>
> >back in 2007 at the ABF convention we were shown  where the most

neonics  were being sold corresponded with where the  *most*

> die off loss was

 >California was at the top of both lists.

Bob, I am at each annual Calif State Beekeepers Research funding meeting.
Last meeting I was the only one even interested in pursuing research on
neonics.  It is a non issue for California beekeepers.

Although a few very vocal beekeepers are trying to make neonics a major
issue, I simply do not find widespread support for that point of view as I
visit beekeeper conventions across the country, and I go to over a dozen
each year.

I am not saying that neonics are harmless by any means, but I am saying
that until and unless there is some concrete evidence gathered that shows
that the EPA was wrong in considering them to be "low risk" insecticides,
that protesting their registration is trying to make a case with scant
evidence.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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