Genetically modified Bt maize: New test with bee larvae

Scientists at the University of Würzburg have for the first time investigated how well bee larvae cope with Bt maize pollen under controlled l… more

Bees in stress test

Bees are swarming around a pot containing yellow pollen feed. The newly emerged worker bees are obviously hungry. Over the next four weeks the… more

Effects of Bt maize on honeybees

(2008 – 2011) University of Würzburg, Dep. of Animal Ecol. & Trop. Biology (Zoology III) more

“We are looking at how bee colonies that can gather pollen from only one type of maize develop.”

The maize test area in the middle of August. Gauze-covered tents, distributed over the whole maize test area, represent the restricted habi… more

Comparing different varieties

From 2008 to 2011 several research projects will once again be investigating the environmental impacts of genetically modified Bt maize. A … more

Bt plants: no evidence that they are harmful to bees

Genetically modified Bt plants have no adverse effect on the survival of honey bees – this is the conclusion of a group of US ecologists… more

“Bees use maize pollen only when there are no alternatives.”

(18 July 2007) The Braunschweig administrative court has refused a fast-track appeal against the cultivation of genetically modified Bt maize.… more

Bt maize compatible with honey bees.

Bees are very important as pollinators of many wild and cultivated plants. They fly from flower to flower collecting nectar and pollen and pay… more

Effects of Bt maize pollen on the honeybee

(2001 – 2004) Jena University, Institute of Nutrition and Environment more