What I don't understand is why the Canadian investigators can't seem to ever provide actual evidence in a timely manner - we're well over a year since the first reports of drift problems, and all we've seen is vague comments about seeing residues in the majority of samples with no real data. Now we've a repeat of allegations but again I see no real data. FYI, Gastonia can turn samples in 1-2 weeks with pesticide residual analysis for over 200 pesticides at Detection Limits of 1-5 ppb. They can turn samples even faster if one is willing to pay a bit more. I'm tired of hearing about Canadian or US losses due to X,Y, or Z based on opinion, with no or only sketchy data. I'm still trying to figure out if the picture of the bee death in the media coverage is a shot of dead bees on a bottom board or an empty hive - I can't tell due to the quality of the picture. Does anyone know - is there a pile of bees in that photo, or is it the bottom board? Jerry *********************************************** 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