...this is a strange press release.  it seems to be saying that a 
group (with no mention of who the members are, or what their 
credentials might be) in germany is asking the us congress to "probe 
farming practices"...and at the same time tells us that 
the "Horticulture and Organic Agriculture Subcommittee of
the House Agriculture Committee " is already scheduled to hold a 
hearing on ccd....so they can claim later that they called for this 
action and the action was taken???  i don't get it.

if, as the release claims, that ccd is being seen in "several 
european nations", why are they not also asking those countries 
governments to look into this?

also, if you look at the full release, it says that the group is 
convinced of:

"Some of the most promising antiviral substances are found in bee 
products like Propolis and Royal Jelly. At the same time, bee 
products are among most effective methods to boost the human immune 
system. Given the growing danger of a global pandemic with new virus 
strains like H5N1, the availability of such products in large 
quantities and high quality will be a key factor in our ability to 
limit the spread of such a disease."

...this is quite a claim...i don't doubt that many bee products have 
health benefits, but claiming that propolis will be an important 
treatment for a global bird flu pandemic is "premature" at best.

deknow

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