>  Your science seems to be being used only to tear apart any thought that neonics might be harmful.

Nobody here doubts that "neonics might be harmful." It's quite clear than any insecticide has the ability under the right conditions, to kill bees. They are insects, after all. The French tried to link neonics with bee problems back in the 1990s and they were unable to prove a direct connection. Beekeepers have been trying ever since to connect them with their problems, including the chimerical CCD. 

Meanwhile, record honey yields have been reaped from crops treated with neonics, Bt, Roundup and all the rest of it. The colonies are then moved to successfully pollinate almonds in February. To have strong colonies in February is a major accomplishment, which would be impossible if neonics caused the harm they are purported to do. If research is motivated solely by the desire to make a case, that's bias.

PLB

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