Microscopic Parasite Killing Our BEES

[BugSick]

GEEZ......could it be one of the microscopic parasites used in Asia for their BIOremediation......

for like we believe every wastewater facility has their bugs designed in labs to accomodate the sludge and what is in that sludge......and have infected our water ways with their technology......

so now not only are humans infected with Morgellons but wildlife and anything that has gotten into these organisms in the water are now infected.....

Notice....the mite has been ruled out....experts were trying to blame the mite but this in NOT THE CASE...



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MADRID - A parasite common in Asian bees has spread to Europe and the Americas and is behind the mass disappearance of honeybees in many countries, says a Spanish scientist who has been studying the phenomenon for years.


The culprit is a microscopic parasite called nosema ceranae said Mariano Higes, who leads a team of researchers at a government-funded apiculture centre in Guadalajara, the province east of Madrid that is the heartland of Spain's honey industry.
He and his colleagues have analysed thousands of samples from stricken hives in many countries.

"We started in 2000 with the hypothesis that it was pesticides, but soon ruled it out," he told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday.

Pesticide traces were present only in a tiny proportion of samples and bee colonies were also dying in areas many miles from cultivated land, he said.

They then ruled out the varroa mite, which is easy to see and which was not present in most of the affected hives.

For a long time Higes and his colleagues thought a parasite called nosema apis, common in wet weather, was killing the bees.

"We saw the spores, but the symptoms were very different and it was happening in dry weather too."

Then he decided to sequence the parasite's DNA and discovered it was an Asian variant, nosema ceranae. Asian honeybees are less vulnerable to it, but it can kill European bees in a matter of days in laboratory conditions.

"Nosema ceranae is far more dangerous and lives in heat and cold. A hive can become infected in two months and the whole colony can collapse in six to 18 months," said Higes, whose team has published a number of papers on the subject.

"We've no doubt at all it's nosema ceranae and we think 50 percent of Spanish hives are infected," he said.

Spain, with 2.3 million hives, is home to a quarter of the European Union's bees.

His team have also identified this parasite in bees from Austria, Slovenia and other parts of Eastern Europe and assume it has invaded from Asia over a number of years.

Now it seems to have crossed the Atlantic and is present in Canada and Argentina, he said. The Spanish researchers have not tested samples from the United States, where bees have also gone missing.

Treatment for nosema ceranae is effective and cheap -- 1 euro (US$1.4) a hive twice a year -- but beekeepers first have to be convinced the parasite is the problem.

Another theory points a finger at mobile phone aerials, but Higes notes bees use the angle of the sun to navigate and not electromagnetic frequencies.

Other elements, such as drought or misapplied treatments, may play a part in lowering bees' resistance, but Higes is convinced the Asian parasite is the chief assassin.

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Yeah it crossed the Atlantic because we are using these same designer bugs in North America....all across this GOD given land....we have infected our waterways....and everything in contact with these manipulated organisms....for environmental cleanup

[Jo]

Hi there,

I've been reading abit more about bees today.

The asian fungus Nosema ceranae has been tentatively linked to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), a phenomenon reported primarily from the United States, since fall of 2006.

However, according to this, there is doubt that the fungus is the cause of CCD:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosema_ceranae


This article from last week, reports similar problems occuring in Germany.

"The problem, says Haefeker, has a number of causes, one being the varroa mite, introduced from Asia, and another is the widespread practice in agriculture of spraying wildflowers with herbicides and practicing monoculture. Another possible cause, according to Haefeker, is the controversial and growing use of genetic engineering in agriculture."

In isolated cases, says Hederer, declines of up to 80 percent have been reported. He speculates that "a particular toxin, some agent with which we are not familiar," is killing the bees.

the bees' death is accompanied by a set of symptoms "which does not seem to match anything in the literature."

The scientists are also surprised that bees and other insects usually leave the abandoned hives untouched. Nearby bee populations or parasites would normally raid the honey and pollen stores of colonies that have died for other reasons, such as excessive winter cold. "This suggests that there is something toxic in the colony itself which is repelling them,"

A gene from a soil bacterium had been inserted into the corn that enabled the plant to produce an agent that is toxic to insect pests.... The bacterial toxin in the genetically modified corn may have "altered the surface of the bee's intestines, sufficiently weakening the bees to allow the parasites to gain entry -- or perhaps it was the other way around. We don't know."

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...473166,00.html

jo xxx

[Kritters]

Hey Jo,

A gene from a soil bacterium had been inserted into the corn that enabled the plant to produce an agent that is toxic to insect pests.... The bacterial toxin in the genetically modified corn may have "altered the surface of the bee's intestines, sufficiently weakening the bees to allow the parasites to gain entry -- or perhaps it was the other way around. We don't know."

Yup....this is what I mentoned a few days ago. There just HAS to be ramificatons from this bio-engineering since so much is not understood about the specific workings of organisms.

It's so sad that we are so irresponsible.

Kritts

[Jo]

Hi folks,

I have a strong affinity to bees, dunno why, so I'm keeping tabs on their struggles.

