Hello All
 
I listened with a sense of horror to The BBC Today Program this morning when
the subject of Genetic Modification of food crops was discussed at length.
 
What really made me sit up and listen was the comment, that the fields of
such crops will contain the crops only - no animals, no birds, no insects.
 
And of course no bees. It would now appear that by 'clever' use of
technology that the crops will contain insect repellants thus exit the bees.
 
I am now minded to ask the following question. In the age when the dollar or
euro or whatever currency, is adored where you live, why should any of this
precious commodity called money be invested in breeding varroa resistant
bees, when the Monsantos of this world have decreed from their hallowed
boardrooms that bees will shortly be superfluous to requirements?.
 
The debate in the UK is now hotting up. I do not know what stage it has
reached in the USA and other countries. It would probably be most naive of
me to suggest that anything can be done while the debate is in progress to
influence matters. Perhaps the die has already been cast.
 
If so God help us all.
 
Sincerely
 
Tom Barrett
49 South Park
Foxrock
Dublin 18
Ireland
 
Hobbyist beekeeper
 
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