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[Rogerdodger]

My wife knows that cell phones can cause car wrecks.

A decade ago, it was: Cell phones cause Brain Tumors.

There is an ongoing movement to ban street lights.

Get ready for the next onslaught.
The next buzz is going to bee:

Are cell phones wiping out our bees?



This "hint" is all we have so far:
"Now a limited study at Landau University has found that bees refuse to return to their hives when mobile phones are placed nearby. Dr Jochen Kuhn, who carried it out, said this could provide a "hint" to a possible cause."

No one knows why it is happening. Theories involving mites, pesticides, global warming and GM crops have been proposed.
Would it bee too much to want to see some real science on this before the panic hype starts.
We bankrupted breast implant manufacturers without any scientific proof.
Now onward and upward to suing cell companies!

Edited by Rogerdodger, 14 April 2007 - 10:12 PM.

[Rogerdodger]

Maybee bees are like teenagers.
Have you heard about this:

Teens Turn 'Repeller' into Adult-Proof Ringtone

My 14 year old grandson has this on his phone.
He can hear it ring but his parents (and teachers) can't.

CAN YOU HEAR IT? CLICK HERE for "Teen Buzz"
Only a few people over age 30 can hear it!

Edited by Rogerdodger, 14 April 2007 - 10:41 PM.

[skott]

something is killing them......... I forget what the cause is supposed to be but I have almost no bees around my flowers and shrubs. Used to be tons of them. now only bumble bees and wasps

[Russ]

A German Scientist claims it is genetically modified crops that are killing the bees. Whatever it is our civilization better find out soon and cure it, or we are in big trouble. Without bees there will a large reduction in food.

[arbman]

CAN YOU HEAR IT? CLICK HERE for "Teen Buzz"

I could hear it and it really gave me an ache in my ears...

- kisa

[fib_1618]

There is a simple one word answer to all of this, but I dare not share it without opening up a whole bee's nest of criticism, so I will move on. But before I do...coming soon to a pocket book near you, the "Bee Tax". Fib

[Rogerdodger]

coming soon to a pocket book near you, the "Bee Tax". Fib

Combing thru the replies, I hear you waxing poetic on a honey of an idea.

Has anyone noticed a similar reduction in mosquitos? Houseflys? Moths? Roaches? Lightening bugs? Wasps?
June bugs? Crickets?

Yet they are also being exposed to the same radio waves as bees.

BUT...The primary food source of bees is different from all these other critters.
This is where I would concentrate any efforts to save the bees.

Beesides the obvious use of pesticides on crops:

Beekeepers themselves have become dependent on the use of synthetic pesticides and antibiotics to combat pests, and this has led to problems of toxicological hazards to beekeepers and bees, and risks of honey contamination.
On average a colony comprises 42,000-60,000 bees and can survive up to 20 years.
The life of the worker lasts about 30 to 35 days.
Under wild conditions the queen lives for five years or so.

Edited by Rogerdodger, 15 April 2007 - 10:33 AM.

[qqqqtrdr]

coming soon to a pocket book near you, the "Bee Tax". Fib

Combing thru the replies, I hear you waxing poetic on a honey of an idea.

Has anyone noticed a similar reduction in mosquitos? Houseflys? Moths? Roaches? Lightening bugs? Wasps?
June bugs? Crickets?

Yet they are also being exposed to the same radio waves as bees.

BUT...The primary food source of bees is different from all these other critters.
This is where I would concentrate any efforts to save the bees.

Beesides the obvious use of pesticides on crops:

Beekeepers themselves have become dependent on the use of synthetic pesticides and antibiotics to combat pests, and this has led to problems of toxicological hazards to beekeepers and bees, and risks of honey contamination.
On average a colony comprises 42,000-60,000 bees and can survive up to 20 years.
The life of the worker lasts about 30 to 35 days.
Under wild conditions the queen lives for five years or so.

Wow!! My kids could hear the sound. They automatically turned up the TV to drown it out. My cats went wild. My wife could hear it but she is 38. I couldn't hear it with my 41 year old ears.

With that said, Cell phones did have an impact on causing brain tumors. This was due to the fact of the hi analog power needed to send radio waves to the cell towers. The current cell phone technology this problem is greatly reduced......

I think with bees if cell phones are a problem, this will automatically be taken care of by newer technology communicating over higher frequencies will change as technology shifts.

Barry

[Rogerdodger]

I could only hear some kind of very faint noise if I have my ear right against the speaker.

I have some equipment which makes noise.
It drives cats absolutely bonkers.
I believe that they are picking up something which I can't hear.
Of course, don't forget that silent dog whistle which was invented in 1935.
The dog whistle is used for training dolphins and killer whales at Sea World it is also famous for its effects on cats, horses, mice and even bats!

Of course these are sound waves not radio waves. Who knows if bees are really affected by radio waves.
If so it seems that they would have died years ago from sun spot flare-ups.

I can hear the "silent" dog whistle.
Click here for Dog Whistle sound

[da_cheif]

coming soon to a pocket book near you, the "Bee Tax". Fib

Combing thru the replies, I hear you waxing poetic on a honey of an idea.

Has anyone noticed a similar reduction in mosquitos? Houseflys? Moths? Roaches? Lightening bugs? Wasps?
June bugs? Crickets?

Yet they are also being exposed to the same radio waves as bees.

BUT...The primary food source of bees is different from all these other critters.
This is where I would concentrate any efforts to save the bees.

Beesides the obvious use of pesticides on crops:

Beekeepers themselves have become dependent on the use of synthetic pesticides and antibiotics to combat pests, and this has led to problems of toxicological hazards to beekeepers and bees, and risks of honey contamination.
On average a colony comprises 42,000-60,000 bees and can survive up to 20 years.
The life of the worker lasts about 30 to 35 days.
Under wild conditions the queen lives for five years or so.

FROGS http://www.npr.org/p...0519.frogs.html