Dick said:

> It isn't sprayed "all over our hives at random." 
> It is sprayed directly on the bees 

Perhaps YOU can spray something and hit only bees,
never getting any of the spray in open brood cells,
on combs, or anywhere else.  I don't think the rest
of us are anywhere near that skillful.
 
> where they go to work cleaning each other off by 
> consuming the syrup. 

But who says that they will consume it all?
How much can a bee consume in one hour?
One day?
And what about the spray that ends up elsewhere?

>> FEED the stuff to your bees.

> at the risk of repeating myself. oh, never mind. 

At risk of repeating myself, please at let the 
researchers at least finish the tests they are 
running before advocating that others ignore the 
label instructions on a medication, and follow 
what has been clearly explained as a highly 
experimental and speculative approach, currently
UNDER EVALUATION.

And we must always "mind".  We must mind the 
label, mind the symptoms, and mind our manners.

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