Peter Detchon
> A link missing in this discussion has been the impact of agrichemicals,
> which as I understand it, even when present in minute quantities are also
> implicated in this complex causality of colony demise, particularly when
> associated with Nosema infection. Research conclusions in this area are
> still in their infancy, but what I have seen so far is quite convincing.
This came up in a recent lecture by Dr James Cresswell of Exeter University.
He stated that the combination of neonicotinoids and nosema was only at
problem at ~ 70 times the field realistic dose of the pesticide.
Best wishes
Peter
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