p. 98

Shacker writes that nine beekeepers ended up suing Bayer in 2002 for
loss of their hives and income. He says "the world will now be
watching" the test case of Bauer v. Bayer. After six years the case
was dismissed due to lack of evidence.

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A putative class action alleging that the
insecticide imidacloprid treatment of canola seed is killing honeybees
and reducing honey production was dismissed June 20 in the U.S.
District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania because the
plaintiffs failed to produce evidence to survive summary judgment
(Dale Bauer, et al v. Bayer A.G., et al., No. 03-1687, M.D. Pa.; 2008
U.S. Dist. LEXIS 48013)

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