Cell Phones To Blame For Deserted Bee Colonies?
A small study from Landau University in Germany suggests that the navigational capabilities of honeybees may be adversely affected by radiation from GSM cell phones.
The findings could provide an answer to the mystery of disappearing bee colonies across the Western world.
The cell phone study, conducted by Landau's Jochen Kuhn, focused on the effects of cell phone radiation on the neurological mechanisms that control learning and memory.
Placing handsets near hives, Kuhn observed that GSM cell phone radiation in the frequency range 900-1800MHz caused the bees to avoid the hive.
[Kuhn speculates that the "waggle" dance that bees perform on the honeycomb to communicate with others could be influenced by the radiation.]
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