inhabitat.com popular May 11, 11 11:05 pm — Scientists may have found the cause of the worlds sudden dwindling population of bees- and cell phones are to blame. Research conducted in Lausanne, Switzerland has shown that the signal from cell phones not only confuse bees...
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May 12, 11 02:59 pm
Reply to raz-00:
Agreed - a lot of environmental stress other than cell phones on these little critters.
BTW .. who is buying cell phones for bees so that they can use them in their hives .... and who is paying for their coverage?
Is it this guy
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raz-00
Hmm lets see. That makes exactly two studies that see this problem.
Both involve small sample sizes, and placing an object inside the hive.
Placing an object inside the hive USUALLY disrupts the hive and causes problems. It stresses the bees. Other studies on cell phones with bees where cell phones were placed near hives, but still closer than bees are likely to be to the average human with a cell phone for extended durations have not replicated these results.
On top of that, one of the most likely culprits in the decline of bee populations is a specific pesticide that is in increasingly widespread use that is known to be harmful to bees.