Bayer's Dr. Julian Little summarizes the flaws of the study:
http://beecare.bayer.com/media-center/news/news-detail/serious-flaws-in-recent-us-study-on-neonicotinoids

"Dosages are far removed from the reality in the field. The researchers 
were feeding honeybees with dose rates at 10, possibly nearer 100, times 
what they would normally encounter in the field. Not only were the doses
really high, they were also given over 13 consecutive weeks – far longer 
than the 1 to 3 week exposure seen following normal agricultural uses, 
explained Julian Little. And to try to link their results to CCD is frankly 
bizarre since the symptoms they describe in their study do not
resemble CCD in the US in the slightest".

Paul Cherubini
El Dorado, Calif.

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