Monsanto buys Beeologics, working to save pollinating bees

[lovuian]

http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/article_19f6f7b2-1c8a-50f8-b84f-47c351ec044d.html

It seems very suspicious

Any thoughts

Monsanto Co. announced Wednesday that it had bought Beeologics, a company that is developing a product that promises to help bees survive an illness that has been wiping out colonies across the world.

Creve Couer-based Monsanto, the world's largest seed company, did not disclose the terms of the sale.

Beeologics, a research company founded in 2007 with headquarters in Florida and Israel, has developed a product called Remembee, which is an anti-viral agent that the company's researchers believe could stem the impact of colony collapse disorder. The mysterious disorder has decimated honeybee populations around the globe, with far-reaching implications for agriculture.

[ixion]

1. And by 'saving' them, they mean

they're going to kill off anything but Monsant GM Bees. :evilfrown:

[Liberal_in_LA]

22. bees with lil Monsanto logos on their wings?

[BeHereNow]

2. I don't like the sound of this story.

Monsanto has done NOTHING to better the people
of the world. Ever. Period.
BHN

[CoffeeCat]

9. I know...

This is like Charles Manson announcing that he's taking a Miss Manner's course.

Something does not fit.

[midnight]

3. This does not sound like a good outcome for the bees...

[lovuian]

4. I agree

it makes one wonder if the research from Beelogics found something in their research

Now Monsanto owns it

[Mnemosyne]

5. Exactly lovuian, exactly. n/t

[MadHound]

6. This is not a good thing

The way to save the bees is to stop feeding them a serial monodiet and lowering their immunity. The vast majority of agricultural bees are trucked from location to location, two weeks in the almond orchard, three weeks in the apple orchard, etc.

Bees thrive on having a variety of resources on which to feed. Their normal pattern is a fruit tree here, a flower there, changing changing as their dietary needs change. Forcing them to eat the same food for two weeks to a month drops their immunity systems and voila! dead bees.

But apparently basic animal management doesn't make enough money, so we're going to corporatize, and patent bees and bee production. Glad I have wild bees close at hand.

[lovuian]

7. I try to have plenty of plants so the pollinators can eat

all of the suburbs should promote this

[gateley]

8. I view Monstanto as aliens from another planet systematically

destroying the human race and our earth in order to take over the real estate and use it for whatever nefarious purposes they may have in mind.

[hatrack]

10. Yes, all they'll do is implant some Roundup-Resistant genes in the bees, and solve all the problems!

After all, Monsanto has all of our best interests at heart!

:puke:

[lovuian]

11. the poor bees

I'm fascinated that of all the countries Israel was part of Beelogics

[L0oniX]

12. There are no words to describe how much I hate Monsanto.

[lovuian]

13. They have their hands everywhere

and seem to be on a agenda

[AngkorWot]

14. "any thoughts"

Monsanto's the leading ag biotech company. Seems logical they'd be interested in acquiring a company working on this, given bees are important to agriculture.

[hatrack]

17. Do yourself a favor - google "seed cleaners lawsuits" and do some reading

Then get back to us.

[AngkorWot]

20. Monsanto v. Parr

Parr broke patent laws. The courts sided with Monsanto, Parr settled.

What about it?

[lame54]

15. They are looking to...

patent the solution to saving the bees...

...and then sell it to us

[lovuian]

16. a problem of which they may have created in the first place

I think Monsanto does recognize the necessity for the Bee in agriculture

[AngkorWot]

18. They engineered the virus that's killing bees?

Did they spread it with chemtrails?

[lame54]

19. of course...

but it's more important than their business

[lovuian]

21. Here is a Beekeepers view on the situation

http://youtu.be/gTiQTRWbeDw

60% of the food we eat is due to pollination
I believe Monsanto took the beekeepers advice
Bee friendly Monsanto