Is Warmed High-Fructose Corn Syrup Killing Off Honeybees?
Maybe.
Apparently people feed HFC to honeybees to increase honey production. Apparently if you heat the stuff, it forms hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). Apparently this kills bees. Apparently it's not exactly good for us, either.
[H/T J. Carthensis]
Maybe.
Apparently people feed HFC to honeybees to increase honey production. Apparently if you heat the stuff, it forms hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). Apparently this kills bees. Apparently it's not exactly good for us, either.
[H/T J. Carthensis]
posted by Winston Smith at
5:59 PM
3 Comments:
I'm not going to buy this, because there's another theory that says it's just a virus, which seems more likely to me. It'll kill 30% of them, but life will go on, natural selection and all that.
Me, I hate nature---nature is what kills you---bears, coyotes, mountain lions eating your children. Fuck 'em. I like my nature paved, no apologies. Mankind is #1, and make way, inferior creatures.
But I gotta admit to a soft spot here---a new swarm of honeybees came down my chimney last year to make a new home for their new queen. So I just turned on the gas fireplace and blasted 'em out.
Bye-bye, queenie. Move on.
But this year they set up shop in one of my eucalyptus trees. They seemed to be willing to work for a living, and squirt off the hill behind my house for their well-gathered whatever it is they eat and not bug me. Just couldn't bring meself to nuke 'em, although I had the guy's number.
[It's sort of how Californians feel about our illegal Mexican/Central American immigrants. Really and truly. Live and let live, as long as you're willing to make your own living. A Buddhist thing? American?]
Anywayz, I agree with you, WS, corn syrup is the devil. In fact my British/overseas friends have taught me that even a Hershey or Mars bar is better overseas because they have to make it with actual [cane] sugar. Corn syrup, which is in every American candy bar---if not every processed food---repulses their taste buds and turns their stomachs.
Bought a Snickers in London. Yo, dude! They even have better Budweiser, I'm told, altho it's not related to corn syrup. Couldn't believe I was in a bar in England full of Aqualungs all drinking Bud. Mebbe it is better! Gotta beat the spit out of Heineken.
[Me, I ordered the bitter. More on that as occasion permits...]
Was that nature-paving, mankind-is-number-one thing a joke?
Yes and no.
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