Are bees sensitive to radiation?

The limited lab studies previously carried out by other groups had suggested that bees and other insects should be safe below 400 µGy per hour . So, Raines says, she was shocked when she found that even those colonies exposed to lower rates showed signs of a negative effect of radiation, especially on reproduction.

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Do cell phones disrupt bees?

Do cell phones kill honeybees? Though you might have heard media reports that say so, the short answer is no, there’s no reliable evidence that cell phone activity causes bees to die . That’s according to renowned entomologist May Berenbaum of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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