He suggested the nature and levels of bee disease varied between different parts of the UK and said there was no evidence Scottish inspectors were missing vast numbers of bee disease.
Still, even though she and her top executives forewent their 2000 bonuses for missing their numbers last year, Fiorina has personally profited by making the jump from her former employer, beleaguered telecommunications equipment maker Lucent Technologies (nyse: LU - news - people ).