>
> >The metabolization breaks down the imidacloprid into at least two "binding
> metabolites".
> That seems to DOUBLE the number of molecules that can bind the bee's
> receptors.
>

It is easy for the truly curious to look for diagrams of the degradation of
IMI on Google images.  IMI can be degraded into any of several metabolites
at any step.  For an analogy, one can cut a T-bone steak into a New York
strip steak plus a tenderloin.  You've now got two steaks, but no more
total steak.

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

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