Why only test Imidaclorpid? Do other pesticides do the same thing at the
same low concentrations?

As I recall, apistan and cumophose also compromised the bees immune systems
but at higher concentrations. Maybe they do at lesser concentrations, like
those of Imidaclorpid  but just not tested.

I would guess that there are a load of things that bees bring into the
colony that "compromise" their immune systems, especially after reading the
stuff that Jerry uncovered when he was bomb sniffing for DARPA.

So let's ban, on the precautionary principle, civilization and nature too,
while we are at it. Some nectars are very bad for bees and don't just
compromise their immune systems but kill them outright..

This whole thing sounds like a pin in search of a donkey. (Although the
reverse is also appropriate - an ass in search of a pin,)

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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