Greenhouse bees spread disease to wild bees

Will Dunham
Reuters
Thursday, July 24, 2008

Disease spread to wild bees from commercially bred bees used for pollination in agriculture greenhouses may be playing a role in the mysterious decline in North American bee populations, researchers said on Tuesday.

Bees pollinate numerous crops, and scientists have been expressing alarm over their falling numbers in recent years in North America. Experts warn the bee disappearance eventually could harm agriculture and the food supply.

Scientists have been struggling to understand the recent decline in various bee populations in North America. For example, a virus brought from Australia has been implicated in massive honeybee deaths last year.

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Canadian researchers studied another type of bee, the bumblebee, near two large greenhouse operations in southern Ontario where commercially reared pollination bees are used in the growing of crops such as tomatoes, bell peppers and cucumbers.

The researchers first observed that the commercial bumblebees regularly flew in and out of vents in the sides of the greenhouses, escaping from the facilities.

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2 Responses to “Greenhouse bees spread disease to wild bees”

1. Micha'el Says:
   July 24th, 2008 at 2:42 pm

   “commercially bred bees”, “commercially reared pollination bees”…so we have genetically altered test tube bees (or GMO bees) created by commercial corperations. Seems to me that this IS the major problem with the bees. I think of GMO seeds…they are 1 generation seeds that produce plants that only produce sterile seeds after the 1st generation forcing you to buy new seeds every year of harvest unless you get Heirloom seeds. What if the bees are genetically modified to only last 1 generation? This would be a possible cause the major decline in bees as we have seen.

2. t Says:
   July 25th, 2008 at 3:35 am

   Also, the constant spraying of chemtrails could be a huge portion of the problem. things such as barium and aluminum amongst others are being found in chemtrails. these chemicals could easily kill off bees and other airborne creatures. kill the bees = kill the food supply. then you have no choice but to buy your GM food from the world gov.!