FWIW, I want to express my appreciation of Randy's thoughts on the subject,
as well as my whole hearted agreement with his approaches.

Here on the East Coast we have more than our share of respected, large
beekeepers putting all the blame on neonics, but the researchers are not and
I think they deserve more support.

I spent the better part of my adult life working in the corporate
environment, including development of major crop pest controls, and it is
beyond my comprehension that a group of individuals working for a large
chemical company would conspire to (1) design studies that would
deliberately hide adverse effects on beneficial insects (2) not
publish adverse data (3) not listen to constructive commentary and questions
from concerned parties.  Sometimes people forget that the 'corporate
enviroment' consists of people just like you and me, who are concerned about
the environment, what they eat and drink, where their kids play, etc.  Even
if there were some grand whois that wanted to keep matters secret, he or she
would be incapable of doing so as the hundreds of staff that contribute to a
major product (such as the neonics) just will not let themselves be so
manipulated.

I don't know how this (CCD) will all play out, but I wish we would all give
greater support to those who are dedicating a good part of their careers to
solving the problem and stop condemning those who do not wholly agree with
certain ignorant premises.

Lloyd

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