>
> >do neonicitids act enough like nicotine to cause addiction.  I.E. causing
> bees to prefer certain types of pollen even when it has a low nutritional
> value.
>

Not likely for pollen, Eric, as pollen foragers do not eat the pollen that
they carry.  I guess that there is a chance that they could absorb some
dermally, but that's a stretch.

Much more likely that they could become hooked on neonic-tainted nectar.
 Bees are adverse to high concentrations in nectar, so likely that they
could self regulate the dose, similar to the manner in which humans regulate
their doses of nicotine.

Randy Oliver

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