Oddly it may have been beneficial for the wild bees as they are now more immune*. If the beekeepers enough beekeepers go back to the normal size of the honeybee then the mites will drop back to normal levels. The only reason there was such a problem amongst the wild bees was the massive amount of mites in the domesticated population (the plague spread to the healthy population because of the concentration in the unhealthy population).
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* Of course a statement like that might lead someone to accuse me of thinking that a few plagues for mankind (say bird flu) might be in the best interests of everyone...
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I think that GMOs can be safe, but only if the people doing the modification think about it first (and if they were unable to obtain patents for the work they do). The way it is set up right now I question the safety of the GMOs.
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* Of course a statement like that might lead someone to accuse me of thinking that a few plagues for mankind (say bird flu) might be in the best interests of everyone...
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I think that GMOs can be safe, but only if the people doing the modification think about it first (and if they were unable to obtain patents for the work they do). The way it is set up right now I question the safety of the GMOs.