.tc.umn.edu
At 03:31 AM 11/12/99 -0600, Mark Ritchie wrote:
>I have heard reports of problems around the GE canola in Canada. Anyone
>know more about this?
>
>
>
>At 11:14 PM 11/11/99 -0600, mmiller@pcsia.com wrote:
>>Thank you very much for posting this information. It clearly illustrates
>>that more work is needed to determine the effects of BT corn on non-target
>>species.
>>
>>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
>>>208-263-5236 (Voice) 208-263-7342 (Fax)
>>
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