The radiation emitted by mobile phones and other gadgets could be responsible for wiping out up to 70 percent of the United States bee population, according to some reports.
Whilst the theory might seem far fetched scientists are blaming mobile phones as they attempt to solve the mystery of the disappearing bees. Apparently the radiation interferes with the bees navigation systems and prevents them from finding their way back to their hives.
Last autumn bee keepers started reporting Colony Collapse Disorder on a large scale. Apparently the bees vanish from the hive and die, alone and away from home. Without the bees the hive will die. The problem has now affected half of American states with the East Coast reporting 70 percent of its commercial bee population missing.
The problems are spreading throughout Europe with alarming implications. Albert Einstein famously stated that if bees disappeared “man would have only four years of life left”.
Research in Germany has show that bees change their behaviour near power lines and a new study at Landau University indicates that bees refuse to return to their hives if a mobile phone is nearby.
Leading scientist Dr George Carlo, leader of a large scale US government study into the effects of mobile phones, said: “I am convinced the possibility is real.”
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Interesting – but it doesn’t explain why we in the UK are not having the same effect on Bee’s. Yet per square mile we are much more concentrated in space with mobile phones.
I don’t think radiation will affect bees
Yah i m fully agreed wid the report but I wanna know more about hazrds of mobile phone and towers.
im a little concerned now…
i work at a large 3G company in Australia, and have started to notice icreasingly large numbers of dead bees in the stairwell. maybe they have been mis-drirected by the signals our building gives out…
I cant see any other reason for them to be there?