> One problem, Geoff, is what sort of test would one use?
> Mere testing for protein content, or amino acid or lipid profile would
> certainly be of interest, but would likely not tell the whole story.  The
> only true test would be long-term feeding trials of caged colonies, which
> would be prohibitively expensive.
>

Even then, what will it tell you? The problem with pollen is they are not
created equal. Some are good, some poor and some just not nutritional at
all. As in all things nutritional, the best pollen for bees is lots of
different ones, not just one alone.

So even if you show that a GMO mono-crop pollen has less nutrition than
before, you still have the problem of a mono-crop, which is not good for
bees either.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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