You know there was a debate about whether the mobile phone frequencies were mucking up their navigation? Well, I'd been told that they navigate by the sun. Apparently, is isnt strickly true, as scientists have found magnetic particles in their stomachs...ummm....now makes me wonder if the magnetic particles are apart of their makeup or a foreign edition??

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technolo...y_updated.html

Well, I was visiting a garden today and a woman asked me to sign a petition. Apparently the Government arent funding research into why they are dying across the UK. I told her about the problems in the US and she didnt know ANYWAY - it made my heart pound.

So if you're a UK resident, please sign the petition to Number 10: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/BeeResearch/

Thanks

Jo xxx

[niecy]

Jo, I am sure it is in one of these links that you all have provided, but I just wanted to ask you a question. I was told by a friend that saw this on television, either on Discovery or just the news, that if the bees die, every living thing on this planet would be dead in about four years. Do you know anything about that statement?

Niecy
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[Jo]

Hello Niecy

Albert Einstein: "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would only have four years of life left.

No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man."

The German researcher said that "a particular toxin, some agent with which we are not familiar," is killing the bees.

I feel compelled to research into the magnetic particles found in their bellies....


Jo xxx

[Jo]

Hi guys,

I'm compelled to be on Bee watch alert.

So if anyone reads any new reports from anywhere, please let us know.

The UK gov have just replied to the petition for more funding to help figure out why the bees are dying. The request for £8m was declined. In fact the gov seem to have their heads truely in the sand.

The Gov do mention that the bee population has decreased since 2001.

I wonder why? Does this coincide with GM crop production - Hilly, your report earlier mentioned GM since 2000. So maybe thats it.

The German reseacher said the following:

"The bacterial toxin in the genetically modified corn may have altered the surface of the bee's intestines, sufficiently weakening the bees to allow the parasites to gain entry -- or perhaps it was the other way around. We don't know."

Here's the Gov reply: Number10.gov.uk » Beeresearch - epetition response

If that farmer on the telly got it right, there will be a shortage of honey by this Christmas...if it happens then the Gov are seriously misinformed, or protecting the GM seed monsters.

Jo xxx

[Kritters]

Hey Jo,

"...if it happens then the Gov are seriously misinformed, or protecting the GM seed monsters."

What else is new? In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the directive was given to dig heads deep in the sand regarding ANY new diseases....insect, fish, animal, or human. This would explain lots. They know damn well what is happening.

Kritts

[2manyfibers]

Hey guys (or should I say gals?) - Here is a recent article about bees in New Mexico that is interesting. Here's the link with an excerpt:

Honeybees at risk - New Mexico Independent

And Hays is convinced hives must be kept away from genetically modified crops. “That’s where you see colony collapse,” he says. Hays says out of more than 200 hives he has “scattered all over” New Mexico, the only ones he’s lost to die-off were 20 hives situated next to fields of genetically modified corn. “Everybody around there lost bees,” Hays says.

The implication for bees is that “the pollen becomes poison and kills insects,” Hays says. “I have lots of hives. I’m not hurting. (But) I don’t want any bees around GM corn.”

Crowder, who used to keep bees south of Albuquerque but is now in Peñasco, concurs, saying he thinks bees around GM crops are dying because they cannot digest GM pollen, “although I haven’t seen a good study on that.”

The bee’s inability to digest the pollen could be compared to human inability to digest Olestra, a fat alternative product that passes through the body and is used to reduce caloric intake.

Crowder says beekeepers he knows in the Chihuahua state of Mexico are experiencing problems they attribute to GM corn, and Mexicans are fighting to keep GM corn from taking over native corn plants. German beekeepers also suspect GM crops in colony collapse.

Recognizing that colony collapse threatens about a third of the nation’s food sources, Congress put $75 million —or $15 million annually over five years — in this year’s farm bill specifically to fund research into the causes behind it. One of the bill’s provisions is that the U.S. Department of Agriculture annually report on results of the research into colony collapse.

And New Mexico beekeepers and others question whether USDA’s research will include a critical look at GM crops, giant corporations like Monsanto or industrial agriculture itself, which promotes the use of GM crops, pesticides and monoculture, all of which have been implicated in colony destruction. Monoculture is vast acreages planted in one crop, which means flowering occurs all at once, leaving no food for bees when the flowering stops. When crops are more diverse, they flower throughout the growing season, offering a continuous food supply for bees.

And to answer Jo's question about whether they government is protecting companies like Monsanto, this link from the comments section of the article referenced above discusses how a Canadian court found a farmer guilty of "possessing" Monsanto's GM seed, even though his land was contaminated by these seeds against his own desire and he did not profit or attempt to profit from this 'technology". It sure looks to me like the answer to the question is that government is going to great lengths to protect these vile companies like Monsanto even when the evidence proves that these companies are the ones that are truly at fault.

The Crime of Percy Schmeiser

[Jo]

Wow 2Many.

Hilly??? you know that letter you're gonna write to the Prince of Wales????? Well, please may we include abit abit the bees and GM??

I'm gonna write to the Bee Association.

I love apples. No bees means NO APPLES. And at least a third of our most valuable crops will not be pollinated.

Jo xxx