> I tried to ask some questions of the study authors, but was told that they > want everything to go through "Letters to the editor" of the journal. These are the questions that I asked (they seem pretty reasonable to me): Why not write to the "letters to the editor" both of you? Then all of us can hear the answers . I will look forward to watching the back & forth. My calcs came out as yours Dean but what do I know being a simple beekeeper. I have actually wondered when I feed fumigillin if indeed each bee gets a dose. No way to prove or disprove the hypothesis each bee gets a dose I know of? bob Thinking Dr. Lu was prepared for you guys? *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm