Dee Lusby posted:

"GM: BEES SHUN BIOTECH; COLDIRETTI, NATURE DEFENDS ITSELF
(AGI) - Rome, Jan 3..."

Before that claim is made, I would want to know the details of the study,
e.g., were ALL factors equal, i.e., weather, soil condition, soil PH, time
of year, location (was there any better nectar source within range that the
bees were already working), same race of bees, condition of bees, were they
feral colonies only or managed colonies, etc. There are so many variables;
I'd like to see how the study managed them, before making any conclusions
based on the article posted.

Does anyone have access to this study? I did a quick look at the Ecological
Society of America website and the Simon Fraser University website and
couldn't find anything.

Janet A. Katz
Chester, NJ

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