Central Beekeepers Alliance

Are Cell Phones to Blame for CCD?

Posted by workerbeej on April 16, 2007

The latest theory about Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), as reported in The Independent (UK) and other media, is based a German study that shows the normal behaviour of bees is severely affected when hives are located within the radio frequency and electro-magnetic fields produced by powerlines. This has led researchers at Landau University, Koblenz, to look at the possibility that the widespread use of cell phones may be playing a role in CCD. The theory is that radio waves could be confusing the field bees, causing them to lose their sense of direction and become unable to return safely to the hive.

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Servumpecus commented:
2008-04-14 08:24:26

Hello,

the colony collapse disorder is a worldwide phenomenon. Electromagnetic fields is one explanation and might be co-responsible for the bees’ losses.

Where does it happens ? Are there correlations between losses and mobile telephony ? You can watch some maps at :
http://www.servumpecus.canalblog.com/archives/2008/04/10/

You can translate this page into English by employing Google Translate, but the images alone are very convincing.
http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=EN

With my best regards
Servumpecus

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