I have read a bit about the bee problem here in the US. One thing that has not been mentioned so far in the thread is that some US commercial pollinators (the folks who drive their hives all around the country following the blooms) feed their bees corn syrup as an energy boost and to replace the honey that has been taken. My understanding is that this mostly occurs early in the year. It would be logical to assume that most corn syrup in the US is made with genetically modified corn, which could be the connection being looked for. Or, the corn syrup could just be as bad for bees as it is for us. Do bee keepers feed corn syrup to bees in Germany?