Re: Monarch Meeting/Honeybee Risk?

Sal (sals@rain.org)
Sat, 13 Nov 1999 08:21:00 -0800

I know two thing most all Beneficials need to live are pollen and nectar.
have any test be done with GMO corn and beneficial predators like Orius
insidious the Minute Pirate Bug ? will the pollen kill them and can they
spread it?
check out a organic growers web page
http://www.rain.org/~sals/my.html
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Ritchie <mritchie@iatp.org>
To: <mmiller@pcsia.com>; <sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: Monarch Meeting/Honeybee Risk?

> on the honeybees canola, try
>
>
> Marla S. Spivak
> Assistant Professor
> Apiculture/Social Insects
>
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> 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
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