Will GMO affect my ants?
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- idahoantgirl
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Will GMO affect my ants?
So, I know that GMO is supposed to kill bugs when they eat it. If I fed my ants a fruit or vegetable that had GMO would this affect them?
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Re: Will GMO affect my ants?
As far as my knowledge goes GMO crops are usually treated with the BT protein ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_thuringiensis ), you can do a little research on it but I fear it does affect ants as well
- Batspiderfish
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Re: Will GMO affect my ants?
Crops are genetically modified to improve yield or nutrition, resist chemicals like herbicide/insecticide, or to produce chemicals of their own. Plants modified to produce Bt toxin are supposed to only be effective against caterpillars, but they may have some detrimental effect on the health of other insects (bees, for instance) without being outright lethal. Available evidence would suggest that bees and their cousins are not affected by Bt toxin unless their health is already in decline.
Too bad that in the United States, we have no way of knowing how produce at the store has been modified except if the strain hasn't been modified at all (disregarding gene flow that can spread through pollen).
Too bad that in the United States, we have no way of knowing how produce at the store has been modified except if the strain hasn't been modified at all (disregarding gene flow that can spread through pollen).
If you enjoy my expertise and identifications, please do not put wild populations at risk of disease by releasing pet colonies. We are responsible to give our pets the best care we can manage for the rest of their lives.
- idahoantgirl
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Re: Will GMO affect my ants?
so like corn syrup? What effect would it have on them? or is ti okBatspiderfish wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2017 5:17 pmCrops are genetically modified to improve yield or nutrition, resist chemicals like herbicide/insecticide, or to produce chemicals of their own. Plants modified to produce Bt toxin are supposed to only be effective against caterpillars, but they may have some detrimental effect on the health of other insects (bees, for instance) without being outright lethal. Available evidence would suggest that bees and their cousins are not affected by Bt toxin unless their health is already in decline.
Too bad that in the United States, we have no way of knowing how produce at the store has been modified except if the strain hasn't been modified at all (disregarding gene flow that can spread through pollen).
Proverbs 6:6-8
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
Keeping Tetramorium immigrans, Tapinoma Sessile
- Batspiderfish
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Re: Will GMO affect my ants?
Refined foods are probable going to be safe.
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- Batspiderfish
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Re: Will GMO affect my ants?
Organically grown, non-GMO food does not mean that it hasn't been treated with Bt toxin. The organic way to apply it is to spray the field with bacteria which produce it.
And then there's this extremely important facet to interpreting labels:
"I have since realized that Evolution is a lie, a false religion. There is no credible evidence to support Evolution. I looked and found none."
And then there's this extremely important facet to interpreting labels:
"I have since realized that Evolution is a lie, a false religion. There is no credible evidence to support Evolution. I looked and found none."
If you enjoy my expertise and identifications, please do not put wild populations at risk of disease by releasing pet colonies. We are responsible to give our pets the best care we can manage for the rest of their lives.
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