>
> >Studies such as this attempt to isolate factors, but in doing so, should,
> IMO, be certain that the artificial conditions and situations presented and
> observed have some real-world meaning and are not outside the range of
> possibility.


I'm in total agreement!  Pushing things to the extreme can often help to
tease out effects that would otherwise not be noticed, but in this age of
rumors spreading at light speed via the internet, researchers should be
careful to fully explain the caveats of their findings.
-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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