Bob said:

> Certainly no pathogen has been found and listed as the cause of CCD.

Pathogens are the ONLY credible suspects being considered 
as causes of CCD.  Read this, from months ago:

http://home.ezezine.com/1636/1636-2008.04.25.11.04.archive.html

The astute reader will note that pesticides are not even
mentioned as being suspected.  So will the non-astute reader.

Even the theory of a "pesticide trigger" has been abandoned,
and one need look no further than MaryAnn Fraizer's work to
see why.  There certainly might be a "miticide trigger",
but pesticides like Neonicotinoids have a very good alibi -
they have not been found anywhere near the scene of the
crime by any of the forensic analysis.

And while I said:

>> MaryAnn has not yet published any results...

Gavin said:

> Try this: 
>
http://www.ento.psu.edu/MAAREC/CCDPpt/WhatPesticidesToDoWithItJune08ABJ.pdf

I'm sorry, when I said "published", I meant publication in a 
peer-reviewed journal, rather than a magazine for beekeepers. :)

The information provided in the ABJ article is certainly 
encouraging, but it is not MaryAnn's "final results".
Of course MaryAnn will keep looking, and of course she will
continue to keep an open mind until she is satisfied that
she has looked under every single rock.  

Anyway, the irony of the conspiracy theorists who want to
blame pesticides is that they themselves are the ones 
producing the misinformation that causes people to believe 
in an alternate reality. 

Bob said:

> Sure everyone has an *opinion* on what is killing the bees.

Why is it that everyone with an preconceived notion or an agenda
makes the error of reducing all scholarly inquiry to mere stances?

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not to their own facts.

Facts are backed by hard data, and if Bob's persistent accusations
against Neonicotinoids had any merit at all, MaryAnn's data would
look very different from what it looks like.

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