James Fischer wrote: > Do you think > everyone involved is lying, that the photos are faked, that > there is some sort of widespread conspiracy to get funding for > research work > What would anyone gain from such a conspiracy? Funding = papers published = academic career advancement Example: In 1999 an ASSISTANT entomology professor at Cornell made headlines around the world over an issue that ultimately turned out to be much ado about nothing: http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/May99/Butterflies.bpf.html These alarming headlines generated SIX figure research grants. Five years later that same assistant professor had advanced to FULL professor. Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif. ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************