>
> >Needless to say, following the so-called "precautionary principle", we
> should have been moved to act by Krischik’s admonitions, and we would never
> have known that ladybugs would be thriving 15 years later despite the
> steady increase of the use of neonics.


Hardly "needless to say."  We NEED to keep saying this.  We must be very
careful about extrapolating suggestive lab studies to the "real world."

The most meaningful research on neonics has mostly been published in the
last three years, as objective researchers "ground truth" concerns that
neonics would cause the extinction of the honey bee.

The short synopsis is that they are finding that much concern was
unwarranted, but that some species of bumblebees and solitary bees may be
negatively affected in agricultural landscapes.  We also need more research
on insecticide synergies, as well as suggestive evidence that neonics may
have delayed effects upon queens.


-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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