General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMonsanto hopes to win over beekeepers with cure
At the close of Monsanto Co.s Bee Health Summit Thursday, at least a few beekeepers in attendance were still a little incredulous about where theyd just spent the last three days.
I cant believe Im at Monsanto, said Gene Brandi, a beekeeper from California, echoing a colleagues comments from the previous night. But the honey bees brought me here.
The conference, which began Tuesday, was an effort by the Creve Coeur-based biotechnology giant to introduce itself to the beekeeping industry a community in which it could find customers one day, and one that has some Monsanto skeptics in its ranks.
The goal in my mind was pretty simple, said Jerry Hayes, a veteran bee expert who leads Monsantos bee research efforts. To connect the beekeeping industry more closely to Monsanto, and to connect Monsanto more closely to the beekeeping industry. Theyve heard all the big scary stuff about the company. We want to raise their comfort level.
The company is working on a new technology intended to control a tiny insect, called the varroa mite, that has been a major factor in the decimation of honey bees. If Monsanto successfully brings the technology to market, it could be a blockbuster.
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/monsanto-hopes-to-win-over-beekeepers-with-cure/article_19e82066-0e5f-5a57-bcfd-9232d81db401.html
russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)Do not trust anything that Monsanto says or does.
bluestate10
(10,942 posts)Otherwise, you are just throwing up a straw man that no one other than those pre-disposed to agree with your slant can take seriously.
Romulus Quirinus
(524 posts)then attack it. I'm afraid that I don't see how the poster did that by saying what they did. :/
Autumn
(44,743 posts)That is what I would bet on.
bluestate10
(10,942 posts)can come up with a male enhancement pill that can causes four erections, then Monsanto can come up with a parasite killer than causes honey bees to look for blood instead of nectar. But those possibilities are in the future, if Monsanto is sane, the company should bend over backward to insure that it's parasite killer does just that and nothing else.
Ron Green
(9,821 posts)fix the financial meltdown?
bluestate10
(10,942 posts)Monsanto can't blow it's save the bees effort, the blowback would be terrible if it does.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)so they wouldn't continue to kill bees? Only to pay off, so to speak, leading beekeepers, by promising to give money to help with a mite infestation that ALSO kills bees?