Daily Archives: April 26, 2007

Agri-bees-ness

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 26, 2007

Bayer! Bayer AG is a massive German based chemicals and pharmaceuticals manufacturer. It has operations in most countries worldwide and had global sales for 2000 of nearly $30 billion.[1] Its operations are divided into four sectors: Health, Agriculture, Polymers (plastics, synthetic rubber) and Chemicals. It has recently acquired Aventis’ controversial cropscience business, making it a [...]

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Dirty beesness

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 26, 2007

I’ve had my mouth engaged about this since last winter, but my mind is only starting to catch up. Bee mites have been a problem for years so when I heard about Colony Collapse Disorder I conflated the two issues. The Varroa mite has been troubling bee keepers since the eighties, but the current rash [...]

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Glass Walls at BlogHer

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 26, 2007

Ronni Bennett posted on the recent US Supreme Court decision that erodes progress that pro-choice advocates have made over the last forty years or so. She cross posted at BlogHer and two active and different discussion threads opened up on the topic. I felt welcome to comment at Ronni’s, but I don’t feel welcome at [...]

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