> Where is the testing on sub lethal effects of 
> imidacloprid on insects? 

Where is the testing on sub lethal effects of 
the shop rag treatments beekeepers use?
Sublethal effects of migratory beekeeping
practices? Sublethal effects of diesel truck
smoke? Sublethal effects of malnutrition?

Clearly a can of worms.  Sublethal effects research
may be counterproductive because it distracts
researchers from spending their time and money 
on finding the pathogen that is most likely the 
root cause of CCD.

Paul Cherubini
El Dorado, Calif.

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