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Study: Cell phones could be killing off bees
The reason behind a massive die-off of honey bees over the last several years has largely eluded scientists, but researchers at Punjab University now say radiation from cell phones is probably responsible for the decline. The technology is interfering with bee navigational senses and tampering with inner-hive life.
Researchers at the university used two hives in the experiment over a period of three months, exposing one to a cell phone turned on twice daily for 15 minutes at a time. The report shows a dramatic decrease in the number of bees spawned in the cell phone hive compared with the one not exposed to the technology. The number of worker bees returning to the hive also decreased, resulting in a drop in nectar production.
Prior research has faulted a combination of pesticides, disease and loss of habitat for the bee die-off.
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If radiation levels drop off dramatically with distance. Why do you still get cell services? That doesn't comfort me at all.
Yeah, I did a test like this with microwaves.. I found that colonies within an operating microwave had a tendency to have much less returning worker bees, and they seemed to fall ill quite rapidly. There was also a swift fall-off in reproduction.
We need to stop using microwaves folks.. they can kill-off bees. I for one, like having my honey-lemon spread on my toast, and need you to quit killing them all off.
"We should all stop putting bee hives in microwaves.
Somehow, I don’t think that’s the major problem, though. ;)"
Actually, it is.
Cell phones use microwave radiation. Each cell phone tower is a low power microwave oven irradiating everything within range. So is every cell phone, wireless/bluetooth device, and so on.
Yes, we ALL live in a microwave now.
Ummm...no, cell phone towers don't emit "low level" microwave radiation. Cell phone technology is glorified radio technology. Yes, we are all using walkie-talkies to talk to each other. If cell towers were emitting microwave radiation, we would all be in a lot of trouble, not to mention birds, not just the bees.
The Earth uses the same frequencies humanity plays with, Not only the bees- all bodies are receptive of these signals.
All bodies, create these signals-
But you cannot hear those quiet messages anymore... The volume is up too high on the signals created by the technology, and they are nearly drowned out.
You have hacked the electrical system of the planet. Have you figured this out yet?
"OK, but everyone knows that radiation levels drop off dramatically with distance. So, who is operating a cell phone in a hive or how many cell towers are near hives (or places where bees gather their lifeblood from flowers)?"
All of them, pretty much. The reason they call it "cell" phone technology is because it relies on hundreds of radio towers close to the ground, each servicing the phone calls being made in a relatively small area (the "cell"). This is because the radio band cell phones use can only be divided among maybe 100 or so active calls at a time, using the most advanced signal algorithms available today. When too many people make phone calls in a given cell, some of them get dropped, and this makes for unhappy customers. The cell phone companies have to balance the cost of erecting more cell phone towers against the cost of unhappy customers, so a tower that can handle 100 calls at once will generally service an area inhabited by about 500 people, on the assumption that only 20% will be making a phone call at any one time. Too many "dropped calls," though, and they split the cell into smaller segments by erecting another tower.
@David R
Actually, I know quite a few beekeepers (along with other farmers and people in rural areas) that have allowed cell phone companies to build cell towers on their land because they get paid massive amounts of money as "rent." The beekeepers I know that have cell towers on their land have had trouble with hives dying off. So I wouldn't be surprised if scientists continued to find evidence to support this theory. There needs to be more testing done.
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