Thank you for providing the link to the results in CCD deadouts tested  ,
 James(Jim?)

I read it and it noted that "preliminary results" indicated that treating
 boxes chemically or through irradiation indicated a strong reduction in the
 effects of the disease.
It was then noted that the information was very "preliminary", therefore not
conclusive.

 Since this  report was in a release in April, I am sure that the pattern(s)
 have solidified-one way or another- ie existence or nonexistence of
 statistically significantly differences in the treated vs untreated groups
over the longer time period.


i am not absolutely a comber of every single email through this list, but
 would anybody care to enlighten me on the current status of this study if I
 have overlooked it, or if there is any new info on THIS particular test
 noted.
It is harder for me to imagine a better custom made experiment that could
 easily point to whether CCD is a problem with a pathogen as opposed to
 chemical contamination.
 (I am not a chemist-but I assume that irradiation would not have a
 pronounced effect on any man-made poisons)

 Thanks for your time

 John Horton

 Below is  the link to which i am responding:

 http://home.ezezine.com/1636/1636-2007.04.26.08.42.archive.html

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