Cell Phones Leading to Decrease in Bee Populations

It’s Official – Cell Phones are Killing Bees

Scientists may have found the cause of the world’s sudden dwindling population of bees – and cell phones may be to blame. Research conducted in Lausanne, Switzerland has shown that the signal from cell phones not only confuses bees, but also may lead to their death. Over 83 experiments have yielded the same results. With virtually most of the population of the United States (and the rest of the world) owning cell phones, the impact has been greatly noticeable.

Led by researcher Daniel Favre, the alarming study found that bees reacted significantly to cell phones that were placed near or in hives in call-making mode. The bees sensed the signals transmitted when the phones rang, and emitted heavy buzzing noise during the calls.  The calls act as an instinctive warning to leave the hive, but the frequency confuses the bees, causing them to fly erratically. The study found that the bees’ buzzing noise increases ten times when a cell phone is ringing or making a call – aka when signals are being transmitted, but remained normal when not in use.

The signals cause the bees to become lost and disoriented.  The impact has already been felt the world over, as the population of bees in the U.S. and the U.K. has decreased by almost half in the last thirty years – which coincides with the popularization and acceptance of cell phones as a personal device.  Studies as far back as 2008 have found that bees are repelled by cell phone signals.

Bees are an integral and necessary part of our agricultural and ecological systems, producing honey, and more importantly pollinating our crops.  As it is unlikely that the world will learn to forgo the convenience of cell phones, it is unclear how much they will contribute to the decline of bees, and their impact on the environment.

;O i do beekeeping D;

Wow, that is interesting.

Damn

damn...

Heard of it, this is old news.

Time to ditch cell phones and go back to land lines and letters.

Good. F*** Bees.

It's ok, people driving while talking on cell phones will lead to a dramatic decrease in the human population. It'll even out.

Man will invent something to counteract this. After all, we move mountains daily with our mighty man-muscles.

Heard of it, this is old news.

eventually nature will take care of it, for instance scientists have noticed that elephants have started to breed away their tusks many of the researchers are saying that females are choosing more and more tuskless males to mate with which is basically naturally curbing most of the poaching of elephants because no Ivory, no point