“…The GMO crops with insecticidal properties could have a negative, sub-lethal, effect on bees. However, this concern of negative effect of GMOs have not been verified (Marvier, McCreedy, Regetz, & Kareiva, 2007;Duan, Marvier, Huesing, Dively, & Huang, 2008). The worker bees and colonies fed pollen from genetically modified Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn did not have increased rates of mortality (Rose, Dively, & Pettis, 2007).…”