>
> >I am disappointed Randy.


Sorry to hear, Stan.

There is a strongly biased media blitz taking place of late against the
neonicotinoid seed treatments.  It has supplanted any sort of rational
discussion.

My point about the PANNA document is that there are anti-pesticide sorts
who know nothing about bees, but are using bees as poster children for
their fundraising.  The fact that the authors didn't even notice that their
main photo showed a bee suffering from DWV is an example what can happen
when non beekeepers write about pesticide problems for honey bees.

Similar was the recent NBC segment on bee pesticide kills, which showed
crawling bees supposedly dying from clothianidin dust.  Anyone could
clearly see that there was none of the twitching indicative of
neonicontinoid poisoning.  Such lethargic crawlers are indicative of a
heavy infestation by nosema, not from neonic poisoning!

I am interested in actually determining which pesticides (or adjuvants) are
causing harm to bees, as is the EPA.  The current kangaroo court in the
media is a total distortion of the facts, and isn't helping.  This
frustrates me.
-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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