> beekeepers using Coumaphos (Checkmite) averted losses of nearly 200 
> million dollars to the bee industry every year, until 2008, when it the 
> product was reclassified as PT.

I would dispute the value to beekeeping worldwide for coumaphos vs comb 
contamination etc.

I would also debate the price charged for taking powdered choumaphos and 
powdering a rubber strip ( like a powdered donut) and selling.  Bayer made 
plenty bucks off checkmite.

However what Peter posted did not address (at least in my mind) the question 
posed by Juanse:

Juanse asked:
>PR or real help?

Why North Carolina? (far from beekeeping problem areas)

Why now?

Does Bayer realize it has a growing PR problem or simply doing for the love 
of honeybees?

Each has to make up their own mind.

bob

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