>... From our data we can offer NO support for the > genetic hypothesis of DD. No support from said researcher means little as few researchers agree on many hypothesis! I think Rothenbuler peer reviewed the paper as did Renderer. The genetic as a possible cause for DD in fact came from Rothenbuler ( a world renown bee geneticist). One sentence out of 28 pages proves little. it was common in those days to get all hypothesis peer reviewed. Dee Lusby's articles were all peer reviewed and had the peer reviewing person name AFTER the authors. I suspect Rothenbuler felt the opinion of the author should be passed on. peer review example: Eric Ericson's name was after the Lusby's in the Lusby's article and he constantly spoke out against small cell. Yet he peer reviewed the article and added his name. All the peer reviewer does for the most part is to make sure the hypothesis of the author could be a possibility as a person knowledgeable on the subject. Peer review adds creditability to research papers however are not always the views of the peer reviewer. Bee magazines used to peer review certain articles. The editor would simply send the article to a person qualified and the person would either add his name or reject the article and if happened most times the editor would reject the article also or ask for certain changes. Of course only Tom Renderer remains I think and could answer if he simply peer reviewed or actually composed the paper. Tom could be contacted but the general last word on DD was that it was basically a genetic problem. Wilson in his ABJ articles posed many possible scenarios but when Rothenbuler came into the picture the final answer became genetics. Which without further research could not be proven. Deknow. Researchers of those days always left an out when discussing a problem. The were taught in college to use certain words to give a way out if new research proved their position wrong. Some of today's researchers could learn a valuable lessen from the early bee researchers. Then the article in "Science" would not have been such an embarrassment to a few. bob **************************************************** * General Information About BEE-L is available at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/default.htm * ****************************************************