Jerry Bromenshenk wrote:
> Honey is a poor indicators of most pesticides.  ....
> Yrs of our own research indicates that pollen or the forager bees 
> themselves
> are better indicators of exposure for most pesticides.
Most likely true, Jerry (you're the expert!).  But it is interesting
that in the article I just sent an url for the pollen gathering
bees take about seven days to accumulate the same amount
of ng of imidacloprid as nectar gathers get in a day.  I realize
that these are theoretical figures, but the assumptions seem
pretty reasonable to me.

Stan 

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