I've done my share of force feeding imidacloprid and other products to 
insects, in a University research lab, and wonder where all these 
Bayer/Syngenta-compromised researchers exist! Rather than compromising 
results, there is pressure to produce quality experimental design and 
data that can be reproduced.

Yet, it's common knowledge that many beekeepers use off-label products 
(I personally love the common in-hive use of a well known lipophilic 
product for SHB, wooboy!!) , disregard standards and rules, yet are 
regarded as victims in all this.

The truth exists somewhere, and I wonder if critical thinking is now 
extinct.

Fwiw, I believe the imid fx are minimal in all this mess. Generally, 
Hymenoptera bounce back quickly after treatments. House flies required 
a  tightening of knockdown/mortality definitions, as many would arise 
after being counted 'dead' (when is dead, dead??). Such behavior caused 
quite a ruckus in pest control as well, as one might well imagine.

Richard Martyniak
ALLFloridaBeeRemoval.com



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