>Yep, first it has to bind, and the overwhelming bulk of neonic molecules
are

> metabolized by the bees before they have a chance to do so.  So large a
> percentage is that Randy will still assert that the percentage is 100%,
> while Christine has convinced at least me, if not many of us, that the
> number is something ever-so slightly less than 100%.
>

Feel free to make your own asinine assertions, but please don't speak for
me.  The well described mode of action of neonics is dependent upon
binding.  If they didn't bind to some extent, they couldn't kill an insect,
could they?  Since they are indeed effective insecticides, it should be
obvious to anyone, including myself, that some proportion bind for some
period of time.

None on the List should care about anyone's assertions.  Let's stick to
measured data, such as that of Suchail (2001) In vivo distribution and
metabolisation of 14C-imidacloprid in different compartments of Apis
mellifera L.

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

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