Comments on: Are Cell Phones Destroying the Bee Population? http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/17/are-cell-phones-destroying-the-bee-population/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:27:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: James http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/17/are-cell-phones-destroying-the-bee-population/comment-page-1/#comment-106024 James Fri, 04 May 2007 20:58:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/17/are-cell-phones-destroying-the-bee-population/#comment-106024 Bees are dying because of a fungus, part of a normal ebb and flow of the crops. Not cell phones. Europe has the highest concentration of cellphone usage in the world and their bees are not dying off like ours are. Also, honeybees only make up for -one third- of pollination in the united states. We're not going to be in much trouble if every honeybee were to die off tomorrow. Bees are dying because of a fungus, part of a normal ebb and flow of the crops. Not cell phones. Europe has the highest concentration of cellphone usage in the world and their bees are not dying off like ours are.

Also, honeybees only make up for -one third- of pollination in the united states. We're not going to be in much trouble if every honeybee were to die off tomorrow.

]]> By: Jason http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/17/are-cell-phones-destroying-the-bee-population/comment-page-1/#comment-100364 Jason Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:46:42 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/17/are-cell-phones-destroying-the-bee-population/#comment-100364 CJ-- Most internet "wisdom" is attributed to either Einstein (if it's pseudoscience) or the Dalai Lama (if it's pseudospritual). --Albert Einstein CJ--

Most internet "wisdom" is attributed to either Einstein (if it's pseudoscience) or the Dalai Lama (if it's pseudospritual).

--Albert Einstein

]]> By: Justin http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/17/are-cell-phones-destroying-the-bee-population/comment-page-1/#comment-100073 Justin Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:49:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/17/are-cell-phones-destroying-the-bee-population/#comment-100073 Ah, I don't mean to keep spamming, but I found the link (in english too!) http://agbi.uni-landau.de/material_download/IAAS_2006.pdf It seems to me that the study is so small(I think they only used 8 bee hives, and I think he says some of them weren't recorded correctly) that a new study should be done using realistic approaches. From what I understand, they took cordless phone base stations and pumped them to full blast and then put them right under or in the bee hive. Anyways this study smells a little fishy to me, but I think another larger scale study should be done. Ah, I don't mean to keep spamming, but I found the link (in english too!)
http://agbi.uni-landau.de/material_download/IAAS_2006.pdf

It seems to me that the study is so small(I think they only used 8 bee hives, and I think he says some of them weren't recorded correctly) that a new study should be done using realistic approaches. From what I understand, they took cordless phone base stations and pumped them to full blast and then put them right under or in the bee hive.

Anyways this study smells a little fishy to me, but I think another larger scale study should be done.

]]> By: Justin http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/17/are-cell-phones-destroying-the-bee-population/comment-page-1/#comment-100068 Justin Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:22:43 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/17/are-cell-phones-destroying-the-bee-population/#comment-100068 I'm having trouble finding what scholarly journal if any this study was published in. Does anyone know how I can find the raw data for this study? I'm having trouble finding what scholarly journal if any this study was published in. Does anyone know how I can find the raw data for this study?

]]> By: Justin http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/17/are-cell-phones-destroying-the-bee-population/comment-page-1/#comment-100063 Justin Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:59:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/17/are-cell-phones-destroying-the-bee-population/#comment-100063 Hmmm, I'd like to know more specifics on how the test was conducted. Was the cell phone on, for how long, was it receiving phone calls constantly or at all? Was this done in a lab, or outdoors in an uncontrolled area. Also, how close was the cell phone to the bees' hives, could it have been the proximity to the hive, or maybe the color of the phone. The article goes on to mention about the increasing evidence that cell phones are harmful to humans, but all the articles and studies I've seen have discounted this. It's clear there is a problem here, but the solution seems unclear. I'm more inclined to think it could be some pesticide that is widely used, than cell phone radiation... Then again, I'm not a bee expert. Hmmm, I'd like to know more specifics on how the test was conducted. Was the cell phone on, for how long, was it receiving phone calls constantly or at all? Was this done in a lab, or outdoors in an uncontrolled area. Also, how close was the cell phone to the bees' hives, could it have been the proximity to the hive, or maybe the color of the phone.

The article goes on to mention about the increasing evidence that cell phones are harmful to humans, but all the articles and studies I've seen have discounted this.

It's clear there is a problem here, but the solution seems unclear. I'm more inclined to think it could be some pesticide that is widely used, than cell phone radiation... Then again, I'm not a bee expert.

]]> By: CJ Casey http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/17/are-cell-phones-destroying-the-bee-population/comment-page-1/#comment-99919 CJ Casey Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:42:44 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/17/are-cell-phones-destroying-the-bee-population/#comment-99919 Where did Einstein say that? I've seen it bandied about everywhere but not with a source. And even if he did, well, he was a theoretical physicist. I admire Alan Greenspan a lot, but I'm not really concerned about his opinions of apiary life, either. Where did Einstein say that? I've seen it bandied about everywhere but not with a source. And even if he did, well, he was a theoretical physicist. I admire Alan Greenspan a lot, but I'm not really concerned about his opinions of apiary life, either.

]]> By: Dick Davies http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/17/are-cell-phones-destroying-the-bee-population/comment-page-1/#comment-99870 Dick Davies Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:11:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/17/are-cell-phones-destroying-the-bee-population/#comment-99870 There's a dollop of skepticism at : http://instapundit.com/archives2/004182.php Then again, Paul noticed the same thing is happening to bumblebees: http://www.breadedcod.com/2007/04/16/92/ Poor bees. Why can't wasps be disappearing? There's a dollop of skepticism at : http://instapundit.com/archives2/004182.php

Then again, Paul noticed the same thing is happening to bumblebees: http://www.breadedcod.com/2007/04/16/92/

Poor bees. Why can't wasps be disappearing?

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