Cell Phones May be Responsible for Declining Number of Bees
It’s been a mystery, but we know something is wrong. Bee populations have been declining for years. A recent study suggests cell phones and other high-tech communication devices may be responsible.
This phenomenon is known as colony collapse disorder. This disorder is causing the production of honey to drop, and more importantly, threatening the growth of fruit and vegetables, along with everything else that forms a flower. Obviously, these plants depend on bees for pollination.
This study, led by Professor. Jochen Kuhn of Landau University, finds that the radiation emitted by cell phones and other devices may mess with the bees’ homing abilities by reacting with neurological mechanisms that are responsible for learning and memory. It also appears to disrupt their ability to communicate.
This study was a fairly simple one. Kuhn placed cell phone handsets near the hive and discovered that radiation with a frequency range between 900 and 1800 megahertz made these poor bees either forget where they lived, or just made then not want to return to their hive.
I’d like to say, this is not the only thing messing with the bees. If we all get rid of our cell phones, things still won’t be perfect. Many claim the weather, varra mites, and even a hot cup of tea with honey is known to throw the bees off. Not many people are arguing with the fact that cell phones may be a large part of the problem. The little guys are sensitive, and we’ve got invisible laser beams shooting from one ear to another millions of times a minute. Makes sense to me.
So what to do, what to do? Do you need your cell phone? After hearing of this study we had a home phone installed, and one of our cells has been cancelled and will be properly recycled. The other will be kept for emergencies, but rarely used. Not a huge sacrifice I feel. Do you have any idea where we would be without bees? We must not lose them, or we are basically dead. Mosquitoes used to be our earths pollinators, but they are not anymore. We’d better be careful.
-Mr. SoVeg
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