> 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?
.
> ----- 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
> >
> > 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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