[curiosity]

Hold your horses. The fact that the principal investigator took a grant from Bayer at some point in the past doesn't mean his research is flawed. Scientific research stands or fall on its own merits. The fact that a potential conflict exists means his methods and findings should receive more scrutiny under peer review than they otherwise would, but that doesn't mean they should be dismissed outright.

At the end of the day, the data show what they show, and who funded their collection doesn't matter.

[bert]

Then there is the money...... there is likely money to be made by crafting a chemical solution to the problem.

As a former beekeeper who suffered year after year the loss of seemingly healthy colonies, I know first hand the problem is not trivial. I spoke over the weekend with a fairly new bee keeper and she advised that the problem may have lessened slightly, but it is certainly still a challenge.