>
> > The question "fate of colony survival after exposer" doesn't seem to be
> addressed.
>
> I thought that the answer, in his rough English, was pretty clear--the
colonies didn't suffer "lethal effects."  This is a pretty strong admission
from an author whose abstract ended with the sentence:

"Experimental results show that the environmental release of particles
containing neonicotinoids can produce high exposure levels for bees,
with lethal effects compatible with colony losses phenomena observed by
beekeepers."

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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