Bee deaths
Roundup
Government tyranny: Illinois Department of Agriculture secretly destroys
beekeeper's bees and 15 years of research proving Monsanto's Roundup kills bees
Sunday, May 20, 2012 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writer
http://www.naturalnews.com
(NaturalNews) An Illinois beekeeper with more than a decade's worth of expertise
about how to successfully raise organic, chemical-free bees is the latest victim
of flagrant government tyranny. According to the Prairie Advocate,
Terrence "Terry" Ingram of Apple River, Ill., owner of Apple Creek Apiaries,
recently had his bees and beehives stolen from him by the Illinois Department
of Agriculture (IDofA), as well as more than 15 years' worth of research
proving Monsanto's Roundup to be the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)
destroyed.
It began last summer when Ingram, who teaches children about natural beekeeping,
gave a sample of his honeycomb to IDofA inspector Susan Kivikko (http://www.agr.state.il.us/programs/bees/inspectors.html)
at a beekeeper's picnic. Ingram explained that his bees would not touch the
comb, and asked Kivikko if it could be tested for chemical contamination.
Kivikko told him that IDofA does not test for chemicals, presumably because its
policy is to actively promote them, and instead took the comb and had it tested
for "foulbrood," a disease that Ingram says is greatly overblown. When the test
allegedly came back positive, Kivikko proceeded to get the ball rolling on a
witch hunt that would eventually lead to the illegal seizure and destruction of
Ingram's personal property.
Not only did Kivikko, as well as her colleague Eleanor Balson and superior
Steven D. Chard, break the law by trespassing Ingram's property on numerous
occasions without a warrant, but they also committed numerous crimes by stealing
his hives and equipment and destroying pertinent evidence before a hearing,
which Ingram believes may have ultimately been rooted in a deliberate conspiracy
by the state to hide the truth about Roundup, and subsequently steal his most
vibrant bees.IDofA appears to have
targeted Ingram for his research linking Roundup to CCD
Of particular interest was Ingram's extensive research on Monsanto's Roundup
herbicide, which began several years ago when hundreds of Ingram's hives had
died. He later determined that Roundup sprayings near his property were to
blame, which prompted him to actively research the subject and closely monitor
his hives in conjunction with this research from that point onward.
What he gathered, and subsequently taught to others, was concrete evidence that
Roundup kills bees. He also used this information and his many years of
experience to develop and refine ways of growing strong, chemical-free bees in
spite of Roundup sprayings, a move that apparently upset IDofA, which operates
primarily to serve the interests of chemical companies rather than the interests
of the people.
"Is Illinois becoming a police state, where citizens do not have rights?" asked
Ingram, who has been deliberately denied his rights, to the Prairie Advocate.
"Knowing that Monsanto and the Department of Agriculture are in bed together,
one has to wonder if Monsanto was behind the theft to ruin my research that may
prove Roundup was, and is, killing honeybees."
Be sure to read the full Prairie Advocate story about Terry Ingram, which
includes a video interview, here:
http://www.pacc-news.com/5-2-12/heart_ingram5_2_12.html
Sources for this article include:
http://www.pacc-news.com/5-2-12/heart_ingram5_2_12.html
http://www.agr.state.il.us/programs/bees/inspectors.html
http://www.naturalnews.com
http://www.naturalnews.com/Roundup.html