> We clearly demonstrate an increase in pathogen growth within
> individual bees reared in colonies exposed to one of the most
> widely used pesticides worldwide, imidacloprid, at below
> levels considered harmful to bees.
>

My guess is, if you did the same with any pesticide you would find the same
thing as we are talking about a bee gut problem.

So it gets back to what are the pesticides found in the hive and you
certainly have a bunch being fed the bees in sugar syrup, like oxalic,
thymol, formic...... at nowhere near trace amounts.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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