Einstein Warned of Bee Deaths
04-11-2007
Free Market News Network
Albert Einstein warned humankind of two approaching apocalypses: on was nuclear annihilation and the other involved bees. He said: "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left.
Reports say that bee populations are disappearing in sections of the US and Europe at rates up to 80 percent. Gene Brandi of the California State Beekeepers Association told Congress recently that 40 percent of his colonies are dead. German bee populations have dropped 25 percent while Poland, Switzerland and Spain say that they have similar declines.
Toxins are suspected as cause of the decline. A study at the University of Jena showed that genetically modified corn combined with parasites caused greater loss of bees. Researcher Hans-Himrich Kaatz theorized that a bacterial toxin in the corn altered the bees' intestines making them weakened to the parasites. There was no further funding of the study to date.
04-11-2007
Free Market News Network
Albert Einstein warned humankind of two approaching apocalypses: on was nuclear annihilation and the other involved bees. He said: "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left.
Reports say that bee populations are disappearing in sections of the US and Europe at rates up to 80 percent. Gene Brandi of the California State Beekeepers Association told Congress recently that 40 percent of his colonies are dead. German bee populations have dropped 25 percent while Poland, Switzerland and Spain say that they have similar declines.
Toxins are suspected as cause of the decline. A study at the University of Jena showed that genetically modified corn combined with parasites caused greater loss of bees. Researcher Hans-Himrich Kaatz theorized that a bacterial toxin in the corn altered the bees' intestines making them weakened to the parasites. There was no further funding of the study to date.
uke: LOL