Bill Truesdell wrote:

> http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Pyrethroids-Synthetic.htm
> Pyrethroids can also repel the insect or inhibit feeding behavior.

Very true and might potentially explain the lack of robbing
observed in CCD deadouts. 

It is a simple matter to add a bit of pyrethroid insecticde to honey,
then set out a dish of it in a open field or yard and watch how all the 
bees, flies, yellow jackets and ants are repelled. I've done it
many times, though not specifically with fluvalinate.

I still think the lack of robbing is the most interesting aspect
of the CCD phenomenon and I find is puzzling why university 
researchers apparently have not yet identified 
the chemical that's stopping healthy bees and scavenger 
insects from robbing.

Paul Cherubini
El Dorado, Calif.

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