[StolarStorm]

Messing with plants that God created is not a good idea. Adding poisons (insecticides) to plant genes is a horrible one. We are in the wrong on this one....

[Rusty0604]

I agree, I don’t like them experimenting with the world’s food production.

[Cyber Liberty]

Messing with plants that God created is not a good idea.

I wonder if there is a wayback machine we can use to retrieve corn seeds from 200 years ago? Because that's how long we've been "genetically engineering" it.

[piasa]

Many plant species contain insecticides, antibacterials, and other things for their defense and were created that way by God. So it's not a "bad thing" to put the genes responsible for that into a crop so it an grow its own insecticide, fungicde, etc. That's why you can spray a solution of tobacco juice onto your plants to prevent insect infestation. Tomatoes are a member of the deadly nightshade family and their leaves contain some interesting stuff. Passion vine is toxic to some species because it contains a chemical defense. Moss contains antibacterials.

As for bees, if you really want to help bees, quit mowing your grass all the time and let the dandelions & wildflowers grow. There's no shortage of bees here, and there are more than just the European honeybees here as well- one of my biggest citrus pollinators is a native green bee. They're not for making honey but fabulous for pollination.