Bob 
 
Following on Jack's point, NSF and USDA have separate budgets - so  nothing 
spent by NSF would ever go to USDA for applied bee  research.  The Harvard 
study is a NSF basic  science computing exercise, and I know well one of the 
investigators.   \
 
The video surprised me - none of the team that I know has any aspirations  
of producing an artificial pollinator - they're using bees as a model system 
to  explore computer, robotics, and information systems - much like Srini 
uses  concepts derived from his bee work in Australia to design better  
guidance/autopilot systems for robots, airplanes, helicopters, etc.
 
So, none of that $10M would have ever been spent on CCD or any applied bee  
science - NSF prides itself on being the agency that funds basic 
exploratory  science.
 
Jerry

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