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  Corn Syrup

  I went online to find out what the current thinking is on the missing honeybees.  I don't know much about honeybees, but I found out what they feed them: corn syrup.

  In the USA, all of the corn (except the very small amount which is certified organic) is genetically altered.

  ADM (Archer Daniel Midland) has the market on high-fructose corn syrup: they make it cheaper than sugar (which is produced from beets or cane using other chemical processes which, by comparison, seem benign) with a little help from their friends in Washington, DC.  

  ADM was fined a few years ago: the largest fine in US corporate history up to that point for price-fixing, price-fixing of HFCS futures.

  It was funny to listen to NPR (National Public Radio, but more appropriately called National Petroleum Radio) at that time, to see how they would handle it.  NPR gets a lot of its revenue from ADM.  They mentioned it ONCE and did not go into any detail.
  Of course, we already knew how pusillanimous NPR can be (witness their refusal to air comments by Mumia Abu Jamal and their cheerleading for the slaughter perpetrated by the USA in its  bombings and invasion of Iraq).

  ADM has been feeding the US population High-Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) from genetically-modified corn for about a decade now. HFCS is not a natural food: it is made by treating the juice from corn (maize) with an acid.  

  Corn is a grain and, as such, is not an appropriate food for most humans to begin with.  The huge increase in diabetes in the USA is due to our ever higher consumption of grains, including corn, and probably aggravated by HFCS.

  When you genetically modify corn, then juice it, then send it through a chemical plant - well, anything is possible after that.

  The rest of the world, which still uses sugar, is watching to see what happens to us.  We (and, apparently, our bees) are the guinea pigs.

  By the way, genetically modified corn is the main ingredient in baby formula and pet foods, and HFCS is found in virtually ALL processed foods and ALL sweet beverages.  For example, it is found in ALL drinks available at Seven-Eleven ,except for milk, orange juice - and I wouldn't bet on that -  and coffee.

  So, for our missing bees, we may have to thank ADM, 'supermarket to the world'.On CSI: My Apiary posted 2 years, 2 months ago 9 Responses