Europarlement luidt noodklok over bijensterfte

Het Europees Parlement luidt de noodklok over het geringe aantal bijen in Europa. Afgelopen zomer waren er veel minder bijen dan gebruikelijk, wat tot problemen leidde bij imkers, boeren en tuinders. Zonder bijen raken bloemen niet bevrucht, met als resultaat minder planten, groenten en fruit.

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Death of the Bees: GMO Crops and the Decline of Bee Colonies in North America

Genetically modified seeds are produced and distributed by powerful biotech conglomerates. The latter manipulate government agricultural policy with a view to supporting their agenda of dominance in the agricultural industry. American conglomerates such as Monsanto, Pioneer HiBred and others, have created seeds that reproduce only under certain conditions, often linked to the use of their own brands of fertilizer and/or insecticide.

The genetic modification of the plant leads to the concurrent genetic modification of the flower pollen. When the flower pollen becomes genetically modified or sterile, the bees will potentially go malnourished and die of illness due to the lack of nutrients and the interruption of the digestive capacity of what they feed on through the summer and over the winter hibernation process.

I will argue that the media reports tend to distract public opinion from the true cause which underlies the destruction of bee colonies. As such, outlined are four major arguments which the biotech conglomerates (which produce and market GMO seeds) have used to mislead the public regarding the demise of the bees.

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