>How? If the work is proprietary, it may never come to light. That was my
point

Apologies for not being clear, Pete.  The proprietary methods were not
specific to honey bees--they were techniques for manufacturing dsRNA cost
effectively.  The patent for the bee product is open for all to read, and
much of the original research has been published.

If the product is proven to be commercially effective, it will likely be
brought to market, if nothing else, as a PR gesture.  The team is currently
planning to publish their findings, as well as to release data for the
control group to me for distribution.

Re  "...the whole _discussion_ of CCD reminds me
more of a _theological debate_ than science."

Apologies again, but feel that I was indeed responding to your exact words.
There is no physical evidence in a theological debate, nor does a
theological debate have testable hypotheses.  The phenomenon of sudden
colony depopulation has both.
-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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