Are mobile phones wiping out our bees?
Scientists claim radiation from handsets are to blame for mysterious 'colony collapse' of bees
Scientists suggest that mobile phone radiation (and that of other hi-tech gadgets) is responsible for 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.
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) occurs when a hive's inhabitants suddenly disappear, leaving only queens, eggs and a few immature workers.
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 theory is that radiation from mobile phones interferes with bees' navigation systems, preventing them from finding their hives. There is now evidence to back this up.]
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I would rather believe the rapture theory. Or as Katie said on the CBS news "possible causes include.... global warming...." This stuff is mere speculation. It is like finding a half rotted body and standing outside the building and saying, "I know!! I know they died because of ummm oh ummmm ... yes that was it!!" Other bees or scavengers will not go in due to the smell of moldy frames and dead brood. Bees could have died in the hive and were carried off by ants or blown out of the hive by winds. Pure guess work.
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