Peter -

Psychologists call it confirmation bias.  We all suffer from it, even
scientists.  Remember cold fusion?

To your 50 year comment... true, however we have not used the high-power,
systemic pesticides until recently.  Could it be that the pieces of the
puzzle have just come together in CCD?  

Larry Krengel


> I love the way people are so quick to latch on to scientific studies
which
> confirm their pet theories, and so quick to reject ones that don't. 

 To try to link terramycin to colony collapse is a bit of a stretch, as it
has been in use
> for fifty years.
> 
> PLB

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