Randy wrote: "Of course it was--they paid for it! What we as independently-thinking beekeepers need to do is to try to sort out the truth of matters from the claims of those at either end of the debate." This afternoon I attended a Café Sci lecture and discussion led by Prof. Alexander Scott. The subject was 'Bad Science'. It seems that, in order to obtain the grant from bodies such as the EU to undertake scientific investigations, you have first to tell them what the answer is! Chris *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm