> > >Obviously Monsanto sees an opportunity here and considering that the > honey bee > was one of the first organisms sequenced, maybe they see some almost free, > low hanging > fruit to add to their portfolio of proprietary life forms. > Do you really think that Monsanto envisions that there would be any substantive return on investment on a patented bee? It would need to be propagated by instrumental insemination, so there would be a very limited market. This discussion is starting to sound like the Twilight Zone! -- Randy Oliver Grass Valley, CA www.ScientificBeekeeping.com *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm