clothianidin was already in use on a 88 million acres of u.s. crop -- u.s. crops. bayer completed the study in 2007. in 2010, the agency reversed itself and from the study to be insufficient. tom theobald saw where it fell short. >> it consisted of putting four colonies on two and a half acres of crops, the seed treated with clothianidin. is completely disregarded is the fact that the colony upper bees, over several thousand acres, it was the key study upon which conditional registration was granted to clothianidin, and it has failed to satisfy the requirements of registration. >> epa called for a new field of study, when that may take years to complete. is epa told "earth focus" it working to develop suitable designs for pollinators studies and peer review for future pollination studies, a process that will allow the agency to pursue more rigorous testing of pesticides and other impacts on pollinators. for some beekeepers, this may be too little, too late. >> this is where epa has gone wrong, because you know, they were created to protect the environment. in the w