Recently I wrote a post about the recent study on bees associated with colony collapse disorder. After receiving a well thought out email from one of the authors on the study I have decided to retract my blog and apologize to the authors of the bee study. I rushed out my blog without really considering the evidence and the data very carefully and accept that I screwed this one up big time. The study is much more complex and comprehensive that I led people to believe. In part this was due to lack of detail in the actual manuscript but alas most of the fault lies with me – in not trying to contact the authors for more detail before mouthing off.
So I am giving myself a new award – the genomic jerk award. Hopefully there will be no more recipients.
Jonathan Eisen's Lab 