Hi all

I was being facetious, of course. People have done these studies but the media largely ignore them, preferring bad news and sensationalism. This just out:

	
> To address beekeeper concerns about pesticide residues in overwintered honey, paired samples were obtained from the extracted supers and the brood chamber of the same colony. Only eight residues were detected: coumaphos, fluvalinate, boscalid, dimethoate, atrazine, bentazon, dichlorobenzene and thymol. Honey from extracted supers was significantly less likely to contain pesticide residues than honey from brood comb. 

publication date: Jul 4, 2014 
Journal of Apicultural Research
Overwintered brood comb honey: colony exposure to pesticide residues
Nancy Ostiguy and Brian Eitzer

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