BIOL: Transgenic Bees

Patrick Wilken (patrickw@cs.monash.edu.au)
Sat, 24 May 1997 14:21:09 +1000


>On Fri, 23 May 1997 MonkeyWAX@aol.com wrote:
>
>> A while ago I started telling people about my idea's to engineer bee's to
>> make alternative food products. Now they all think i'm crazy!

You'd presumably have to convince other bee keepers that your bees weren't
going to breed with other bees and spread those particular engineered genes
around. Its a lot simpler keeping all your transgenic cows in the one
paddock. Just think of the hassles people have had with African bees.

best, patrick

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