Are mobile phones wiping out our bees?

German research has long shown that bees’ behaviour changes near power lines. 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.

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Do bees die from radiation?

The radiation from mobile phone masts and similar wireless devices can therefore disrupt bee navigation , both by the sun and by the earth’s magnetic field. This can reduce the number of foraging bees returning to the hive and result in colony collapse disorder.

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Why do bees drop to the ground?

It is easy to see these bees suddenly drop to the floor for no apparent reason except that the lights were turned off. There is no known cause for the bees to suddenly head for the ground, although some people speculate that bees may have become afraid of bats that hunt at night .

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