Bob Harrison gave this link:
http//:www.sptimes.com/2007/03/03/State/Scientists-ask-where.shtml
it should be:
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/03/03/State/Scientists_ask__Where.shtml

But what a PR disaster this man has caused!  Consider some of the phrases 
used:

"It's a lot like AIDS," Hackenberg said.
'And the variety of fungi, viruses and mites found in collapsing hives 
suggests a widespread failure of the bees' immune systems.'
'This may strain their ability to recover from infections, the report says, 
and expose them to a wider range of diseases and toxic chemicals.'
"They forage over a large area so they pick up a lot of junk," Hayes said.
'...an increasingly popular class of pesticides called neonicotinoids...'
'a new strain of fungus that has appeared in many of the failing hives.'

I am certainly glad that I do not have to try to sell honey in the US!

Best wishes

Peter Edwards
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www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/ 

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