> If neonicotinoids affect the ability of bees to navigate back to their
> hives, would that not explain this?
>
> Bees that die in the field do not bring anything back to the hive.
>

But I thought they had sublethal doses, hence it would be detected.

I always get back to that great laboratory in the Canadian canola fields
where the bees do just fine on neonic laced GMO nectar. But only for the
last ten years, so the sublethal effects have not yet kicking in.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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