Hi John,
1) Greatly reduced population of wax moths.
2) A greater need for pollinating insects and animals since moth and
butterfly pollinators will be devastated.

The above 2 benefits will depend on wax moth larvae feeding on the diet
contaminated with Bt. Therefore, bees have to bring this Bt into hive
to make this Bt available to the wax moth larvae.
The second benefit is questionable . Flowers pollinated by
moth or butterflies are specific flowers which are adapted to suit
only these kind of bugs. For example, Moth blossoms will open only at
night for moth pollination and often close during day time. Thus, some of
these flowers are not visited by bees because they don't have the
right shap and are not attractive.

cheers
Medhat
Medhat Nasr, Ph.D.
Research Scientist,
Ontario Beekeepers' Association
Dept. Environmental Biology
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
N1G 2W1
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