Agriculture committee  Thank you for inviting me here. I'm between Sarnia and London, and we run about 3,000 hives. Last year 1,000 of our hives were hit with pesticide sprays. We got them tested and of the samples tested only one showed that they had non-detectable clothianidin. When this product co

Agriculture committee  I just got the results back from my tests today. My wife sent them to me.

Agriculture committee  It's Health Canada, “Re: Bee Incident Sampling Results - 2012”.

Agriculture committee  It just says right here, “Clothianidin is known to be toxic to bees, however, a number of other factors must still be considered before a final conclusion”. So they're still....

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  I just got that today.

Agriculture committee  I'd like to know when this might be completed. How are we going to rush this process?

Agriculture committee  It was a test from Health Canada. They tested our samples.

Agriculture committee  Yes, they tested for the poisons that were on the seed. They found that clothianidin was on the bees and on the corn, the same stuff.

Agriculture committee  I want to be honest with you, too.

Agriculture committee  We're in Lambton, Middlesex, Elgin, Kent.

Agriculture committee  A band-aid is what they are. They're not really—

Agriculture committee  But once you draw from them, there's nothing left.

Agriculture committee  Once you draw from it, there's nothing left for the next year. What happens to the next year?

Agriculture committee  A lot of this research you're talking about has nothing to do with this insecticide poisoning.