>
> >But, back to Aarons point.  What the hell does GMO have to do with bees?


Indirectly, it greatly affects the marketing of honey and hive products--as
Juanse unfortunately learned.

Potentially directly, some fear that GE crops may directly harm bees
(absolutely zero evidence to support this fear).

Potentially directly, there is nothing to stop any beekeeper from
purchasing a $150 Crispr kit and splicing a gene for mite resistance into a
line of bees.  Releasing such a line of bees into the environment may be
illegal (I'm not sure, if it's not for sale).  And such a release might
never be noticed, and spread through the entire bee population.

Also directly, there will be proposals to use gene drive to control
varroa.  Any trace of such a mite in hive products might also make them
unsaleable in some markets.

I feel that this is an appropriate topic for the List, especially since so
many are sorrowfully mis- or uninformed.
-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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