Peter asked: "Well, what about Helen Thompson? Got anything on her? She and James Cresswell write in a recent (21 September 2012) edition of "Science" that......." As I recall, Helen Thompson works for FERA, a government agency. She gave us a talk a couple of years ago at a DARG (Devon Apicultural Research Association) seminar. James Cresswell is based at Exeter University and gave a talk on neonics to West Dorset BKA some years ago. I wasn't very impressed as he considered that bees don't use guttation fluid so I posted him a reference from Beowulf Cooper's book: The Honeybees of the British Isles. There seems to be some interraction between these people/bodies as Ben Jones, who works for FERA, is studying for his PhD under the guidance of Cresswell, as I recall. Chris *********************************************** 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