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04-15-2007
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 | Cell phones = no bees? It seems like the plot of a particularly far-fetched horror film. But some scientists suggest that our love of the mobile phone could cause massive food shortages, as the world's harvests fail. They are putting forward the theory that radiation given off by mobile phones and other hi-tech gadgets is a possible answer to one of the more bizarre mysteries ever to happen in the natural world - the abrupt disappearance of the bees that pollinate crops. Late last week, some bee-keepers claimed that the phenomenon - which started in the US, then spread to continental Europe - was beginning to hit Britain as well. The theory is that radiation from mobile phones interferes with bees' navigation systems, preventing the famously homeloving species from finding their way back to their hives. Improbable as it may seem, there is now evidence to back this up. Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) occurs when a hive's inhabitants suddenly disappear, leaving only queens, eggs and a few immature workers, like so many apian Mary Celestes. The vanished bees are never found, but thought to die singly far from home. The parasites, wildlife and other bees that normally raid the honey and pollen left behind when a colony dies, refuse to go anywhere near the abandoned hives. The alarm was first sounded last autumn, but has now hit half of all American states. The West Coast is thought to have lost 60 per cent of its commercial bee population, with 70 per cent missing on the East Coast. CCD has since spread to Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece. And last week John Chapple, one of London's biggest bee-keepers, announced that 23 of his 40 hives have been abruptly abandoned. Read the rest here. |
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 | Re: Cell phones = no bees? So we can choose between cell phones or bees... Great, can't live without both of them... |
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| Re: Cell phones = no bees? I've never liked bees... but i've never liked cell phones either. |
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 | Re: Cell phones = no bees? I nver like bees and cell phones too How crazy is that thing?  |
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| Re: Cell phones = no bees? Ever heard of the book "Cell"? Thats what it reminds me of... How bout' a cell phone made of bees? "I don't like this phone...it hurts my face..." -Toki from "Dethklok"  |
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06-02-2007
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| Re: Cell phones = no bees? id rather live without cell phones than starve HAXZORZ |
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