Peter Detchon
> A link missing in this discussion has been the impact of agrichemicals, 
> which as I understand it, even when present in minute quantities are also 
> implicated in this complex causality of colony demise, particularly when 
> associated with Nosema infection. Research conclusions in this area are 
> still in their infancy, but what I have seen so far is quite convincing.

This came up in a recent lecture by Dr James Cresswell of Exeter University. 
He stated that the combination of neonicotinoids and nosema was only at 
problem at ~ 70 times the field realistic dose of the pesticide.

Best wishes

Peter
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