Beeologics

An Israeli company called Beeologics was thinking along similar lines. Beeologics' president, Eyal Ben-Chanoch, didn't actually know much about bees. But he knew people were worried about CCD, and he thought that a product aimed at fighting it would garner attention for his company. So he directed ...

In 2011, Monsanto acquired a startup called Beeologics. That company was trying to protect bees against Israeli acute paralysis virus, which is associated with the collapse of bee colonies. Beeologics was pursuing a possible solution through a technology called RNA interference (RNAi), which allows ...

The center was the result of two local acquisitions made by the US company the $35 million purchase of Rosetta Green in 2013 and the $100 million buyout of Beeologics in 2011. The two Israeli ventures were brought together under one roof, which at its peak employed dozens of employees; the R&D ...

It took over a company called Beeologics, which had found a way to introduce RNA into sugar water that bees feed on in order to kill a parasitic mite that infests hives. That company had also come up with a much cheaper way to make RNA. Monsanto also began trying to crack the problem of getting RNA ...

Bees are becoming endangered causing coverage by every type of global news source, and the fact that Monsanto does not seem phased is because of their suspicious buyout of the Israeli company, Beeologics. Monsanto became the owner of Beeologics, a company worth 113 million, in September 2011 ...

It should come as no surprise that opposition groups picked up their megaphones and maxed out the volume in 2011, when Monsanto acquired Beeologics, a start-up company "dedicated to restoring bee health and protecting the future of honeybee pollination." Many suspected that Monsanto was simply ...

Beeologics has developed a product called Remembee, an anti-viral agent which its boosters claim will help stem the tide of Colony Collapse Disorder, a mysterious plague which has led to the disappearance of the bees in up to a third of the commercial colonies located in the U.S. during the last decade.

There was quite a stir amongst beekeepers and anti-gmo activists this past October 2011 when chemical and seed giant Monsanto purchased Beeologics , a small company best known for its “groundbreaking research” vis a vis the application of RNAi technology on honeybees, a mechanism meant to block gene ...

Monsanto Co. announced Wednesday that it had bought Beeologics, a company that is developing a product that promises to help bees survive an illness that has been wiping out colonies across the world. Creve Coeur-based Monsanto, the world's largest seed company, did not disclose the terms of the ...

Beeologics' current projects include a product that uses a naturally-occurring process to help protect bee health. Monsanto intends to apply Beeologics' expertise in biological products for more general use in agriculture, by using the company's core technology for its discovery and development pipeline.