A quick premise for the people that do not know who Monsanto is and what is high fructose corn syrup:

 

Monsanto is the leading producer of biochemical products and the world's largest seed company. It has monopolized agriculture and our food with its genetically engineered corn, soy and cotton.

From this GM corn, a substance is made: High fructose corn syrup; it's found as an ingredient in almost every conventional food. It's used as a sweetener, flavor enhancer, preservative and is cheap.

 

More and more studies are showing the dangerous effects of this substance that not only feeds humans but is used to feed livestock, pigs, chickens, fishes and even our precious bees!

This genetically engineered food has been deteriorating people's health for over 40 years since its introduction to our agriculture.

It was engineered to work in conjunction with the herbicide "Roundup" which contaminates water, soil and kills all plants and animals.

 

Ironically, this industry is heavily subsidized by the government; our tax money are put to work against us and to enrich corporations like Monsanto, Syngenta, Dow, Bayer etc.
You can learn more about who owns nature here (excellent publication): 

http://www.etcgroup.org/upload/publication/707/01/etc_won_report_final_color.pdf

Said this, since 2006, billions of bee colonies have died for no apparent reason. This phenomenon has affected the world's food production, and has been titled "Colony Collapse Disorder" (CCD). As you might know already, bees are responsible for 1/3 of the world's food production, and it is one of the world's most important natural assets.

We think of the CCD for the bees as the cancer for humans.

We believe that one of the main causes of the massive dying off of bees is high fructose corn syrup. Learn more about the importance of bees:
http://www.pan-europe.info/Resources/Articles/A_World_Without_Bees.pdf.

Other causes are pesticides, antibiotics, parasites, pathogens, livestock-like practices (bigger hive cell sizes, migratory stress, antibiotics, various chemicals used), drought, etc.

 

Also, as a result of this diet, the honey that gets produced is essentially high fructose corn syrup and honey mixed together; there isn't such a thing as "pure" or "natural" honey.

Now, why would beekeepers feed this poison to bees? Simply and tragically because it is a money saving solution, the quick fix mentality and the adoption of short sighted solutions.

Who's behind all of this?
The corporations that control corn, soy, cotton, also control nature, control our economy and society just like the fossil fuel industry does. Corporatism is killing nature and people, represents our current economy and laws, and is the new Nazism or form of imperialism.

What's the solution?
A healthy environment and organic beekeeping are the answer to this problem, learn more here: http://www.bee-hexagon.net/files/file/fileE/Organic/ProgramAbstracts.pdf
This can only be achieved if we steer away from a chemical based agriculture and embrace an organic agriculture where principles of permaculture, sustainability and biodiversity are implemented.

 

You can start by supporting the organic market, you can call your congress representatives and pressure them to subsidize organic agriculture and abandon our current system: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml.

 

More than that, you can sign the petition that can stop this all: 

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/bring-down-monsanto-monopoly/

Save our planet, all of us and our dear bees now!

 

More info on the CCD: http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=15572
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_collapse_disorder
A study on the HFCS and bees: 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090826110118.htm

 

 

P.S.: If you are an artist and would like to donate/volunteer your artwork to us, you can submit it on Your Art page. We are looking right now for a drawing or picture showing/suggesting Hitler/Nazism and GMO Corn. Thank you.