BEE NEWS -

 

BEE SPERM BANK BEING DEVELOPED

 

 THE BEE DIE OFF SITUATION IS DESPERATE

 

Washington State University scientists are developing a sperm bank to capture the biodiversity of honey bees. The hope is to breed stronger pollinators, since populations keep declining.

 

Researchers are preparing to use liquid nitrogen to create a frozen semen bank. They’re also trying to come up with a new super-bee subspecies that could thwart the phenomenon called colony collapse disorder.

 

The project is financed by agribusiness, and will be collecting bees in the European Alps and the United States.

Read more:  http://www.opb.org/news/article/npr-wsu-researchers-to-create-sperm-bank-for-honey-bees/

The desperate situation resulting from a world-wide bee die off is already resulting in failed harvests, such as the case with California almond trees.  Bees are top pollinators, and many food items we consume daily would disappear from supermarkets without bee pollination.

 

Although bees are displaying health problems causing their demise, pesticides and GMOs are believed to be the main culprits for fatal damage done to the bees organs and immune system. 

Pesticides and government inaction behind bees disappearance -
http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2013/06/bees-issues-pesticides-and-government.html

Colony Collapse Disorder on the rise as researchers point to Pesticides -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/bee-deaths-colony-collapse_n_2979959.html

See pictures of what your supermarket would look like with gaps for missing items due to bees disappearance:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342069/What-supermarket-look-like-bees-die-Empty-shelves-scant-produce-options.html

Government ilegally seizes Monsanto-resistant bees from bee researcher Terrence Ingram.
http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2013/05/government-control-news-monsanto.html