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Subject:	Re: USDA conference last week
From:	randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:58:34 -0800
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> I wonder if neonicitids being similar to nicotine make the bees prefer poor pollens such as corn in the past some work showed that bees prefer sugar laced with cocaine.

Eric, bees also prefer syrup laced with nicotine!  But foragers don't
eat pollen, so unlikely.

Randy Oliver

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