Imidaclprid has beed blamed for bee losses for a long time. We have heard 
how it affects termites and can be used as a peticede against them.

But has any other heard about a study where imidacloprid was fed to the bees 
?  If it makes bees disappear like what we hear about CCD it should be quite 
easy to show. Also shoud be quite easy to see what concentration is needed.

In Eurbee congress I talked to a french sciestist who had made a study like 
this and she said that they could not see effects. If I remember they tried 
with concentrations which were much abowe the ones found in plants growing 
in treated fields. ( If remember right they treated  around tens of ppm:s in 
sugar feed)

The scintist did not get  paid by chemical comapanies.

This kind of study should be made. Or does anyone have data already ? I do 
know about the french study about affects to bee memory. But I  would like 
to know the concentrations when bees start to disappear.

Ari Seppälä

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