Hi Tech,
"According to the producers of this documentary, France experienced a similar decline of their bees, they banned GMO crops, and the bees bounced back."
I have a real problem with this statement.
India, mainly due to lack of money, decided not to treat for mites. Massive losses but in 2 years the bees started recovering.
I picked up an old tool box that was packed with bees, honey, very old comb and the bottom was full of dead bees due to the broken bag of seven dust the the bees had learned how to deal with.
Bees are very resilient. Given a chance they eventually over comb most problems on their own.
It took about 10 years for feral bees in this area to come back but I suspect that was caused by one problem after another being introduced into our bees.
I have some reservation with GMO but more with Neonics. Not enough info one way or another to condemn GMO.
Jim