>What do you think that means to foraging, and queen/worker/brood interactions? Or housekeeping work, like dumping bad brood, or disposing of other noxious stuff? I think it's worth pondering. Absolutely! Even quicker than pondering theoretically, is to simply look at hives in the real world on treated canola. The final calculus of all those things is evident--the colonies do fine! -- Randy Oliver Grass Valley, CA www.ScientificBeekeeping.com *********************************************** 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