Actually, we're the authors of that report and the recipients of the  
funding, which also enabled us to use proteomics MS to look at pathogens in Bee  
Colonies - the CCD Steering Committee provided a summary of the activities 
of is  members.  
 
Jerry
 
Bee Alert Technology and The University of Montana.
 
I should note, very few of the 400 chemicals were pesticides - they include 
 everything from natural hive products to industrial pollutants.  Please  
understand, in areas such as urban regions of the east coast, we found levels 
of  chemicals like benzene (a common solvent and a breakdown product from 
fuel) in  beehives to EXCEED OSHA permissible levels for indoor air quality 
in  laboratories.
 
Its hard to determine which chemicals may/may not affect bees - the inside  
of the hive is a soup of chemicals of all kinds.
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