--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bob, > > Did we work at the Florida Capital together? I used to work with the > bees there and helped sell the pollen. I have wanted to have hives > again ever since. Varietal honey rocks! > >
***************** I talked with you once or twice at MIU in the 70s, but I never worked in FL. You might find honey also financially rewarding now, as the price is at high levels. > > > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Honeybee's Genome Mapped -- Pesticide Interests > > Immediately Corrupt the Knowledge > > > > By Paul Hendricks > > > > In a move announced recently, geneticists, working without the > > approval of any national beekeeping organization, have stated their > > intentions to use the mapping of the honeybee's genes to splice in a > > moth's gene which is resistant to organophosphates, thereby > > rendering the bees pesticide resistant to those chemicals. This is > > curious on several levels. Writer Tom Theobald called it an > > extension of splicing resistance to herbicides into plants. As Tom > > Theobald puts it, "What's next, engineering human genes for > > tolerance to pesticides and herbicides?" Can't you imagine this next > > comment to fly across the dinner table, "Honey, pass the salt and > > malathion." > > > > There are a couple of things in the gene splicing arena of which > > beekeepers might approve. For ages farmers have selected for genes > > which promote desired traits such as productivity and disease > > resistance. > > > > Using the genome research to make it possible to use more chemicals > > with impunity is a gross misuse of knowledge and is opposed by the > > American Honey Producers Association. The fault lies not with the > > marvelously constructed honeybee but with the greedy and arrogant > > chemical companies who would back this ludicrous research. > > Beekeepers and their wannabees believe genome research could more > > properly be used to move toward a more natural state of bee-ing and > > away from, not closer to, Frankenbees. > > > > > > > > > > Paul Hendricks 303-789-3209 > > > > Chester Ferguson, WA State Professional Beekeeper President 509- 452- > > 5772 > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Everything you need is one click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AHchtC/4FxNAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
