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Gavin You said "Jerry expressed the view that Whitehorn and colleagues
should have measured the levels in their prepared samples as it is hard to
get it right. OK, but let's give them the benefit of the doubt for now."
Overall, I don't have a major problem with this study, except that without
verification of dose and without a balanced literature review (we're
taught not to cherry pick the literature to support our biases), this is NOT a
mature paper, appropriate for Science (by Science's own guidelines).
You yourself said it would be nice to have the data in an Open Source
journal - and I agree, the study is what it is, but its in the wrong journal.
Also, I've worked with bumblebee colonies, and know that this is a highly
variable system in terms of population size and weight gain. There is also
recent work that indicates that the number of new queens produced by a
bumblebee colony unpredictable and governed by multiple processes and factors
that are poorly understood. I haven't had a time to go through the numbers
to see if I agree or disagree with the conclusions of the Whitehorn
authors - I'm on travel, working with a team on a project we have to finish by
next Thursday. Then I'll be able to find some time to give this paper a more
thorough review.
Jerry
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