Peter asked:

"Well, what about Helen Thompson? Got anything on her? She and James
Cresswell write in a recent (21 September 2012) edition of "Science" 
that......."

As I recall, Helen Thompson works for FERA, a government agency. She 
gave us a talk a couple of years ago at a DARG (Devon Apicultural 
Research Association) seminar.  James Cresswell is based at Exeter 
University and gave a talk on neonics to West Dorset BKA some years 
ago.  I wasn't very impressed as he considered that bees don't use 
guttation fluid so I posted him a reference from Beowulf Cooper's book: 
The Honeybees of the British Isles.

There seems to be some interraction between these people/bodies as Ben 
Jones, who works for FERA, is studying for his PhD under the guidance 
of Cresswell, as I recall.

Chris

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