Cell Phones Killing Bees?
For the of you who have not heard of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), it is when bee hives lose all their inhabitants save the Queen (no pun intended), eggs, and a few workers. No one knows why this is happening but since last autumn the west coast has lost 60% of it’s bee population and the east coast missing 70%. There is a new theory stating that the radiation from cell phones interfere with bees’ navigation systems.
Although I do recognize that this is CCD is a huge deal in that most of the worlds crops depend on bees, I do not think that it is caused by cell phone signals. For one, although it started in the US it is also stretching through Europe, who uses different broadcasting frequencies for their cell phones. But that could also be in agreement with CCD because although the frequencies of Europe and US are different, they are a lot more similar then those of Asian countries where CCD is non-existent. But also, although we haven’t been using cell phones forever, the frequencies we use today have been in use for a years now, and if they did interfere with bees’ navigation, wouldn’t it take effect instantly rather than over time?
Through The Independent
::Update::
Stefan Kimme, a graduate student who co-authored last years study states that the media misinterpreted the research and Independent wrote the article without ever calling on it. Kimmel says “This is a horror story for every researcher to have your study reduced to this. Now we are trying to force things back to normal.”
Brought to attention by Dr. Doug Yanega of UC Riverside
Through International Herald Tribune,
Do cellphones signals disrupt bee’s navigation
- No (54%)
- Yes (46%)
Total Votes: 46
Loading …April 17 2007 05:04 pm | Science and Technology
Urban Thought on 19 Apr 2007 at 6:00 pm #
Some things take time.
pace pace on 21 Jun 2007 at 3:22 am #
Why has this story been killed in the mainstream newsorgans?
Why is everyone in such denial over the moral risks of their favorite plaything?
Why are humanbeings becoming so predictable?
Dr. Doug Yanega on 30 Oct 2007 at 1:25 pm #
The scientists who did the original study issued a statement that the press had MISQUOTED and MISREPRESENTED their research, and disavowed that there was any connection between cell phones and bee deaths. Please see http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/22/news/wireless23.php - so you can stop polling, now. The whole “scare” was pure rubbish caused by careless and irresponsible reporters. Your “poll” is not helping. Why don’t you take this opportunity to educate people that there is NO connection between the two?